April, 2011
Vocal Voyages!
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Quotation of the Month |
Opening: Ever consider that a speech is similar to a voyage since you, the speaker, invites the audience to journey with you to a destination that promises a better life?
Promise: Pack the essentials that are required, promise the audience's benefits, leave out alienating items, and then observe how enthused and curious they'll be and want to journey with you.
Roadmap: Let's look at V words that you must leave behind, otherwise you will travel alone and ones that you must pack as they will entice your audience to join you.
- vague message that keeps them wondering: what is the point, message, where is he/she going with this?
- verbose speaker: too wordy- squeezing too much information in leaving the audience confused and taking nothing out of it
- voice that is inaudible
- voice that is monotone/boring
- vanity on the speaker's part making yourself the guru, source of wisdom, hero
- vitality/enthusiasm/energy that's constant and over abundant- remember that if you're always dynamic, you're never dynamic; as P. Fripp says: "Sameness is the enemy of the speaker"
V items to pack so your audience will want to travel with you
- vision of the destination is clear, concise; can you articulate your fewer than 10 word takeaway message?
- vision of the destination promises benefits for them
- vision of the destination is YOU-focused (audience focused)
- varied voice and vitality while working through a roller coaster of emotions
- vivid vocabulary that paints pictures in the audience's minds; effective use of metaphors to describe a person, place, event, situation
- versatility or ability to be in the moment, get 'off script' and go with the flow of an unexpected situation
- visual reaction before verbal: demonstrate a facial expression before saying anything- an opportunity for humour; observe comics skillfully do this
- victory for a speaker is to ensure the engagement of the audience throughout your speech and the intended change in the audience to occur after you speak
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Join us next month when we discuss the letter "W" as it relates to another speaking skill.
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