The verbally facile among us were not born with the ability to think and speak fluidly. Their skill is the respond of practice and a desire to appear articulate and in control. Here are three ways to practice your quick-thinking skills so you can appear more verbally fluid yourself.

ODD QUESTIONS

Print out the following questions and cut them apart, trying not to look at the actual words. A week later, turn on your tape records, take on of the questions, and respond to it....

Torture is sitting through a long-winded speech in which the presenter is staring at his/her notes on the lectern, focused entirely on reading to the audience. My feeling is that if you are going to read something to me – and I'm not attending a reading at the library or Barnes and Noble – then why not copy it, pass it out, and we can all go home or back to work. Better yet, email it to me!

Public speaking means communicating with your audience. It is a live venue, the...

The Best Mans Speech. If you're the best man then no doubtedly you may need an idea of what to say with your Best Mans Speech. Should you not, then you could possibly have a tricky responsibility upon your hands.

Here is a good one liner to say in your opening speech:

"Being asked to be the best man - is
like being asked to sleep with the queen.

It's a honor...... but no one wants to do it!"

Now that ought to soften up the...

While everyone recognizes a nasal voice in which excessive sound is traveling through the nose while speaking, many are unaware of the opposite extreme known as denasality.  When you are congested or if you suffer from allergies, often the result is a voice in which little or no sound is able to be carried through the nasal passages because they are inflamed and swollen.

Recently I spoke to a young man named Jason whose voice exhibited both characteristics. In addition, the...

The more you know about your audience, the better you will be able to connect your topic to them. Audience analysis is not difficult. It basically requires knowing your audience well so you can organize your verbal, visual, and vocal delivery to suit their situations. When analyzing an audience, you aren’t trying to deceive, control, or force them; you are just making sure your speech suits them and keeps them interested.

Speeches need to be audience-centered; so...

As a voice specialist, I have known for many years that a good voice improvement course can be an excellent means of accent reduction.  Yesterday, I received an email from a Taiwanese man studying in Boston.  His 1st language is Mandarin Chinese; and, he has been enrolled in an accent reduction course for the past 4 months.  He noticed, however, that something was still missing:

1. his inability to increase his volume without his accent returning; and,

Marketing your product is the key to sales. People seek information to solve their problems. As a marketer, you will give all the information but along with providing information you should use persuasion and motivation.

For example, if you are trying to sell a non-fiction book about the how-to's of corporate success, don't just tell the people what your book is about. Tell them why it is so effective and easy to implement. Tell them why it's just no ordinary book; tell them how...

Successful motivational speakers are not only highly regarded but also financially privileged. The more they speak, the more popular and richer they get! They speak for a few hours, sometimes, only for several minutes but their compensation seems to be a lot.

Do professional motivational speakers have something special which we don't have?More importantly, you're probably wondering, 'How Do I Become A Motivational Speaker?'

Motivational speakers, especially ones with...

The best way to start with this career is to assess your skills as a speaker at first.Whether it is for weddings, free seminars, or just group talks, grab every opportunity to speak at any function or event. Ask for feedback from the listeners after speeches. Tell your family and friends to be brutally honest. It will help you.

Confidence is a major attribute in public speaking.People will usually only want motivational advice from someone who is a self-assured and poised...

Are you curious as to how you can deepen your voice so it sounds more attractive to listen to? When you play back a recording of your voice, dose it really sound the way you would have loved it to sound? Is your recorded voice that good to listen to that you can invite your friends to listen to your recordings? Or you sound like I'm ten years old guy.

If you have this problem, then you need to do something so as to fix it. You need to deepen your voice just like most of the...