There are infinite ways to start a speech. This guide shows you 100 different ways to start a speech effectively. Let yourself be inspired and get suggestions. Each example should help you to come up with your own idea, where you say: Great, this is how I will start my speech. Because it should be an uplifting moment when several hundred people decide to remain silent for a longer period of time and listen to a single person. And the speech has to be convincing from the start!