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Casual Articles - Speak to Influence Mini-course; Part 1 of 5
You feel like you’re a square peg in a round hole at the office. You see yourself as a fashion icon or someone who knows the latest trends in clothing, make up and accessories and who dresses and acts in like manner. You have used your knowledge to help out your fashion-challenged friends and family members, turning them from dowdy ducks into graceful swans through the right clothes, the correct make-up and a few lessons in proper bearing, walk and projection.However, you’re working in an office where the majority dress as if they were stuck in the fifties.You decide it’s time to look for more suitable em
The objective is to make you aware of your speaking pattern so that you will have specif
Does your job search feel like a big weight on your shoulders?Are you confused about what you should do next?Do you have starts and stops in your search activities?Are you beating yourself up because you haven’t done enough?Okay, first things first.Conducting a job search can be overwhelming under the best of circumstances.Add to that a full time job, kids and/or other pressing responsibilities, and it gets even trickier.And the higher you are on the food chain, the longer it takes to find your next position.On top of all those pressures, are you making t
1. Record your voice
2. Make a strengths list
3. Make an improvement list
4. Define who will help you.
There are many things that you can do to improve your speaking ability. I think that a necessary area to that almost always benefits the speaker is the ability to speck and influence the audience. This mini course will help in many way and we will take it a step at a time.
1. RECORD YOUR VOICE
It is invaluable to record yourself. It will give you a new perspective on how you speak and make a point. It will also be a reference for you. I use my computer and a microphone. A cassette recorder or a micro-cassette recorded will be fine. If you have a video recorder and a tripod this would also serve nicely.
I would like you to record yourself in two different ways. First, simply read from a book or magazine for one to two minutes. Then record yourself without a prepared script. Pick a topic and speak about it for 1 to 2 minutes.
These recordings will be enough for you to now evaluate yourself. An objective evaluation at this point is very important. I strongly suggest you to take it seriously and it can be insightful and fun at the same time.
The goal here is to gain insight on how others hear you. You should listen for specific things such as the way you take breaths, your pronunciation, your perceived pace of speaking. It is even good to note the number of words and then define your speaking pace in words per minute. These recordings are a great reference for you and the more things you observer about them the more value they will have for you.
The objective is to make you aware of your speaking pattern so that you will have specifi
There are two things we must do if we want to sell well:(1) Make what we’re selling seem appealing to the prospect; and(2) Make it easy to buy.Much has been written about selling benefits, and addressing the needs of prospects, though consultative, question-asking techniques.So, I’m not going to explore them, here.I’m interested in answering this question: “How can we make our offer so EASY to buy that it becomes nearly irresistible?”Car dealers are great at doing this with “no money down” and “instant credit” offers. Effectively, these appeals say you’re going to get what you wa
1. RECORD YOUR VOICE
It is invaluable to record yourself. It will give you a new perspective on how you speak and make a point. It will also be a reference for you. I use my computer and a microphone. A cassette recorder or a micro-cassette recorded will be fine. If you have a video recorder and a tripod this would also serve nicely.
I would like you to record yourself in two different ways. First, simply read from a book or magazine for one to two minutes. Then record yourself without a prepared script. Pick a topic and speak about it for 1 to 2 minutes.
These recordings will be enough for you to now evaluate yourself. An objective evaluation at this point is very important. I strongly suggest you to take it seriously and it can be insightful and fun at the same time.
The goal here is to gain insight on how others hear you. You should listen for specific things such as the way you take breaths, your pronunciation, your perceived pace of speaking. It is even good to note the number of words and then define your speaking pace in words per minute. These recordings are a great reference for you and the more things you observer about them the more value they will have for you.
The objective is to make you aware of your speaking pattern so that you will have specif
There is some activity going on in Wichita even as India comes online to start building light aircraft again. It seems that every time it looks like Wichita is in a spiral, someone puts the ball back in the center kicks the rudder back to zero and pulls back on the yoke. Well, I’ll be damned the onlookers say. It is as if the founding city of the first US Mail Planes still has some powerful spirits flying around from the past entrepreneurs and pioneers who made Wichita what it is today.Two new things are happening in Wichita which might help the nearly 6000 laid off aerospace and aviation workers; Cessna is buildi
I would like you to record yourself in two different ways. First, simply read from a book or magazine for one to two minutes. Then record yourself without a prepared script. Pick a topic and speak about it for 1 to 2 minutes.
These recordings will be enough for you to now evaluate yourself. An objective evaluation at this point is very important. I strongly suggest you to take it seriously and it can be insightful and fun at the same time.
The goal here is to gain insight on how others hear you. You should listen for specific things such as the way you take breaths, your pronunciation, your perceived pace of speaking. It is even good to note the number of words and then define your speaking pace in words per minute. These recordings are a great reference for you and the more things you observer about them the more value they will have for you.
The objective is to make you aware of your speaking pattern so that you will have specif
Everyone has received poor customer service at one time or another. Whether by accident or on purpose, it’s never pleasant and always frustrating.Have you ever wondered what you could do about improving it?Maybe you think there’s nothing that can be done. What we all forget is that the power in today’s society is moving more and more to the consumer. We have more choices than ever before. We have more options for the same products and services, and that means lower prices and generally better availability.And we can choose to buy or not to buy from a place that service is second-rate.“Yea
The goal here is to gain insight on how others hear you. You should listen for specific things such as the way you take breaths, your pronunciation, your perceived pace of speaking. It is even good to note the number of words and then define your speaking pace in words per minute. These recordings are a great reference for you and the more things you observer about them the more value they will have for you.
The objective is to make you aware of your speaking pattern so that you will have specif
I hate my job.Do you find yourself saying this on a regular basis?Do you dread having to face another day at work?Do you sometimes wish you’d be fired or laid off just to escape your daily prison?If so, join the club. You might be surprised how many people spend years (and years and years…) staying in the same job that they hate.If you constantly say to yourself “I hate my job” then it’s time you did something about it.And if you’re the type of person who keeps telling your friends “I hate my job” and expecting that they will care, you’d really better start doing something
The objective is to make you aware of your speaking pattern so that you will have specific things to work on and become less self-conscious.
2. MAKE A STRENGTHS LIST
Many people do not like the way they sound. They think it does not sound like them. The way we hear ourselves is not the way others hear us. No matter how you think you sound, it is important to realize that you do have some definite strengths.
After you have recorded yourself, listen to the recording a few times to evaluate certain aspects of your voice. It is important to note that the things we measure we tend to improve. I suggest that you rate yourself on a scale of 1 to 10 for the following qualities. Have your evaluators do the same but realize that each evaluator’s scale will be different.
• Warmth
• Command
• Professionalism
• Enthusiasm
• Showing Interest in your material
• Articulateness
• Pace
• Persuasiveness
• Pleasantness of tone
• Clarity
• Passion
• Authority
• Volume
Write down any other adjectives that come to mind.
3. MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT LIST
The next part of the process is to determine the improvements or needs. Consider the following criteria:
• Too fast or too slow
• Too loud or too soft
• Monotone
• Tentative or uncertain
• Mumbles
• Breath too loud
• Breath not paced well
• Unpleasant tone
• Strong accent
• Tired or lacking
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