Business stories aren’t told to entertain, there is always an objective, goal or desired outcome.
Business stories aren’t told to entertain, there is always an objective, goal or desired outcome.
I love giving my audience enough tips and techniques to ace their next pitch, presentation or speech.
Nowadays, with the mix of in-person and online mediums of communication, there’s pressure to not only perform well in the job but to sound good while we’re doing it.
Your new role will, without doubt, require an increase in public speaking engagements.
Which ones resonate with you? I’ve done or felt all of these things when public speaking.
The prosody of speech, in other words, HOW you say something is key to conveying competence, reliability and empathy.
Gravitas comes from the Latin word ‘gravis’ meaning heaviness or weight.
The ‘wet fish’ – EWWW….We judge someone within the first 7 seconds of meeting them.
I’ve run 100’s of workshops in a lot of different countries, and when I ask “Do you like the sound of your own voice?” at most, one hand goes up, but it’s usually zero.
What does a perfect voice sound like? There is no such thing really, yet so many people aspire to sound like someone else.