How To Use Your Voice Effectively When Presenting
Peter Dhu
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AGENDA
What to do with filler words and uhms and ah’s
The power of the pause and how to be comfortable with pause
When to be approachable and when to be credible
How to create a voice that is approachable
How to create a voice that is credible
How to use your voice to bring an audience back to you
The importance of volume and the impact of going soft
The roll of speed and pace and how not to speak too fast
Your Voice – Self Audit
What speed do you speak at?
Do you use any filler words
Can you be heard clearly at the back of the room
Is your voice interesting
Do you have natural intonation and variation
The Power Of Your Voice
10%
58%
32%
Words You Say Gestures and Body Movement
Your Voice, Sincerity, Passion
UCLA Research
, Intonation
The pace and speed at which you talk
Change volume
Go opposite to you normal comfortable voice
Louder Softer
Go soft
To create tension
To create attention
To bring the audience back
Questions
Use The Power Of The Pause
“The most precious things in a speech are pauses. A pause will fill the void, capture attention; it will punctuate, illuminate and build the tension in a speech” - Sir Ralph Wilson
The Pause
Use The Power Of The Pause
When to use Pause
If you speak to fast
When your mind goes blank
If you get a little nervous and need to deep breath
To replace filler words
Rain Drops
Brain Drops
Don’t let it rain too heavily – pause to allow time for the audience to soak up the brain drops
Use The Power Of The Pause
When to use Pause
If you speak to fast
When your mind goes blank
If you get a little nervous and need to deep breath
To replace filler words
Silence
Silence helps a group form
It helps people become comfortable in a group
Michael Grinder
The Broken Sentence
Questions
A credible voice or an approachable voice
Be The Captain
Be The Cabin Crew
Credible Vs Approachable
CREDIBLE APPROACHABLE
Head Head is held still Head bobs up and down
Voice Steady voice Voice fluctuates with rise an fall
Intonation Deepens at end of sentences
Rises at end of sentences
Palms Facing down Facing Up
Sending Information
Seeking Information
When to be credible, when to be approachable
Approachable
Credible Credible
Approachable
Designing a presentation
How to look after your voice
Tongue twisters
Fluids
How to improve your voice
Use a microphone
Practise projecting
your voice – wine glass
Acting or elocution
classes
Voice coach or Speech
Pathologist
Do you know how to use a mike
How to improve your voice
Use a microphone
Practise projecting
your voice – wine glass
Acting or elocution
classes
Voice coach or Speech
Pathologist
Project your voice
How to improve your voice
Use a microphone
Practise projecting
your voice – wine glass
Acting or elocution
classes
Voice coach or Speech
Pathologist
Questions
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