Real Talking Tips with Elaine A. Clark
56 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingPresentation, Voice-Over, and Speech Communication micro learning lessons to improve speech, diction, clarity, melody, tempo, attitude, and message impact. From the author of There's Money Where Your Mouth is and Voice-Overs For Podcasting, and the creator of Activate Your Voice and Adding Melody To Your Voice apps. Elaine A. Clark demonstrates specific ways to use the body, subtext, and gestures for added clarity, message arc, visualization, and 3-D storytelling. Each episode ends with an assignment for you to work on to get "wired for sound." It's great for podcasters, voice actors, business executives, teachers, public speakers, and anyone who wants to improve their speech and communication skills.
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52: Real Talking Tips_Score Your Speech Success
February 22, 2022 14:00 - 12 minutes - 14.2 MBHello, I’m and welcome to the final episode of season 1. S1 Ep 52 Real Talking Tips is YOUR time to assess what you learned in each of these 52 speech communication micro learning lessons. As you listen, be sure to rate yourself on all 52 micro-learning lessons on a scale of 1-5 with 5 being the highest score. Then tally your score. Your Real Talking Tips speech communication score should fall somewhere between 52 (lowest) and 260 (highest). The score you give yourself should be a pretty g...
51: Real Talking Tips - What Are Your Speech Problem Areas?
February 15, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 7.67 MBSuccessful speech communication is easily received by the listener and engages the audience's attention. - YOU have the ability to make people feel and take action. - You have the choice to offer a suggestion rather than a demand. - You have the ability to guide the listener into accepting and adopting your message as their own. That’s the power of words, how you deliver the message, and own the results as a voice actor, podcaster, public speaker, sales person, or presenter. Episode 51 is a r...
50: Real Talking Tips - Create A Story Arc
February 09, 2022 02:08 - 7 minutes - 8.21 MBThe purpose of a story arc is to ENGAGE the audience's attention and effect a CHANGE. A story arc is needed in every speech, presentation, audio recording, and series episode. For the story to go somewhere, change must occur from the beginning of the speech, to the end of the message, and beyond the spoken words. 'Flat lining a message' occurs when a speaker fails to take the audience on a journey. Story arcs can be from avoidance to acceptance, confusion to understanding, boredom to action, ...
49: Real Talking Tips - Making It M.I.N.E.® - EMOTIONS
February 01, 2022 14:00 - 6 minutes - 7.12 MBIn Real Talking Tips episode 49, the final E for EMOTION is added to my Elaine A. Clark - Making It M.I.N.E.® 4-part speech communication and performance series. The M-I-N-E acronym stands for: M. MOTIVATION - The moment before speaking that propels the message. I. INTENTIONS - Actions given to words to safeguard a 'win'. N. NEED - The message's purpose and through line. E. EMOTIONS - Adding emotional depth, realism, and opinion. In the previous 4-part Real Talking Tips - Power of Persuasion...
48: Real Talking Tips - Making It M.I.N.E.® - NEED
January 25, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 7.77 MBIn contrast to INTENTIONS that were discussed in Real Talking Tips 47 that continually change, the NEED of each speaker’s message should remain constant and never change. A clearly defined NEED is the speaker’s through line, driving force, and purpose for speaking. A person's NEED can be for basic existence: sleep, clothing, water, food, and shelter. The speaker's NEED should be unique to a specific situation and expected audience response. The NEED must be condensed and clarified into only ...
47: Real Talking Tips - Making It M.I.N.E.® - INTENTIONS
January 18, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 8.42 MBReal Talking Tips 47 is the second part of my Elaine A. Clark - Making It M.I.N.E.® series on how to add depth and subtext to speech, presentations, podcasts, and voice-over recordings. INTENTIONS are the ACTIONS a speaker uses to ensure a “win”. The movement can be the gestures we worked on in the Real Talking Tips episodes 27 - 37 Word Emphasis series and in my Adding Melody To Your Voice app. Intentions can also be an awareness of a subconscious movement so the speaker can consciously and ...
