29 Oct 09 Discover these tips for public speaking
Here’s some great tips for public speaking and using your voice.
To use the voice to best effect in a presentation involves us having to put a great amount of effort into how we manipulate it. So how does one best use your voice?
1. Adding some confidence. If our audience doesn’t believe in us, then why will they trouble giving us the time of day, let alone sit through our presentation?
2. Conviction in what we are asserting is also key. Putting across our keenness, despite the incontrovertiblefact that we are genuinely convinced in our own argument, can cause our audience to doubt us and put question marks over what we have to say.
3. Passion, too, is critical. If we are confident and are convinced in our own debates, then highlylikely we intend to also come across as enthused. Being avid is also infectious. If we sound all fired up by what we say, the possibilities are we will have an easier ’sell in’ of our ideas than if we appear not so turned on by the subject matter in hand.
4. Our integrity is also something that must not be brought into question. If we try to bluff our way through a sticky patch, we will be able to be certain the fans will almost certainly catch us out with the result that almost everything else we say could also be challenged.
5. Naturally, if we can show we have got a widespread grasp of the subject in hand by being able to show off our knowledge, then that too is very important, though not really necessary. Or is it? Broadcasters most often talk about a subject with which they are not very familiar. Of course , not every broadcaster can be well versed in each subject. But the indisputable fact that they have done their research entirely gives them the wherewithal to ask looking questions of their interviewees and, as such, shows them to be ‘instant experts’!
Finally, having a good voice is certainly a prized asset, but is not exactly necessary to a good show. Few are graced with really stunning voices, but there are thousands more who are good presenters.
Ensure you add using your voice and enhance your public speaking confidence.
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