Open With A Bang

A great way to start a presentation is to connect your topic with something that happened on this day in history.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

This site is a good place to get ideas. Let's look at April the first.

1991 - First female Premier of a Canadian province takes office. Rita Johnston succeeds William Vander Zalm, who resigned, as Premier of British Columbia.

So here is an idea. I am giving a talk about stress. I see the above information and turn it into a point I am making about how being the first to do something new and different can be exciting but can be stressful too. I talk about Rita, "imagine her feelings", "the first woman in the job" etc.

Then I connect the point that stress doesn't have to be something negative to affect us. Sometimes it is just something new or a change.

Get the idea.
Ramble through the days in history to dig for new ideas. Give the brain a kick start.