completely acceptable,extremely polite-and totally predictable
typical opening remarks that most speakers make are benign and boring
signal to the audience that what they are about to hear is nothing new,or innovative,
or even interesting
even if you're getting ready to share the most incredible news in modern medicine,you have already lulled your audience into complacency
capturing your audience's attention the moment you begin to speak and then keeping their attention throughout
A good opening also establishes your believability and credibility
you need to establish why you are the person to be delivering this message to this audience at this time
have that person highlight your personal and professional credentials
you might need to list a few carefully selected highlights
share your credentials indirectly through storytelling
we pay attention to those things that feel personally and professionally relevant,useful and pressing and ignore the rest