Is your voice right for public speaking?
Do you have the right voice for public speaking? Many women push their voices too high, and men push them too low. The result is that the voice lacks authority in the first instance and resonance in...
View ArticleCan you give a successful presentation sitting down?
Many clients ask me if they can present sitting down. It's a natural question — it feels more collegial, and less exposed, to sit down around the table like everyone else. And isn't it a good thing...
View ArticleHow to be a passionate speaker, part 3
Your voice is one of the chief ways you have to give vent to your passion as a speaker. Heck, as a human. To be effective, you should care for and use your voice properly. Following is a quick...
View ArticleThe care and feeding of a public speaking voice
As a public speaker, you thrive — or are mute — because of your voice. The research is only beginning to reveal how much depends on the way we hear each other’s voices, but it is clear that voices...
View ArticleWhat Martin Luther King, Beethoven, and Paul McCartney have in common.
The Reverend Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech is generally regarded as one of the most important of the 20th century. The speech not only pushed the Civil Rights movement forward, but it...
View ArticleHow to master your gestures to become a more effective communicator
Every communication is two conversations. The first conversation is the one you’re aware of — the content. The second conversation is the one that you’re an unconscious expert on — the non-verbal one....
View ArticleHow Public Speakers Can Use Body Language to Deliver Great Speeches – 3
For public speakers the body language news is both good and bad. The good news is that you are already an unconscious expert, for the most part, in reading some of the body language cues and the...
View ArticleCan You Present Well Sitting Down?
One question I get asked regularly is about sitting down to present. If there are only a few people in the room, if it’s an informal setting, if we’re used to presenting seated, if it’s a board meeting...
View ArticleFinding Your Voice
A recent study of CEO’s voices – and they were all male – found that the ones with lower voices made more money than higher-voiced counterparts in other companies. Add that study to the many other such...
View ArticleHow to Increase Your Authority as a Thought Leader
I grew up in one of those little towns in America where, if you’re not remarkable in some clear, school-approved, kid-friendly way, then your options appear limited. If you’re not good at football or...
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