Do you sound like your mother, your father, your sister, or your brother?  Have you ever wondered why your voice sounds the way it does?  If you were at your parents’ home and you answered their phone, would the caller mistake you for one of your parents or possibly a sibling?

While you may sound like a particular parent or brother or sister, your speaking voice is as individual to you as are your fingerprints.  Yes, you may sound similar to that relative but...

In teaching public speaking, I find that many of my clients, as well as my students, stand at the lectern or on the podium and try to be someone or something they are not.  The result is a forced delivery that does not sound natural.

The best in the business - and not necessarily the most famous - treat their audience as if they were having a conversation in their living room.  In that sense, they are first and foremost being themselves.

Why is this so important?...

Do you have a high pitched squeaky voice that is affecting your life? Are you 20 years old (or older) but have a voice like a 6 years old? You can't ring taxis or speak to companies on the phone without them asking to speak to mum or dad? And it really so upsetting to be in that condition since you fell trapped?

Well, you are not alone in that situation. There are so many people in the world today who have high pitched voices, and are seriously looking for ways to naturally...

How to make people listen to you?

Do you want people to listen and pay attention to what you say? Do you get frustrated when you talk and no one is interested in what you say?

You probably spend a lot of time interacting and talking with your colleagues, friends, and family every day. Yet, it happens so often that you will be saying something and the people you are having a conversation with are not listening to what you are trying to say, which usually frustrates you as...

With an atmosphere that could be visualized as Victorian London shrouded within pea-souper smog, it is adequate enough to state that Original Oratories often favor heavy, serious fair.  This consistency is understandable.  A majority of OO's are centered around controversial topics.  The precedent has been set of Original Oratory being an event of consequence, with meaning.  Another factor is that Original Oratory is an extension of Declamation (or rather, any form...

Do you want to learn how to make your voice deeper ? Do you want to get a good deep voce training guide which can help you deepen your voice and give you a strong deep and sexy voice tone you have always wanted to have? This article will go through some 7 practices you can use to achieve that goal.

1- Get rid of your stress:Tension or stress can cause the neck muscles to tightened thereby producing high pitched voice sounds which are really not pleasant to listen to. Your...

Aside from being able to think of an Impromptu speech in minutes and channel Robin Williams for eloquent, uninterrupted words, as a speaker of this event you must also understand how to manage your time.  For the nitty-gritty read further.

The very first thing that your Impromptu brain must grasp is how to train yourself to almost subliminally be conscious of time.  While presenting your speech you should focus on your structure, words, and delivery.  Giving a great...

When something is optional should you make use of it or forgo its help and look more professional by working unaided?  This is a query every Extemporaneous speaker must pose to themselves.  The event of Extemporaneous Speaking allows for the use of a note card during the speech.  The note card is intended for notes, mainly to be used to remember sources.  The question becomes should you take advantage of this helpful piece of paper?

Use it?If you are new to the...

I read something the other day that really shook me up. Not in the negative sense, but positively -- as positively as possible.

It concerns one of the biggest bugaboos of public speaking. Most novice speakers appear to have a deadly fear of silence. If for even a fraction of a second nothing is coming out of their mouth, they seem to feel that something is wrong. This is a principal cause of all the "uh," "um," "eh", "ah",...

Public speaking is an important topic in everyone's life. Some people are naturally good at speaking in public. Others aren't.

No matter what kind of person you are I will provide you here with some tips that will help you to get better at speaking in public.

Use Your Voice Effectively
When speaking in public nothing is more important than to use your voice effectively. How do you use your voice in a better way? First of all you need to speak loud. Loud enough so...