Anxious?
Anxious? Most important strategy: Preparation My personal favorite:27 Rehearse out loud My newly found tip: Arrive one hour early and meet and greet people at the door. Rerun from 12/30/2013
Breath Pauses
Breath Pauses One of my favorite strategies is to mark breath pauses in your narrative for a presentation. Many people, especially nonnative speakers of English, polish their presentation by writing it out their script or narrative. Many people forget to include pauses. Listeners need the pauses to process what you are saying. Marking your copy for […]
Easy Tips to a Better Voice During Presentations
Easy Tips to a Better Voice During Presentations Here are some easy to do tips to get you a better voice during presentations: Avoid the restriction of tight clothing that might keep the abdominal area from expanding. Tight clothing is especially restrictive if you have just eaten a heavy meal. Better yet, do not eat […]
How to Solve the Problem of a Very High-Pitched Voice from Anxiety
How to Solve the Problem of a Very High-Pitched Voice from Anxiety Here is another tip for a problem that is very common with improper breathing – a very high-pitched voice. When we get nervous or anxious, our pitch generally rises because of increased tension in the throat area. When you combine anxiety with having […]
How to Fix the Common Voice Problem of Glottal Fry During a Presentation
How to Fix the Common Voice Problem of Glottal Fry During a Presentation Here are is a tip for a common voice problem called glottal fry during a presentation. The Problem: Glottal fry is a popping sound or voice with a low pitch and rough voice that can be heard toward the ends of […]
A Clever Technique for Breathing Before a Presentation
A Clever Technique for Breathing Before a Presentation I love this tip for helping your breathing before a presentation. Take a good abdominal-diaphragmatic breath about 10 seconds before you are going to start your presentation. Take another good abdominal-diaphragmatic breath just before you begin your opening line. These two deep breaths will build your air supply. […]
Choppy Speech and the Breathing Solution
Choppy Speech and the Breathing Solution Here is a problem that can happen with poor breathing during presentation speaking: Poor breathing may result in choppy disjointed speech that can happen when you take a breath pause at the wrong time. The solution: do greater inhalations using the diaphragm and abdominal muscles. Mark your script with […]
The Importance of Good Breathin
The Importance of Good Breathing Did you know that when we speak, we use a different breathing pattern than when we are at rest? • Our ratio of inhalation to exhalation at rest is close to 1:1 • For speech, that ratio must change to 1:5 or even 1:10 • You can control the air […]
Fail-Safe Questions
Fail-Safe Questions For this week’s accent reduction advice, we have a speech tip video below. Also, whether you are a student meeting new people or an adult who knows no one at a work gathering, you can use fail-safe questions with particular themes to open and start conversations. Today, here are three: The journey […]
Polish Your Conversational Skills
Polish Your Conversational Skills For this week’s accent reduction advice, we have a speech tip video below. Also, an important aspect of English speech training is polishing conversational skills. If you avoid brief social interactions, try making pleasant connections with neighbors, co-workers or other people you see regularly. Smile at the woman serving you at […]