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Home Business Presentation Your Voice - Asset or Embarrassment -- 3 Best Voice Care Tips
Your Voice - Asset or Embarrassment -- 3 Best Voice Care Tips PDF Print E-mail
Written by Jane K Thomas   
Sunday, 07 September 2008 09:43
The correct care of your voice is probably the most frequently overlooked aspect of speaking in public.
by JaneKThomas


The correct care of your voice is probably the most frequently overlooked aspect of speaking in public.

Many speakers think that all you need to do is open your mouth, take a deep breath and speak in order to deliver their speech. Unfortunately, they are a very long way from becoming successful public speakers. But they are definitely not alone in ignoring the most vital tool their speech-making tool-kit. Few speakers consciously spend time working on the correct speaking techniques - and even less time taking care of the single most important asset they possess.

After all, no voice, no speech!

So what are the golden rules that will ensure that your voice is kept in excellent condition for speech-making? Here are the three greatest tips for delivering crystal-clear presentations:

1. Make sure that you don't strain your voice in any way and that means no shouting at your favourite sporting event! No matter how much encouragement your team needs to score the winning point - let others do the yelling and shouting.

2. Drink plenty of water. Get into the habit of sipping plain water throughout the day and your whole body will feel the benefit - not just your voice. At your speaking event, make sure that you have a glass of water to hand during your speech so that you never feel that your throat is becoming dry.

Avoid excessive alcohol intake in the days preceding a speaking engagement and leave the stuff alone completely in the 48 hours immediately prior to making your speech.

And no matter what the state of your nerves, absolutely no alcohol on the day of your speech. Your voice will benefit and so will your audience!

3. Run through some gentle warm-up exercises for your vocal chords half and hour or so before making your speech. If you only speak occasionally, you may feel a little self-conscious humming and singing to yourself but just remember that all professional actors, speakers and singers run through warm-up exercises in just the same way as professional sportsmen. If you really are serious about delivering the best speech possible, these exercises can make a big difference to your performance.

And the better you perform, the better you will feel. And the better you feel, the more relaxed you will become. And as if by magic, your audience will become attuned to your confident manner and leave the event knowing that they have thoroughly enjoyed every word that you have spoken.

Your voice will have been your greatest asset - and you won't have suffered the embarrassment of delivering your speech sounding like a frog with a sore throat!

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