To influence your audience and have them think, feel and take action, you must engage your audience, give them time to reflect on what you’ve said and relate it back to their own lives. Rushing through your speech does not offer that opportunity. Pause does. Pause, expressed in silence, is more than silence. As Dale Carnegie put, …
8 out of 10 of my clients speak very fast. “It’s just the way I talk. I tried to remind myself but still have difficulty slowing down. “People always ask me to repeat, which frustrates me.” “I speak so fast that I feel breathless after some time.” Did you experience similar frustrations? You might think …
Nine out of ten clients told me that they are monotone in their presentations. The problem is not that we are not expressive, but that we’ve kept the emotions to ourselves in the modern society. We see expressing emotions as a sign of being weak, getting easily seen through or taken advantage of by others. The truth …
I was coaching a client lately on presentation. The feedback he received from the participants included “boring” and “not engaging”. Upon having him presenting to me, I realized one of the major issues he had was that he was telling almost all the time. People learn from autonomy and reflection. In presentations, we, as audience, …
There’s one simple exercise that could help you understand the essence of voice projection, find out what may be holding you back from proper voice projection and improve your projection immediately. The exercise is … Lip Fluttering. Take a deep breath in and when you breathe out, use your out-breath to make your lips vibrate. …
Raspy voice has been thought as sexy, in particular with legendary singers like Rod Stewart and Brian Adams. It may be the signature voice for them, but definitely not something you want to develop. Raspy voice is the reflection of vocal damage, as the result of improper voice projection. It could be due to …
One of the common challenges participants in our previous workshops shared is “sounding young.” It affected their professional life, especially when meeting prospects and negotiating with clients. 2 of the participants once said, “Sometimes I have to press my voice down so that I can sound more mature and credible.” Oops, that is one of …
This is an article I wrote for Asia Pacific Coaching Conference 2012: UNUSUAL COACHING TIP - Effective coaching through identifying clients’ voice patterns. You can also read it HERE Voice is our unique identity. It’s embedded with our personal history and shines out our personality. You can’t find another person who has the same voice as you do. …
A mistake most people make in voice projection is holding their breath when speaking. This is resulted out of stress, nervousness, fear, etc. Do you still remember the last time when you were asked at the last minute to speak for 2 minutes, or informed by your boss to submit your report immediately? The stress …
This is part II of the guest post from my good friend Douglas Kruger (part I is here). Douglas is a professional speaker, trainer and 5-time winner of the South African Championships for Public Speaking. Not only does he excel at speaking, but he has an amazing voice that keeps you engaged. Hope you’ll pick up great …
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