Start your talk by telling a little story about yourself and bridge it to your topic. In many of the talks I've listened to - I've felt more connected instantly to the speaker than any other technique, including comedy.

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ehutch79 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Please don't. I don't want to hear about your fathers love of swedish joinery for 10 minutes (yes this happened)

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IshKebab 6 days ago | parent [-]

I think the emphasis is on "little". I don't mind 30 seconds of talking about your father's love of Swedish joinery. Also it needs a payoff. There's no point just explaining how your father loves Swedish joinery apropos of nothing.

	▲	ehutch79 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		I think we can agree on this.

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arduanika 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Pro-tip: do this for online recipes too. People love it!