I’m often asked if I’m always judging other people’s voices. If I’m teaching, obviously I do. If I’m in a social situation, I do not. However, a really good voice draws my attention as well as one which is really bad. At a high school reunion I attended […]
Does this sound familiar? Feet resolutely frozen to the floor, white-knuckled hands glued to the lectern, abject fear written all over your face? If this sounds like you, then it is time you learned how to ‘let go and let be’ in public speaking. When […]
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 […]
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 […]
Good public speaking skills involve more than presenting informative or persuasive material to an audience in an engaging, uplifting manner. It requires the use of connectives to keep your presentation or speech organized as well as unified. Better than a verbal tic, such as ‘um’ […]
For 5 months of the year, my garden is brown, lifeless, and dull. Were it to remain colorless through the rest of the year, I would have no passion or interest in gardening. That which makes the voice interesting to listen to is known as […]
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 […]