If you have been invited to speak to a group of people and plan to speak for 30 – 40 minutes or even longer, it is important to understand that different hours of the day will result in different responses from your audience. 2 notoriously […]
When addressing an audience, there is nothing more embarrassing than opening your mouth to speak and the voice that results is high in pitch and shaking to boot! The shaking is known as a quiver and it can happen even when you’re not nervous. If […]
While many novice speakers tend to express too little emotion, there are a few who actually emote – express too much emotion for the given situation. Emoting is acting; delivering a speech is not. Your objective in your speech is to ‘straddle the fence’ in […]
How would you rate your nervousness in public speaking? Is it debilitating? If so, would you be interested in discovering how to ‘take your nervousness for a ride’ during your next speech or presentation? That is the feeling you get when you are in control […]
Were you to give a presentation with no vocal variety, no facial expression and no body language, what do you think the reaction would be of your audience? Unless you are a comedian and that characteristic is part of your ‘shtick,’ do not expect your […]
I had one of the most interesting experiences a few weeks ago. A woman from Australia contacted me and asked if I could help her. (It was 6 am – thank goodness I’m an early riser!) Delmae had ordered the Voicing It! DVDs earlier that […]
I remember when one of my sons was in 2nd or 3rd grade and was practicing reading out loud. He would take a breath after almost every word. Teachers explain to children in that age group that they should wait to take a breath until […]