How to Start a Graduation Speech: Opening Lines That Capture Your Audience
Standing before hundreds of graduates, families, and faculty members, you have approximately seven seconds to capture their attention. That opening moment of your graduation speech determines whether your audience leans forward with interest or settles in for what they assume will be another forgettable commencement address. The difference between a speech that resonates for years and one that fades before the ceremony ends often comes down to those critical first sentences.
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