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Get the audience’s attention, or the rest of your speech is a waste I mean it! Most people spend the majority of their speech preparation time working on the body of their speech and then they tack on an opening and a closing last minute The opening and closing deserve the most attention Why? If you don’t get the audience’s attention and get them to pay attention to you instead of
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