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What are the best ways to use your voice in a presentation?

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Your voice is one of the most powerful tools you have to deliver a captivating presentation. It can convey your confidence, enthusiasm, and credibility, as well as engage your audience and make them feel connected to your message. However, using your voice effectively requires more than just speaking loudly and clearly. Here are some of the best ways to use your voice in a presentation to achieve your goals and impress your listeners.

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1 Vary your pitch

Pitch is the highness or lowness of your voice, and it can affect how your audience perceives your emotions, intentions, and personality. A monotone voice can sound boring, dull, or uninterested, while a varied pitch can express excitement, curiosity, or emphasis. To vary your pitch, try to match your tone to the content and mood of your presentation. For example, you can use a higher pitch to ask a question, express surprise, or highlight a key point, and a lower pitch to show authority, seriousness, or confidence. You can also use pitch to signal transitions, contrasts, or conclusions in your speech.

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Daniele (Olivarez) Cunningham

B2B Marketing Leader | Big 4 Ex-Deloitte | GTM & Client Experience | SaaS | Professional Services
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Effectively using your voice is pivotal in presentations. Firstly, modulate tone and pace, creating a dynamic rhythm to engage your audience. Second, infuse passion, conveying genuine enthusiasm. Use strategic pauses to emphasize key points for better absorption. Vary your pitch and volume to highlight important concepts, and to maintain interest. Lastly, practice to fine-tune your vocal delivery, I recommend recording yourself so you can hear how you're coming across and make tweaks as needed. Master these techniques to captivate your audience and leave a lasting impression.

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2 Control your pace

Pace is the speed at which you speak, and it can influence how your audience follows and remembers your information, as well as how they feel about your delivery. A fast pace can convey urgency, passion, or enthusiasm, but it can also make you sound nervous, rushed, or unclear. A slow pace can convey calmness, clarity, or importance, but it can also make you sound boring, unprepared, or unsure. To control your pace, try to find a balance between too fast and too slow, and adjust it according to the purpose and context of your presentation. For example, you can use a faster pace to build momentum, create suspense, or summarize a lot of information, and a slower pace to emphasize a key point, explain a complex concept, or pause for effect.

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Aurelia Hall-Bromley
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In my experience, this can be one of the most challenging parts of presenting. The biggest mistake I see people make is talking at breakneck speed and then saying "sorry I am going really fast", meanwhile no one can really take on board what's being said. The other side to this is people over explaining things and going far too slowly, perhaps not realising their audience's level of understanding, so people switch off. You can gain control by: - considering what the key points need to be, focus the presentation around these - be realistic about the time you need to present when scheduling You can improve your skills by: - practising - record and listen to yourself - start small, then expand to bigger more complex presentations

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3 Use pauses

Pauses are the silent moments between your words or sentences, and they can enhance your communication, comprehension, and impact. Pauses can help you breathe, think, and organize your thoughts, as well as give your audience time to process, reflect, and respond to your message. Pauses can also create drama, suspense, or surprise, as well as emphasize or contrast your points. To use pauses effectively, try to avoid filler words like "um", "uh", or "like", and instead use intentional silence to punctuate your speech. For example, you can use a pause before or after a key point, a question, or a punchline, or between different sections or topics of your presentation.

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4 Adjust your volume

Volume is the loudness or softness of your voice, and it can affect how your audience hears and reacts to your message. A loud voice can project confidence, energy, or importance, but it can also sound aggressive, rude, or overwhelming. A soft voice can project intimacy, humility, or sincerity, but it can also sound timid, weak, or inaudible. To adjust your volume, try to consider the size and layout of the room, the number and location of your listeners, and the background noise and distractions. You can also use volume to create variety, interest, and emphasis in your speech. For example, you can use a louder volume to grab attention, express emotion, or make a strong statement, and a softer volume to draw interest, create rapport, or make a subtle point.

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5 Express your emotions

Emotions are the feelings that you convey through your voice, and they can influence how your audience relates to and remembers your message. Emotions can make your presentation more engaging, authentic, and persuasive, as well as show your passion, personality, and connection to your topic. However, expressing your emotions also requires balance, moderation, and appropriateness. To express your emotions effectively, try to match your voice to the tone and mood of your presentation, and use vocal cues such as pitch, pace, volume, and pauses to communicate your feelings. For example, you can use a higher pitch, a faster pace, and a louder volume to express excitement, joy, or anger, and a lower pitch, a slower pace, and a softer volume to express sadness, disappointment, or gratitude.

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6 Practice and get feedback

The best way to improve your voice in a presentation is to practice and get feedback. Practicing can help you become more familiar, comfortable, and confident with your voice, as well as identify and correct any issues or habits that may affect your delivery. Getting feedback can help you gain insights, perspectives, and tips from others who can listen to and evaluate your voice objectively. To practice and get feedback effectively, try to record yourself, listen to yourself, and ask for constructive criticism from someone you trust. You can also use tools such as apps, online platforms, or coaches to help you analyze and improve your voice.

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7 Here’s what else to consider

This is a space to share examples, stories, or insights that don’t fit into any of the previous sections. What else would you like to add?

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Deana Criess

Corporate Facilitator, Educator and Disability Advocate harnessing the power of play to develop positive, productive and creative work and learning environments.
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The ability to produce verbal speech does not make us more human than people who cannot. There are lots of people with valuable things to say who may those things through sign language, text to speech of other alternate forms of communication. Those words are no less important and impactful than verbal ones. Some presenters may speak in a specific cadence, volume or tone as a result of a disability. The advice in this article may be helpful to some, it also assumes all presenters must be able to use voice dynamics as key to delivering your message successfully. As audience members and as people who select “speakers” let’s remember that there are multiple ways to “speak” and we can and should make room for those ways.

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Christy K Okorie MCIPR

Corporate & Internal Communications | PR | Brand & Executive Profile Management | Marketing | UN Women UK Delegate (CSW68)
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Avoid using filler words, such as 'uhm,' 'basically,' and 'like,' as much as possible. They can make you appear uncertain. Additionally, when conveying passion through your voice and facial expressions, be mindful not to come across as overly enthusiastic, which might be easily mistaken for anger instead of genuine enthusiasm.

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