The Three Ones(tm): The Secret Elixir for Great Speaking
Ah, the secret elixir for great speaking! And yet, it is a secret no more. The Three Ones(tm) is your guide to always sounding smart, crisp and knowledgeable. Here are the three secrets: -One sentence -One topic -One breath Make each sentence about one topic, and one topic only. Brains can only understand one thing at a time. If you have more than one topic in your sentence, your audience will not know what they are supposed to remember. The result? They probably won't remember anything. You will have overloaded their brains. So keep it simple. The most important thing you can do to signal ...
How to be a trusted guide through uncharted territory
Last week I promised to help you learn how to guide your audience successfully to your point. Since I live in the great Northwest, I am going to use some mountain climbing imagery to describe this, just for fun! Imagine yourself as a mountain guide. Your audience is on a tour with you. They need you to take them from the bottom of the mountain to the top. They are going to follow you every step of the way. Without you, they will get lost in the forest. That means that you need to clearly show them where to step ...
The Brain-Voice Connection(TM)
Understanding how the voice works is the brain-voice connection. This applies to both speaking and listening. For example, the more you understand the role your brain plays in creating the sounds and effects you want to make, the more confident and consistent you will be about making them. Knowing your brain’s role in speaking equals a better speaker. However, understanding how the brain listens is also crucial to speaking well. For example, the brain is always seeking patterns. When you speak, your voice is like a pattern to the listener’s brain. In order to keep the listener’s brain interested in you, it ...
A voice expert walks into a bar and says…
Hello Everyone, Welcome to my first blog! I am thrilled to connect with all of you, and I look forward to your comments. Please feel free to post any questions regarding your voice, communication skills and accent reduction here, and I will answer them in a future post. For more information about me, please visit www.brain-voice.com. I am located in Seattle, and work with clients via phone and in person. So, a voice expert, eh? What in the world is that? Let me answer by telling you a story about a client. A gentleman came to me with an unusual problem. He normally ...
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The Three Ones(tm): The Secret Elixir for Great Speaking
Ah, the secret elixir for great speaking! And yet, it is a secret no more. The Three Ones(tm) is your guide to always sounding smart, crisp and knowledgeable. Here are the three secrets: -One sentence -One topic -One breath Make each sentence about one topic, and one topic only. Brains can only understand one... [Read more of this review]
How to be a trusted guide through uncharted territory
Last week I promised to help you learn how to guide your audience successfully to your point. Since I live in the great Northwest, I am going to use some mountain climbing imagery to describe this, just for fun! Imagine yourself as a mountain guide. Your audience is on a tour with you. They need you to take... [Read more of this review]
Every time you open your mouth to speak…
… it’s for the benefit of the listener. That’s right, it’s not about you, it’s about them! Think about it this way: you can talk to yourself in your head. When you begin speaking out loud, your goal is to communicate information to other people. The people who can’t hear you... [Read more of this review]
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The Three Ones(tm): The Secret Elixir for Great Speaking
Ah, the secret elixir for great speaking! And yet, it is a secret no more. The Three Ones(tm) is your guide to always sounding smart, crisp and knowledgeable. Here are the three secrets: -One sentence -One topic -One breath Make each sentence about one topic, and one topic only. Brains can only understand one... [Read more of this review]
How to be a trusted guide through uncharted territory
Last week I promised to help you learn how to guide your audience successfully to your point. Since I live in the great Northwest, I am going to use some mountain climbing imagery to describe this, just for fun! Imagine yourself as a mountain guide. Your audience is on a tour with you. They need you to take... [Read more of this review]
Every time you open your mouth to speak…
… it’s for the benefit of the listener. That’s right, it’s not about you, it’s about them! Think about it this way: you can talk to yourself in your head. When you begin speaking out loud, your goal is to communicate information to other people. The people who can’t hear you... [Read more of this review]
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Voice Lessons Learned From the Presidential Campaign
Fellow citizens, we are seven weeks away from electing our new president! As a result, we are all hearing a lot more speeches and talks than we normally do. It's time to take a moment to reflect on how we, mere business and entrepreneurial mortals, can benefit from these public faux pas! 1. Don't... [Read more of this review]
DNC: Obama, Clinton, Clinton & Biden all give ‘pause’
Last week at the Democratic National Convention, the main speakers all made great use of 'the pause' during their speeches. They left time after a sentence for the audience to take in the meaning of their words. This made them appear like accomplished, sophisticated leaders. Taking a pause... [Read more of this review]
Help! Vanna White is in my head!
Now that I have your attention! Everyone has had the experience of being asked a question and then freezing because they are overwhelmed with the number of correct answers with which they could respond. I call this the “Wheel of Fortune” syndrome. The wheel is whirring through your brain, stopping... [Read more of this review]
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