46: Real Talking Tips - Making It M.I.N.E.® - MOTIVATION
January 11, 2022 14:00 - 11 minutes - 12.5 MBThe letters in my Elaine A. Clark - Making It M.I.N.E.® performance system stand for Motivation, Intentions, Need, and Emotions. The goal of this series and other Real Talking Tips episodes is to reprogram speech communication and performance out of the head so it can drop into your body. Real Talking Tips 46 kicks off the 4-part M-I-N-E series with MOTIVATIONS. - Motivation is connected to an event that just happened. - Motivation is a reaction that prompts the speaker to respond. - Motivati...
45: Real Talking Tips - Power of Persuasion - Pathos
January 04, 2022 14:00 - 7 minutes - 8.85 MBReal Talking Tips 45 completes the 4-part Power of Persuasion series. In episodes 42-44, we constructed the 3 pillars of persuasion: Ethos, Logos, and Pathos. Now we're going to dig a little deeper into Aristotle's Treatise on Rhetoric where he defined the available means of persuasion into three additional categories: Judicial, Demonstrative, and Deliberate. Because it's about the FUTURE, we’re going to focus on Deliberative Rhetoric, where: Logos: Provides information for your audience to ...
44: Real Talking Tips - Power of Persuasion - PATHOS
December 28, 2021 14:00 - 6 minutes - 7.53 MBPATHOS is the third episode in this Real Talking Tips - POWER OF PERSUASION - series. Pathos is the emotional addition to the authoritative ETHOS and logical LOGOS discussed in Real Talking Tips episodes -43. At the core of Pathos is an emotional appeal to evoke a feeling from the audience. Pathos also lends an imaginative and storytelling quality that can open up people's minds and hearts to past, present, and future possibilities. Follow along as we explore how to recognize and emotionally ...
43: Real Talking Tips - Power of Persuasion - Logos
December 21, 2021 14:00 - 5 minutes - 6.77 MBLOGOS is the second rhetorical appeal in this 4-part Real Talking Tips POWER OF PERSUASION series. kicked off the mini-series with ETHOS, a speaker’s authority, background, and ‘street cred’. LOGOS is the very heart and soul of the writer’s and speaker’s message. Logos provides facts, price, size, reasoning, numbers, dates, times, percentages, and function. Logos supports the argument with research, evidence, and proof to make a particular claim. These logical bits of information have a p...
42: Real Talking Tips - Power of Persuasion - ETHOS
December 13, 2021 18:59 - 8 minutes - 8.81 MBReal Talking Tips 42 begins a new 4-part series on the POWER OF PERSUASION. Hi, I'm - actor, , , , , and . Listing my background establishes my authority and ethos, which is the focus of this episode. Ethos is one of three powerful rhetorical components and the foundation of writing and speaking. Ethos establishes the speaker’s tone, style, status, ethical standards, credibility, and believability. It’s the speaker’s job to sound authoritative and support the personal ‘WHY’ belief regardless...
41: Real Talking Tips - Voice Placement - Shifting Voice Locations
December 08, 2021 18:30 - 10 minutes - 10.9 MBIf you have a monotone voice, get frustrated when people lose focus or tune out when you talk, or are annoyed when people ask you to repeat yourself, this Real Talking Tips ‘Shifting Voice Locations’ episode is for you. Varying pitch placement helps separate concepts, ideas, information, and list items so the audience can stay focused and more easily absorb the entire message and separate bits of information. Shifting voice placement locations helps grab a listener’s attention and take the li...
