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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

10 Tips To Improve Your Speaking VOICE - Part 2

Instructions :

6) Practice your speech in advance and determine where you want to pause for a breath. For more emphasis, pause for more than one breath. Mark your breathing points in your notes.

7) Loosen up before you begin. Look side to side. Roll your head in half-circles and roll your shoulders back. Shift your rib cage from side to side. Yawn. Stretch. Touch your toes while completely relaxing your upper body, then slowly stand up, one vertebra at a time, raising your head last. Repeat as needed.

8) Posture - Stand up straight and tall to allow full lung capacity and airflow.

9) Record your voice repeatedly using different ways of speaking. Determine which one is most pleasing.

10) Practice breath control - Take a deep breath, and while you exhale, count to 10 (or recite the months or days of the week). Try gradually increasing your volume as you count, using your abdominal muscles—not your throat—for volume. Don’t let your larynx tense up.