Why does everyone else seem to get the promotion, the contract or even the job and not you? Is it possible that your diction is getting in the way? Speaking clearly today is now more important than ever because business has become global – from […]
Recently I received a phone call from a young man who told me that he was soft-spoken. It took everything in my power not to tell him that speaking too softly was not his problem: his problem was that his diction was so poor I had […]
When you address an audience, do you think your articulation has value? The only answer is most definitely yes. If your audience cannot understand you or misses a word or a phrase here and there, then they are missing your message. And, if they are […]
Today, good diction is on the decline. We are a nation of people who mumble, speak too quickly, or are generally too lazy to make the effort to speak clearly. In addition, we are the world’s largest melting pot with millions of people whose accent […]
How do you feel when you hear yourself on some form of recording equipment? When you think about the image you project, be it in person or over the phone, would you consider your recorded voice to be an asset? Does it ‘speak well’ for […]
A woman phoned me recently to tell me that she was not being considered for a promotion because of her heavy accent. I feel badly for anyone who is being overlooked because of their diction, be it someone from South Carolina or someone from South […]
Recently I had a phone message from my son’s health insurance company. The woman sounded like a young girl and spoke so quickly, softly, and indistinctly that repeated playbacks did not tell me who she was or why she was calling. When my husband tried […]