40: Real Talking Tips - Voice Placement - Drop it into the Chest
November 30, 2021 14:00 - 7 minutes - 8.44 MBIn this 3rd of 4 Voice Placement episodes, we're going to drop the speaking voice down from the middle 'mask voice' and higher 'head voice' to the deeper 'chest voice'. Confidence and authority are usually associated with lower voices. That’s why a lot of speakers prefer speaking from the chest voice area. The following are 4 ways different voice pitched speakers can use their chest voice for optimal strength, resonance, pitch, and tone. Higher voice: Start speaking from your lowest relaxed ...
39: Real Talking Tips - Voice Placement - Use Your Head Voice
November 23, 2021 14:00 - 9 minutes - 10 MBReal Talking Tips 39 is the 2nd of 4 Voice Placement episodes. Last episode, we concentrated on the natural sounding 'mask voice.' This time, we move the voice pitch higher into the skull and head area. Depending on your work and social interactions, speaking from the head voice can be used to: 1. Calm an uncomfortable guest in a podcast or interview show. 2. Differentiate the sound of two similar sounding people in a live performance, recorded dialog, or interview. 3. Establish specific char...
38: Real Talking Tips_Voice Placement - Speak from the Mask
November 16, 2021 14:00 - 8 minutes - 8.48 MBSpeak from the nose to mouth ‘mask’ area for more impact as Real Talking Tips Episode 38 kicks off a new 4-part mini-series focused on speech Voice Placement. This first episode in the series focuses on uniting the breath, resonance, and emotion in your natural speaking voice. The air flow or intake of breath should begin in the bottom half of the body, move up through the stomach area, into the lower-ribs and spine area, so the dome-shaped diaphragm muscles can push the air up and out throug...
37: Real Talking Tips - Word Emphasis Challenge
November 09, 2021 14:00 - 11 minutes - 12.2 MBTake the Word Emphasis challenge! Practice 11 dynamic speaking techniques from episodes 27-36. Real Talking Tips episode 37, reviews the Word Emphasis Chart gestures and demonstrates how each movement draws focus to specific words, phrases, sentences and speech. Communication Coach, Elaine A. Clark, shows how to apply those speech techniques to voice-overs, podcasts, sales calls, Live Talks, Presentations, and Virtual Web Meetings. So, shake your hands out and get ready to use the Word Empha...
36: Real Talking Tips_Word Emphasis - Up Down Middle
November 02, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 8.65 MBThis is my absolute favorite Word Emphasis technique! What makes the Up-Down-Split the Difference speech movements and gestures so important? This Real Talking Tips 10th Word Emphasis technique musically separates important information, making it easier for the listener to receive, define, and comprehend each spoken element. These three elements can be single words, phrases, or full sentences. Using 3 distinct musical speech placements supports the written 'Rule-Of-Three' that uses an odd num...
35 Real Talking Tips_Word Emphasis_Hook The Listener In
October 26, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 8.84 MBReal Talking Tips Episode 35 is the 9th of 11 Word Emphasis lessons. The HOOK uses a simple finger movement on an individual word. This hook-like 'S' movement slows down the focus word, adds clarity and musicality to that word in order to attract listener attention. An attention grabbing Hook is typically used at the beginning of a talk or speech to quickly switch focus to a new discussion topic, business, product, or person. As a clarifier, the Hook word emphasis movement provides an auditor...
34: Real Talking Tips_Word Emphasis - Do the Noun-Verb-Subject of the Noun 'Wave'
October 19, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 9.22 MBJoin me, Elaine A. Clark, in this Real Talking Tips episode, where we’re going to dust off some basic English class lessons and apply that knowledge to speech and movement. You may recall that the Noun,Verb, and Subject of the Noun comprise the three main parts of a sentence. Your English teacher may have also referred to it as the Statement / Action / Connecting Statement. In this 8th of 11 Word Emphasis mini-series, we're going to honor these three grammatical elements by adding a 'Wave' to...
