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. This […]
Public Speaking: How to Train Yourself to Stay
Public Speaking: How to Train Yourself to Stay Staying focused when you are responding to complex questions is difficult for all people. Maybe the question comes in a meeting. Maybe during a presentation. It is even more difficult if you are a non-native born speaker of English or you have English as a native language and […]
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 […]
Public Speaking: How to Be Your Own Voice or Communication Coach
Public Speaking: How to Be Your Own Voice or Communication Coach How to improve your own presentation style. You CAN learn from others. Use video media (television, movies, YouTube presenters, website videos) to do your own communication analysis. Choose samples of people you think do very well. Learn from the experts. It is fun! When […]
The Importance of Good Breathing
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 […]
The Top 10 Public Speaking Tips from Broadcasters
The Top 10 Public Speaking Tips from Broadcasters Everyone is asked to answer questions about work or academic topics or issues. It could be in a meeting, when you are asked to describe your project. It could be in a class, when you are asked to describe your experience with a topic or analyze an […]
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 […]
English communication and American Slang: Nouns and Adjectives
English communication and American Slang: Nouns and Adjectives American slang is a casual vocabulary. These words are some of the most popular and can be used by all. Here are noun and adjective slang words. American Slang Nouns brain: a very intelligent person Bill Gates must be a brain. munchies: snacks like pretzels, popcorn, potato chips, […]
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 the coffee-shop […]
English speech communication and American Slang: Greetings and Verbs
English speech communication and American Slang: Greetings and Verbs American English has its own casual variety of the English language and vocabulary. Historically, it has been influenced by sports, the cowboys, the building of the railroad, the card game of poker, African-American culture, immigrants, native and so forth. Here are some words which are common […]