Clear Speech: Exercise

• Speaking simply is often more clever than talking cleverly. Unfortunately well-established, poor communicators legitimise bad communication. Poor communication in high places is copied by less experienced communicators who think that what they hear and see is “best practice”
• Indistinct speech can result from slurring words and phrases, talking inside a muffled voice, running words together, dropping endings and just failure to enunciate words and phrases or groups of words and phrases
• Two other processes can result in indistinct speech. With each of these examples, should you understand the bring about, you will fully grasp the answer and master the ability to talk properly

Tense Voice, High Pitch

• One is when we are tense; our vocal cords like other muscles in the body tighten up. The result is often a higher pitched voice. Although ours may be a technically clear vocalization, the pressure when felt by the audience results in distraction from your message.
• The other end of the spectrum is a distressed voice. Some have developed a habit of talking in a distressed voice as part of their normal conversation. It is hard to describe but when you hear someone do it, you will know it.