33: Real Talking Tips_Word Emphasis - Take A Dip in the Dip-Down
October 12, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 8.5 MBAs a speaker, when you need to change direction and attitude quickly, the 'Dip-Down' is your Word Emphasis choice. This dip-down technique uses opposing gestures, movements, voice pitch, tempo, and attitude to create a story arc. It's an effective speaking tip to prevent the message from becoming flat-lined, boring, and monotonous. The purpose of the dip-down is to speak so opposing information from the past "before moment" is clearly defined and understood. Then, when the voice and attitude...
32: Real Talking Tips - Word Emphasis - Let's Make it (Parenthetical)
October 05, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 7.21 MBA Parenthetical statement is a way of expressing additional information. It could be a year, number, point of view, quote, clarification, personal insight, or legal disclaimer. Sometimes the parenthetical is an opportunity to show personality and opinion. Other times, it’s spoken quicker to hide the small print, legal information, or incidental or explanatory thought. It’s easy for us to see and acknowledge parentheses when it’s written. But how do you take that typed curved set of brackets (...
31: Real Talking Tips - Word Emphasis - Stretch Out Important Words
September 28, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 7.91 MBTime to S-T-R-E-T-C-H O-U-T key words! Business Names, Brands, and Titles require special focus and attention. Slowing down when you say these important Proper Nouns aids audience retention. This 5th of 11 Word Emphasis - Real Talking Tips micro-learning lessons, demonstrates how to use the body to Billboard and Lengthen the client's name, title, brand, or product. To integrate this slow billboard focus on Proper Nouns, you need to practice this technique… and all the Word Emphasis and Real T...
30: Real Talking Tips_Word Emphasis_Add a Wiggle and Jazz Hands
September 21, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 8.24 MBReady to sprinkle in a wiggle, sizzle, jazz hands, and voice shimmer when you say keywords? The 4th of 11 Word Emphasis - Real Talking Tips speech communication mini-series lessons - gets your hands, head, shoulders, toes, and derriere ready to move! Listen and practice along. Create a specific sound, pitch, and attitude. Add more variety to your speaking voice. Each element of the Word Emphasis Chart [introduced in Real Talking Tips Episode 27] adds speech variation and attitude to spoken wo...
29: Real Talking Tips_Word Emphasis - Arrow that Down, Please!
September 14, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 7.82 MBCaret It Down - Arrow It Down, is the 3rd Word Emphasis speech variety lesson in this 11-episode Real Talking Tips mini-series. The up-down-up caret (v) adds emphasis to an individual word where the musicality of that word starts and ends on the same high or medium pitched note and lowers in the middle. Arrowing a sentence or phrase down, lands a thought or message as the pitch of the speaking voice progresses from a higher to lower voice. Remember, the importance of utilizing the Word Emphas...
28: Real Talking Tips - Word Emphasis - Arrow that Up!
September 07, 2021 13:00 - 9 minutes - 10.1 MBReal Talking Tips Episode 28 is the second in the min-series of 11 ways to add Word Emphasis to speech, presentations, and voiceover recordings. This time, we’ll practice two types of upward inflection: arrowing a phrase up and adding an up-and-down-caret (^) to a word. Arrowing up sets up a statement for the response that follows. An Upward Caret slows down an individual word and provides additional musicality and focus to that key word within a sentence. As before, we’ll use the Word Emphas...
27: Real Talking Tips - Word Emphasis - Put a DOT on that!
August 31, 2021 03:09 - 7 minutes - 8.03 MBCongratulations! Episode 27 marks the halfway point in this Real Talking Tips podcast and Elaine Clark’s top 52 public speaking lessons and voice-over tips. This episode begins a new speech communication mini-series: 11 ways to focus the voice and body to create Word Emphasis. The Word Emphasis chart uses a symbol to describe movements and gestures that draw unique focus to a word or phrase. These include a dot, caret up, caret down, wiggle, stretch, parenthetical, dip down, singsong, hook, a...
