0464 – 4 – Talk To Them One To One

2022.04.09 – 0464 – 4 – Talk To Them One To One

4 – Talk To Them One To One

Part of feeling comfortable is also being able to continually monitor the audience, their face, body language and voice for signs of agreement or understanding, or other emotions such as disgust, anger, humour or enthusiasm.

But that’s difficult when we are in an environment such as a studio, or with a microphone pointed towards us recording every word we say. Or to a camera or to an auditorium of people. Or when the event is being recorded and there’s no live audience anyway. There is no single person who we can talk to, and we get nothing from the ‘feedback loop’ when we speak to tell us how the message is being received and whether it needs to be altered in some way.

If we are not comfortable then we are to some extent likely to be nervous and nerves cause tension which can be felt in the body and heard in the voice. Nervous tension can muddle the message.

So, to be conversational, don’t talk to the microphone or think of the huge number of people listening or watching, just be yourself and imagine talking with one single person - perhaps like you’re talking on the phone to them. (After all, most people listen to audio while they are alone.)

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