More Speaking Technique/Theory

Thoughts on speaking technique….

• Monotony…monotony can be achieved in many ways, but it’s all talking in the same way using one pattern…

1. too much force
2. not enough force or volume
3. singsong pattern in speech
4. stammering
5. too many statistics
6. milking the subject by repetition

• Euphony… the musical quality of your speaking voice. This does not mean that you sing a presentation, but you do vary your pitch.
• Open your mouth… when you don’t your nasal and this is most distracting.  Make your mouth open as you speak.
• Pause now and then… there’s much more emphasis in a pause than there is in a shout or bang.
• Check your breathing… is it audible?  Check yourself over telephone with the help of a friend… previous amplified more the phone instrument.  No one likes to hear you gasping between words or phrases.
• Check your resonance… if the holes in your head become clogged in any way.  A thickness or muffling of the voice results put special emphasis on pronunciation of vowel sounds…. consonants are merely activities rather than actual sounds.