26: Real Talking Tips - Become Your Own Speech Choir Director
August 24, 2021 13:00 - 10 minutes - 10.6 MBBeing a Speech Choir Director means that the voice, body movements, and gestures work in tandem with the speaker’s feelings and message dynamics. Establishing the power box shape and size helps defines the voice range and musical tune. When practicing this concept, use slower and larger gestures and movements to allow time for the brain to accept the reprogramming effort and the body to trust and spontaneously incorporate the speech clarifying movements. Don’t expect it to happen overnight. I...
25: Real Talking Tips - Power Box - Right, Left, Together... Everyone!
August 17, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 15 MBThe voice needs variety for the listener to stay engaged. When a speaker gestures with the same hand, the musicality and tempo of the voice tends to repeat and the audience tends to tune out. The Right-Left-Together Power Box method incorporates 3 different voice placements. Alternating movements inside the various size and shape Power Boxes adds additional variation and clarity to the speaking voice. Listen and practice these speech movements and combinations to create muscle memory so your...
24: Real Talking Tips_Power Box - Big vs Small
August 10, 2021 13:00 - 8 minutes - 15.9 MBThe Large and Small Power Box is the 2nd of 4 episodes that explore the use of a speaker's Power Box in this Real Talking Tips speech communication micro-learning series. This time, rather than the speaker’s “stage area” being vertical, the big vs. small power box is horizontal or square. The width and size of the horizontal power box is dependent on the message. When the message is intimate and subdued, the smaller the speaker’s gestures and movements are within that confined area. Dynamic a...
23: Real Talking Tips - Power Box_High vs Low Stage
August 03, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 13.1 MBIf you're wondering what a speaker's Power Box is, think of it as a small stage area where the speaker's hands and gestures stay inside. The power box may be tall and narrow, wide or small, v-shaped, thrust forward, rectangular, circular, or square. When the speaker's movements stay inside this specified power box area, the message is more focused and impactful. Otherwise, the audience can easily become distracted with the 'in and out' sound of the speaker's diffused voice as the gestures go...
22: Real Talking Tips-Tempo Changes - Jazz Up The Speech Tune
July 27, 2021 13:00 - 9 minutes - 17.2 MBAnticipation… wait for it… moments are powerful. Why? Properly placed pauses engage the audience and make them active listeners. Writers use dashes, ellipses, commas, colons, and semi-colons to indicate pauses. Speakers need to fill in those spaces with an emotion and attitude that rides on the breath and connects the statements together. Contrary to what some people think, adding a pause doesn’t mean that the speaker disengages, quits working, closes the mouth, and stops the airflow. Pauses ...
21: Real Talking Tips - Add Tempo Changes to Speech
July 20, 2021 13:00 - 7 minutes - 7.1 MBWhat is Good? What information is Bad? Words can be the same but attitudes and opinions can be completely opposite! When both good and bad information is shared in a script, message, presentation, or conversation, the story and focus of the spoken message and endorsement can easily get muddy and confusing. Adding Tempo Changes is the focus of Real Talking Tips Episodes 18-22. Comparing good and bad information fits right into that tempo changing challenge. Why? Good information needs to be ...
20: Real Talking Tips - Lists are Boring! Add Tempo Changes.
July 12, 2021 20:45 - 7 minutes - 8.71 MBLists can turn off a listener if you don’t know how to change the speech rhythm and focus of the key words. Lists need their own location, meaning, and musical placement. Lists shouldn’t be spoken with one repetitive sound and tempo. List items shouldn’t be lilted upward unless the intention is to bore the audience. Lists need their own tempo and focus. There are four different and distinct list types. Noun lists focus on people, places, and things. Verb lists require action. Modifier lists c...
20: Real Talking Tips - Lists are Boring! Add Tempo Changes.
July 12, 2021 20:45 - 7 minutes - 8.71 MBLists can turn off a listener if you don’t know how to change the speech rhythm and focus of the key words. Lists need their own location, meaning, and musical placement. Lists shouldn’t be spoken with one repetitive sound and tempo. List items shouldn’t be lilted upward unless the intention is to bore the audience. Lists need their own tempo and focus. There are four different and distinct list types. Noun lists focus on people, places, and things. Verb lists require action. Modifier lists c...
