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You need to start public speaking! (Part 2)For more follow @blair.singer

Name: You need to start public speaking! (Part 2)For more follow @blair.singer
Uploaded: 2025-02-01T22:12:33Z
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Description: Short YouTube monologue by Blair Singer advising new public speakers. The speaker highlights that presenters and skeptical audience members are most…

1 Feb 2025

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Short YouTube monologue by Blair Singer advising new public speakers. The speaker highlights that presenters and skeptical audience members are most evaluative at the beginning of a talk, that audience judgments form within seconds, and recommends reversing the pressure by asking the audience a question at the start to shift control. The clip ends promising further techniques.

So now you're going to take my advice and you go one to many. But here's the problem. When are you the most nervous in a presentation? Beginning, middle, or end? The beginning. Right. When is the group the most skeptical? For the skeptics that are in the group, beginning, middle, or end? Beginning. And the third question I have for you is, how long does it take for somebody to make a judgment call about you? That's right. Seconds. That's a horrible combination. The heat is on you. So here's a professional little secret. Remember that the person that asks the question is always in control. The heat's on you in the beginning. Right. So what you need to do is you need to ask a question to begin with to put the heat on them. More on that later. But if you can nail the first couple of minutes of a presentation, once you're in a role, you're a legend in your own mind. But the key is how to get there. Stay tuned.