Posted by Matt on January 13, 2004 at 22:31:18:
I am taking a required beginning speech class and for my first speech, I am going to be talking about Arnold Jacobs. Now, I know most of my classmates and professor will be bored by me talking about him, but I don't really care.
Unfortunately, my prof demands that we start out every speech with an "attention" grabber just prior to introducing our topic. I have come up with two ideas: playing my tuba or reading a quote by Jacobs. I would rather go with the quote because I do not know how to immediately connect my tuba to introducing Jacobs without distracting the audience too much. I am looking for an exciting quote with a somewhat ambiguous aura that could apply to anything and that would really grab their attention, though I don't know if such a Jacobs quote exists.
Thanks for the suggestions in advance!
Matt