19: Real Talking Tips - Add Tempo Changes - Slow, Medium & Fast
July 01, 2021 15:47 - 7 minutes - 8.03 MBWhy do public speakers, presenters, and voice actors have a tendency to speak at a steady pace and rhythm? In regular conversation, people vary their speaking pace. Important information is slow. Unimportant information is fast. And normal information is spoken at a medium speed. Yet, most people tend to get trapped and forget to add variety to their voice when they’re giving a speech, presentation, or recording a script. I’m Elaine Clark, host and creator of the Real Talking Tips podcast whe...
18: Real Talking Tips - Add Tempo Changes - Vary Your Sentence Structure
June 29, 2021 18:13 - 7 minutes - 8.46 MBListeners Need Time to Process What You’re Saying. Words can be meaningless or powerful depending on how the message is presented. Hi, I’m Elaine Clark with Real Talking Tips offering practical advice on how to effectively get your message across and speak like a pro. Communication is a Powerful Tool if you’re in sales, making a presentation, hosting a podcast, being interviewed, recording a voiceover script, or talking to friends. You can always find ways to improve the way you speak, connec...
17: Real Talking Tips - Be a Sing-Talker!
June 22, 2021 00:20 - 7 minutes - 8.04 MBWhat does it mean to be a Sing-Talker? Your voice and speech pattern are integral to your unique tune. The goal of the RealTalkingTips speech communication series is to help people improve everyday speech and the retention and absorption of information in business presentations, interviews, podcasting, and voiceovers. Rhythm and melody alter when the articulator is voiced or de-voiced. Musicality of vowels change based on the shape, position, and movement of the mouth. Tempo, Speed, Move...
16: Real Talking Tips - Scale AND Balance
June 14, 2021 00:25 - 6 minutes - 11.8 MBWhy do people emphasize the word 'and' rather than the key words on either side of it? The purpose of that little conjunction is to connect similar type items together. Yet, AND has a habit of drawing focus away from those items and informational elements. There are several reasons why AND stands out: 1. The musical downbeat and rhythm of the message. 2. Lack of follow-through and breath-support on the final item. 3. The speed and tempo in which someone speaks. 4. Lack of commitment. ...
16: Real Talking Tips - Scale AND Balance
June 14, 2021 00:25 - 6 minutes - 11.8 MBWhy do people emphasize the word 'and' rather than the key words on either side of it? The purpose of that little conjunction is to connect similar type items together. Yet, AND has a habit of drawing focus away from those items and informational elements. There are several reasons why AND stands out: 1. The musical downbeat and rhythm of the message. 2. Lack of follow-through and breath-support on the final item. 3. The speed and tempo in which someone speaks. 4. Lack of commitment. ...
15: Real Talking Tips - If You Know It, Point to the Noun!
June 07, 2021 13:00 - 6 minutes - 7.03 MBLet’s get to the point about Nouns! There are: Common Nouns – Generic terms for people, places, things or ideas. Proper Nouns – A specific person, place, or thing where the first letter of the word is usually capitalized. Collective Nouns – Group or Team of people, animals, or things. Personal Pronouns – I, me, we, us, he, him, she, her, it, they, them, us, you . Why are nouns important in voice-overs, writing, and speech communication? What makes nouns unique is that they have a location. T...
14: Real Talking Tips - Verbs Have Action... Right?
June 01, 2021 18:43 - 7 minutes - 8.05 MBVerbs have Action. That means, when you say a verb you need to have some sort of body movement that corresponds to the action. That movement will be heard in the voice… whether big or small, depending on the type of verb. Okay VERB geeks. I know what you’re thinking. There are Action Verbs and Static Non-Action Verbs. Why should they all have action? Action Verbs are expressed through bigger gestures and movements. Examples: Walk, Reach, Jump. Non-Action Verbs are subtler; a head nod or shake...
