Tag: voice

Is it useful to bore your audience?

730am

Saint Paul

 

Hey there!

Yesterday we discussed the importance of your tone of voice, specifically how being monotone works against your ability to hold someone’s attention.

If your voice has no texture, basically, there’s nothing to hook your listeners’ ears.

"Brain" by wyinoue, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
Can we tap directly into someone’s brain? “Brain” by wyinoue, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

But… I mentioned that maybe you want to be boring and monotone, on occasion.

What might that occasion be? Continue reading “Is it useful to bore your audience?”

Don’t you use that tone with me…

5:59am
Saint Paul, Minnesota

Have you ever sat through a presentation, and it could barely hold your attention?

The speaker drones on…
“…and in this chart you can see the market share projection…”

Ug take me out back and shoot me.

Are you engaging when you speak? Photo "Preacher" by daliscar1, Flicker, CC-By-2.0
Are you engaging when you speak? Photo “Preacher” by daliscar1, Flicker, CC-By-2.0

Vocal tones, speed, and silence are the punctuation to our spoken words. But most people —you and I included— forget the importance of Continue reading “Don’t you use that tone with me…”