PATH 6 – Voice
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How can you draw your voice from The Speaking Well?
Here is how!
These are the secrets.
1) Amplified conversation
The vast majority of speaking to an audience is not acting and it is not oratory it is simply having a conversation with your audience rather than with one or two people.
You already have the skill of speaking in a conversation and if you think of speaking to an audience as having a conversation with them, then there are not a lot of additional speaking skills to learn, are there?
Think of speaking to an audience as simply having an amplified conversation. A conversation with the volume turned up a bit.
All you need to do is speak in a conversational way and just be yourself, be natural. It’s not acting and it’s not oratory, you do not need to be Shakespeare, Churchill and Obama rolled into one.
2) Be clear
When speaking in a conversational way to an audience the main thing you have to be is be clear. If you are clear you will be understood.
To be clear all you have to do is turn the volume up on your conversational voice so that you can be heard comfortably by your audience.
If you are someone who speaks quickly you will be understood as long as you pause appropriately to let your audience absorb what you have said. You do not need to artificially slow your speaking to be clear, just pause.
3) Express yourself
Expressing yourself is not about having to give a performance; it is about being yourself.
Being yourself gives you the freedom to draw your own voice from The Speaking Well, not someone else’s voice.
Expression and vocal variety is much more about how you are as a personality than having to artificially perform like an actor or great orator.
If you are nervous or have a quiet personality then the last thing you may want to give is a ‘performance’. Having an expectation in your mind that you have to perform is likely to be stressful and make you more nervous or uncomfortable.
You do not need to perform, all you have to do is speak as you would in a conversation; just be your natural self. Forget performing.
If you are confident or naturally more expressive person you can chose to ‘perform’ to the audience. It is up to you.
Whatever type of person you are, you can bring energy, emotion and enthusiasm into your speaking, just as you would if you were in a conversation.
This is the secret to expressing yourself to an audience. Be yourself!
Summary
1) Think of speaking as an amplified conversation with an audience, not acting or oratory. Be natural, be yourself.
2) You already have the skill of speaking in a conversation.
3) Be clear, which means be loud enough to be heard comfortably.
4) Talking quickly is fine if you pause to let your audience absorb what you say.
5) Express yourself by being your natural self, you do not need to perform to the audience, only if you want to
6) Use energy, emotion, and enthusiasm just as you would in a conversation
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