Opening Gambits for Presentations

In the book "Presenting to Win" the author gives some great ways to open any presentation:

1. The Question... "how may of you know that...?"
2. The Factoid...a very striking fact.
3. Retroactive/Perspective.... "We used to do it that way, now we do it this way."
4. The Anecdote... a very short story.
5. The Quotation
6. The Aphorism (familiar saying)
7. The Analogy ... compare two seemingly unrelated items... "this project is like a house..."

Link: Presenting to Win: The Art of Telling Your Story, Updated and Expanded Edition