Presentation to high school kids

[intrss2]

Hi,

I need help ASAP. I'm supposed to present my college to around 80 high school kids this week, and I need help. I know my materials , but I'm stuck how can I grab 80 student's attention ? If humor/joke---what do I say??? I don't only want to grab their attention, but make them interested in my presentation (can't use PowerPoint) and understand what I have to say, I don't want to bore them!!!!
Help ASAP

[serena]

hi,
Can I just say that if you want your audience to be interested and enthusiastic about your presentation then you have to sound very enthusiastic. You can't expect your audience to be excited if you're not! Make sure your audience have time to take in what you've said so don't speak too quickly - a lot of people confuse enthusiasm with quickness! Make sure that the important words stand out - one way to pick out important words is to imagine you can only hear part of a sentence - which words would you need to hear to be able to guess what the speaker meant? When you've got these words you need to make them stand out by using inflection, pace, power, pitch, pause and facial expression.
Hope this helps
Serena