opening remarks for a cabaret night?
81171
If you want to be a hit, be humorous, but don't insult others.  If they know you personally, take jabs at yourself.
79726
Have it be in a basement, have a good topic, chill enviornment and cool people. make sure you have fake charactors too like on conan when they talk to the coked out werewolf... but better than that I cant think of a good example. nahmenyaherd?
1005614
sounds like fun! how about a "theme" - anything you like with music and clothes to match - i've had fun at 70's night; western evening and saints and sinners ...   if you like taping stuff you could try a complilation of music clips asking your guests to "name that tune" for prizes or a compilation of video clips if you have the ability to do this asking everyone to guess the movie it came from or the next piece of dialogue....  or totally revert to childhood and play things like pass the parcel, spin the bottle with adult prizes...they don't have to be expensive if you don't have lots of money..it sounds silly, but it can be fun! good luck with it...hope you and your friends have a great time.
798771
Your announcement needs to be more than just noise over the PA system.  Usually people ignore announcements unless they hear something that they want to hear.\n\nWhat is the point of your group?  What are you going to do and why?  Why should people come? Is it about language? history? culture?  What are some ways to introduce that to your peers?\n\nGive each meeting a specific theme and then cater your announcements to that theme:\n\nYou might begin the announcement by speaking in German and then inviting people to learn about specific German customs, share thoughts about traditions, history, etc. \n\nMention that each week during the month you are going to talk about, and sample if possible, traditional food and drink from the different countries.  Invite people to bring along their favorite dish and recipe.\n\nTalk about government and monarchies, the histories of war and conflict amongst the European countries... and then have a RISK tournament, only amongst European nations.\n\nBasically, you need to make it appeal to the kind of people you want to attract to the meeting.  Nobody wants just another class.\n\nCheers.
856020
sounds good...and you could work  the song "one world (not three)" by the police into yer presentation...good luck!
645478
Bring a potted plant or perhaps a collection of gourmet jams and jellies. Let them initiate most of the conversation and observe a lot. There are a lot of qualities people dielike in guests that are much higher on the list than "quiet." If it matters in the future, you will see them a lot more and sense what to talk about.
579716
Start with "If I could just say a few words..... I'd be a better public speaker!"
638986
There are many questions for you to answer before I can answer yours, such as:\n\nWhat is the speech for? Who is the audience? How long should it be?\n\nThat being said, pick something that is meaningful to you. You shouldn't be too casual, but let some of yourself shine through, your achievements as well as your struggles. Honesty, sincerity and humor really make for a good speech.
187962
Be creative about it.  A lot of people start by introducing themselves.  I started mine with a quote from a poem.
1179008
do a "key to communication" and hang gold colored paper keys with communication tips and the info you want them to know, this way you can grab their attention and pass the info to them.\n\nor you can have a key to communication presentaion on an evening and invite all to come.
564235
I have a lot of very important things to say. \nSo a chick and a duck walk into a bar. The ducks says, "hey bartender...
869025
The best way to start is to say "you'll have to excuse me because I'm not much of a speechwriter and I'm terrified standing up here right now..."Then,your audience will give you a little slack no matter what you say.\n  Write something from the heart.Talk about how you met.Recall a time when she really came through for you as a friend.End with what an honor it is to be her bridesmaid on this very special day in her life.Don't overdue the alcohol,\nhave one or two drinks max to loosen you up.\nTake this advise,give me best answer,and I promise you'll do just fine.Good luck!
341027
It's not about the words .. it's mainly about the attitude and the way you say them .. you should show a great deal fo care .. enthusiasm to to tallk and passion to welcome .. other wise any words would  help a little ..
363733
What do you want me to say?
530204
Go up to her and introduce yourself and then break the ice by complimenting her on something then take it from there.  Try to find something to talk about from what she's wearing or what she's holding, like if she's wearing a baseball hat, talk about baseball.  Don't be intimidated and just go with the flow.
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Two weeks ago I went to a health recovery center and met half a dozen people with different forms of disabilities.  For each person I needed to figure out how they went about communicating.  \n\nOne person had a flat keypad that looked like a typewriter and she touched one letter at a time. On the back of the pad was a short note explaining who she was and how she communicated.\n\nPerhaps you could design a nice cartoon figure of a woman holding a hand to her ear shouting, "Whaaaat?  I can't hear you!"  Something that is fun and understandable quickly.  \n\nThink of it this way.  There are plenty of times in life when somebody needs to see identification from you before they will talk.  A bouncer, for instance, can't put two words together without seeing an i.d. first.  A human resources person is incapicitated without your resume as a security blanket.  A doctor's office won't even say hello until you've filled out the waivers.\n\nAlso, people wear uniforms in all kinds of different endeavors to show "who they are".  I'm not suggesting a uniform for you, of course, I'm just trying to show that people "announce themselves".\n\nThat's why I think that a fun cartoon picture could help announce you and make your situation understandable to somebody else in about 1/2 a second.  I think that an announcement card of some sort would cause somebody to feel, "Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, I understand what's up, that's cool."\n\nGood luck.  I sincerely hope you get success on this question.
678161
Start with a movie.  Then you will have some conversation built in during dinner.\n\nBest question, tell me about you.