Using the Body and the Voice for Greater

Presentation Impact

Developing a more confident

and convincing voice for public speaking

Developing a greater range of voice expression

Influencing your audience with the power of your voice

Getting Greater Impact Through the Voice

Speaking to a Group 41% Height 32% Insects and Bugs 24% Financial Problems 23% Deep Water 22% Sickness 20% Death 19% Flying 18%

(From “the Book of Lists”, 1977)

Your Top Fears List

Only 7% of human communication is through

the actual words 93% with what we communicate is non-verbal:

Tone of voice Pitch Posture Micro-expressions on our face Gestures

Diagnostics

Breathy voice Full voice Chesty voice Thin voice

What is your voice quality?

Voice Qualities

Volume – loudness or softness

Pitch – highness or lowness of the voice

Rate speed at which you speak

Vocalization

Pauses – momentary breaks in your

speaking avoid vocalized pauses

Variety

Pronunciation

Articulation – physical production of

speech sounds we habitually chop, slur and mumble,

rather than enunciating

Dialect –accent, grammar or vocabulary

Stretching & Neck Exercises Breathing Humming Resonance Staccatos

WARM UP

Yawsa Exercise – helps relax our muscles for

better circulation

You will be assigned one fable per group Divide the fable into reading parts & assign a

part to each member Interpret the fable based on the emotion

depicted in the story using: vocal clarity, variety, projection and proper enunciation.

Telling a Story

Joy/Happiness Sorrow/Sadness Fear Anger Pain

The Five Different Emotions

Say it using the five different emotions.

You’re Nothing But a Second Rate, Trying Hard Copycat

Gestures Visual Impact on the Audience Building Rapport

The Body

It is carriage, facial expressions, eye contact

and gestures.

It helps you: Understand people better Know when the person is bored Or interested Or disagrees with you

What is body language?

'I don't believe that.'  'I'm thinking hard'  'I don't like whatever you've just told me’ ‘Uh-oh’ I can not tell you that information Everything is under control

Reading Faces

Stage Fright Gestures Make Audience Nervous gripping the lectern,

clenching your hands together, clutching an object, fiddling with clothing or accessories or touching a body part (pulling ear, wiping brow,

rubbing chin)

Fear of one's mind going blank Trembling, shaking or showing other signs

of anxiety Doing something embarrassing Inability to continue talking Saying foolish things or not making sense

STAGE FRIGHT ISSUES

Look at your mental pictures Be positive instead of thinking negative

Exaggerating your symptoms If you suffer from shaky hands and sweaty palms, try

to make them shake and sweat more.

Arrive early

Breathe in, breathe out

When all else fails, SMILE.

COMBATING STAGE FRIGHT

Gestures are like seasoning

The face is where our conviction, love, joy, pain, sorrow, and hope can be communicated without a word.

In effect, it is like saying the same thing twice. Once with your words, and once with your face.

Empathic Descriptive

Types of Public Speaking Gestures

They express those things you feel, the

convictions you have. They can be the period or exclamation mark

at the end of a phrase. They can give power and energy to the

speech. They are subjective in nature.

Empathic Gestures

They show how big, how small, which way,

position, and location. Anything you can touch. They are objective in nature.

Descriptive Gestures

A-Ok Blah-blah Check please Clenched Fist Crossed Fingers Finger Gun Fist Bump High Five

Demo the FF Gestures

Hitchhiking Knock on Wood Loser Money Sign Raised Fist Salute Talk to the Hand Telephone

Air Quotes Hand Rubbing Jazz Hands Whatever Air Kiss

Category:

Movie Titles (local and international)

Charades!

Group yourselves into five Prepare a 5-minute presentation based on the

topic you will pick out Each member of the group should have a

speaking part You will be evaluated based on:

Voice Body Language

For the Workshop Output