Friday, February 20, 2015

'CONNECT' 26: Tips on Public Speaking: pitch, tonality, variation


'They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel'
Carl W. Buechner

You may have a great product or service to offer to the customer. You may be excited about its value to the customer. But what is the use if the excitement is not passed on to the customer? The purpose of public speaking is to touch the feelings of the audience. This is where face to face communication is more effective than written communication. In fact an effective public speaking is much more than face to face communication. It is heart to heart communication!


In order to touch the mind of the audience the speech have variations of pitch, tonality, volume, emphasis. You may have to catch the attention of the audience by low pitch and high pitch; by stressing some words with a low volume  or high volume.

This will convey not only the content of your communication, but also your feelings and emotions associated with the same. Next time when you see a movie notice how the actors deliver a dialogue. In fact the voice is recorded before the shoot. The person who gives the voice will actually act in front of the mike with all the feelings associated with the words.

In the next newsletter I will give an exercise.

NC Sridharan
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