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Summary: Speaking loudly and clearly shows confidence at a public speaking event. Get tips on voice projection from a communications and public speaking expert in the free instructional video.
Tracy Goodwin has a master’s in corporate communication and 10 years experience in professional speaking. Recipient of numerous public speaking awards and is a college professor of...read more
"Alright, we are talking about voice and we have just established in the last clip that we are not going to go too fast because that automatically shows that we are nervous. And something else that we tend to do with our voice when we are nervous or that shows lack of confidence, is we tend to get very quiet with our voice and tend to not really get our words out. Well, you want to get your words out, you want to be loud enough for everyone to hear, you want to speak clear enough for everyone to hear, and that is real important. Not only for your skills as a speaker, but to express that you are confident. So, you know you may have a microphone, but the majority of the time, I don't think you will. So it is very important that you get your volume up, get your voice out, and speak loud and clear, and at a good pace."