| If you want to improve your presentation skills | | | | factor that leads to further training in vocal skills. |
| invest your training in a Drama Course and a | | | | Voice Empowerment: |
| Voice Empowerment Course. Most presentations | | | | A personal speech coach is able to tap into your |
| need to be supercharged with creativity, punch, | | | | specific concerns about the sound of your voice in |
| and passion to achieve the best presentation | | | | a presentation that you may not even realize is |
| experience for the participants and the presenter. | | | | producing a negative effect on the listeners. In |
| Take a look at what skills you will evolve with | | | | addition, the speech coach works with your |
| these two training enhancements: | | | | material and guides you during rehearsal to tweak |
| Drama Course: | | | | the nuances of the presentation, so you not only |
| Actors are trained to present their feelings, ideas, | | | | sound better, but create presence and charisma. |
| and maintain audience rapport. Acting techniques | | | | Empowerment of your voice with improved tone |
| will not only tap into your beliefs, but will show | | | | and purpose is critical to enhancing your |
| you how to express your ideas convincingly so | | | | presentation skills. It is this element that puts you |
| the audience connects with your presentation on | | | | a cut above the other presenters. |
| an emotional level. These techniques help the | | | | Delivery techniques on the how fast or slow you |
| business-type cut loose with creativity to find | | | | speak, when to pause, and how to use your |
| interesting ways to present their material. Gaining | | | | speech muscles (lips, teeth, tongue, jaw, palate) |
| experience with thinking spontaneously, you will be | | | | for clarity of your message will augment your |
| able to react instantly to any unforeseen event, | | | | presentation. You will no longer get away with |
| question, or follow-through. This often saves the | | | | mumbling or speaking too quickly so that only half |
| day or even creates humour during your | | | | your audience hears your presentation. |
| presentation. You will also be a more energetic | | | | When you sound weak you are treated as less of |
| presenter as you view this as a performance. | | | | an expert. To fix this, you can easily use your |
| Have you ever forgotten an example to back up | | | | voice as a tool to project your sound and qualities |
| your point, or has your mind gone blank on you in | | | | of an expert. Voice skills are considered a high |
| a presentation? Well, have no fear, because | | | | 38% factor of your overall communication impact |
| improvisational training will draw upon your inner | | | | on the listener, second to visual. So many |
| imagination to produce, out of nowhere, a new | | | | presenters miss the opportunity to boost their |
| example, which might even be better than the | | | | presentation skills by getting specific training in |
| one you were using to begin with. Improvisation | | | | vocal skills from a coach; because they assume |
| teaches you how to trust your potent imaginary | | | | they know how to speak. Yet, those who do |
| skills that are lying dormant within you. It also | | | | seek out this training actually heighten their |
| makes your presentations more lively. | | | | confidence level and presentation level |
| Drama skills allow you to see things through the | | | | exponentially. |
| eyes of others to understand the character's | | | | If you want to impact your audience with a |
| eyes and wishes, which can be a bonus if you are | | | | powerful presentation then devote your next |
| looking to create connection to what an audience | | | | training budget exclusively to taking a drama |
| needs. Drama courses show you how to | | | | course, or getting a personal voice coach for a |
| emphasize your content to make the flow of | | | | dynamic presentation that even you would be |
| your presentation build to a climax and persuade | | | | amazed at! |
| your listeners into the scene. It is this persuasive | | | | Written by Brenda C. |