Thursday, November 22, 2007

Persuasive Presentations – It's In The Voice!

I was working with a student recently who had a very quiet voice ---- and he knew it. But, too, he recognized that it was time to do something about it. "I realize that making a persuasive presentation that can be heard by everyone is an essential step in my career development" he said. And how right he was.



How many times have you sat through a presentation where you have had to strain to hear what the speaker said? In fact, after about five minutes of that, we usually switch off and give up the attempt.



Whilst your material might be top notch, if no one can hear you clearly, all you preparation is wasted.

Not only that, if you do not have authority in your voice, then it will be a very difficult job to convince an View the rest of this article


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