Blair SingerOwner - Blair Singer Training Academy

Public Speaking Mistakes That Lose Your Audience Instantly | Blair Singer

Name: Public Speaking Mistakes That Lose Your Audience Instantly | Blair Singer
Uploaded: 2026-01-13T12:04:51+00:00
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Channel: Blair Singer
Description: This short YouTube coaching clip (Blair Singer) warns presenters not to open by stating the agenda in the first 10 seconds because it loses the audience…

13 Jan 2026 · 1 min

Watch on YouTube

1:04

This short YouTube coaching clip (Blair Singer) warns presenters not to open by stating the agenda in the first 10 seconds because it loses the audience. Using a Hollywood/movie-script analogy, Singer recommends keeping the audience in suspense and instead opening with a provocative question (example: “How many of you would like to learn something in the next 10 minutes that could possibly change your life?”) to engage curiosity.

Chapters

Foreign. If you say, here's the agenda in the first 10 seconds of a presentation, you've already lost them and you've probably lost them for good. Don't do that. Here's a big lesson from Hollywood. Think about this. When a new movie is created, do they give the script to the reviewers before the premiere or after the premiere? Well, of course, after the premiere. Why? Because they don't want them to have a preconceived notion of what the movie is going to be about. Think about it. Did you ever watch a movie where you had already read the book and then you were disappointed in the movie? Right. That's the same thing. So the idea is, when you start a presentation, keep them in suspense, roll out the agenda a little bit later. But don't start with that. Start with a great question like, how many of you would like to learn something in the next 10 minutes that could possibly change your life? Much better way to start. Now they're inquisitive. Now they're engaged. Try that.