How to develop a voice that makes people want to listen to you?Posted by jaques montegolifier on June 2nd, 2021 Image is all these days. People's perceptions of you, whether true or not, may influence your professional life, social life, and even personal relationships. Therefore, understanding your tone of voice communicates to others is so essential to your public speaking performance. While we have all heard that you should not judge a book by its cover, the fact is that your audience will judge your appearance and voice tone before hearing what you have to say. The audience will start to pay attention to the content of your words after you have passed this first—albeit superficial—credibility test. How do you make others listen? Learning how to adapt your voice so that you are delivering the correct message to your audience members is the first step in speaking in a way that makes people want to listen to you. Here are some expert tips for cultivating a speaking voice that holds people's interest, whether you are giving a presentation to a boardroom full of executives or thousands of people on a stage. • People who do not speak from the diaphragm often do not breathe from the diaphragm, so changing your breathing pattern will help you boost your speaking voice. People who talk with a mouth or chest voice often breathe too shallowly, resulting in an awkward nasal sound. All you must do to improve this is begin practising deep breathing. The source of your breath must be your abdomen, not your chest. Like it? Share it!More by this author |