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Category Archives: Vocal Variety
When Nervousness Makes Your Voice Quiver
By Featured Speaker Nancy Daniels Has this ever happened to you? You stand to give your speech or presentation; and, when you begin speaking what comes out of your mouth is higher in pitch and quivering to boot. So what … Continue reading
Posted in Confidence, Fear of Public Speaking, Guest Author, Vocal Variety
Tagged Nancy Daniels, nervous, voice quivers, voice trembles
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Punctuation and the Public Speaker
Last week, in my Long Beach Writing Examiner column I honored National Punctuation Day with a post about paying attention to punctuation. You can read it at Paying attention to punctuation. Then yesterday, a friend sent me this image: … Continue reading
Color in Public Speaking Does Not Refer to What You Are Wearing
By Featured Speaker Nancy Daniels One of the requirements for dynamic speaking, whether it is at the lectern or just in normal conversation, is to be expressive when you talk. This is known as color and refers to your vocal … Continue reading
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Tagged body language, expressive, facial expression, Nancy Daniels
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The Power of Vocal Variety
No one wants to listen to a presentation delivered in a monotone. Tone, pitch and volume all convey meaning … and they help keep the audience engaged. That’s the power of vocal variety. But, like all powers, vocal variety is … Continue reading
Vocal Variety – Spice of the Speech
It has been shown that we are more likely to be affected by voice of a speaker than by the words spoken. It is how the speech is delivered, rather than what is said, this is most important. There are … Continue reading
The Power of Silence
When I was studying belly dance, one of the things I learned was the power of stillness … those moments in a dance where you hold a pose, are still and not moving. It is those moments of stillness that … Continue reading
