Introductions

1. What is wrong with this introduction ?

Context: Karratha Co management has been concerned these past months about the impact of the falling Australian Dollar on its profits.

Trigger: The Australian Dollar fell by 3 cents versus the US Dollar this week alone.

Question: When will the Australian Dollar start rising again against the US Dollar?

Answer: The question does not flow from the trigger and The audience could contrive many questions from this context and trigger flow.

 

 2. What is wrong with this introduction?

Context: Wallaby World has experienced a significant increase in visitor numbers lately.

Trigger: While exciting, the increase in visitor numbers has led management to be concerned about Wallaby World's ability to cope with such large numbers of visitors.

Question: What steps can Wallaby World take to increase its ability to entertain such large numbers of visitors?

Answer: The audience could contrive many questions from this context and trigger flow.

 

3. What is wrong with this introduction?

Context: We have received 1,200 applications from people who would like to work with us this week alone.

Trigger: Last week we had an incredibly successful launch for our new Kookaburra App.

Question: Why have these people applied to us?

Answer: The question does not flow from the trigger, the context contains specific information that the audience is unlikely to know and the information in the trigger would be better placed in the context.