13: Real Talking Tips - Storytelling... Creating a 3-D World
May 21, 2021 19:14 - 8 minutes - 5.94 MBBe a visual and emotional storyteller. Create a three-dimensional world where the listener sees, hears, and feels what you’re saying. Hi, I’m Elaine Clark. And welcome to RealTalkingTips Episode 13. Storytelling. It's the buzzword these in #business, #publicspeaking, #presentations, #podcasting, and #voiceovers. On the surface, it means telling an engaging story from a narrative point of view. In other words, storytelling is taking the listener on a journey of exploration and discovery, holdi...
12: Real Talking Tips - Your Opinion Needs An Attitude Adjustment
May 12, 2021 01:11 - 5 minutes - 5.55 MBHeartfelt... Prideful... Confident... and now... Attitude?! The fourth of this #BodyPostureVoice mini-series uncovers a bit of cocky, sarcastic, and ironic history that we use regularly when talking to friends and family. But where does it go when we talk to strangers? "Attitude Equals Opinion." And when we DON'T know someone, we tend to hold back and show the "perfect" side of us. Our body language and voice changes based on the relationship. Follow me, #ElaineClark, on another #Communicatio...
11: Real Talking Tips - Speaking from the Heart
May 11, 2021 02:49 - 6 minutes - 7.25 MBOne way to effectively communicate with others is to speak from the heart. This is especially important when there's a need to empathize and deliver a truthful heartfelt message. This third of four #BodyPostureVoice micro-learning tips in the #RealTalkingTips series takes us on an emotional heart-warming journey where physicality and movements make a dramatic difference in how #communication is heard and accepted. Here are some tips for relating with others from the heart when you speak, make...
10: Real Talking Tips - Take Pride in What You Say
May 05, 2021 01:54 - 5 minutes - 10.2 MBTake Pride In What You Have to Say. This is the 2nd in this 4-part Real Talking Tips mini-series on Body-Posture-Voice. Here, Elaine Clark demonstrates specific ways to morph and posture the body to add pride, and improve the overall sound and authority of your speaking voice. At the end, there's a recap of the first 10 episodes. It compliments the Elaine Clark app, Activate Your Voice, and drills down on communication topics provided in her books, There's Money Where Your Mouth Is and Voic...
09: Real Talking Tips - Stand Tall and Talk Confidently
April 29, 2021 14:52 - 4 minutes - 8.4 MBDo you need an attitude adjustment? Our speaking voice projects a specific attitude with each unique physical posture and body movement. Our shoulders slump when we’re exhausted, shrug up and down when we're uncertain or don’t care, and tense and rise up in stressful situations. In #RealTalkingTips episodes 9-12, #ElaineClark explores physical movements and how muscle memory connects with our history, story, thoughts, and emotions. This #BodyPostureVoice series begins with #Confidence and ...
08: RealTalkingTips - Speed Up and TalkTalk Faster
April 19, 2021 22:27 - 5 minutes - 9.28 MBAre you a slow talker? Do you drag out your words or sentences, take long pauses, or require more time than most to get to the point? Speech Communication coach, Elaine A. Clark, offers several tips on how to speed up your speech and vary your pacing so it captures and holds your audience's attention. If you are just tuning in to Real Talking Tips, there are three parts to each episode: (1) Identify a speech communication problem. (2) Demonstrate ways to change, improve, and use the informa...
07: Real Talking Tips - Ways to Talk Slower
April 13, 2021 15:34 - 5 minutes - 3.96 MBHello fast talkers! How many times have you been told that you talk too fast and need to slow down? Did you write 'talking too fast' on the 'Strengths and Weaknesses' list that you created in Episode 1? While talking fast can come in handy if you’re an auctioneer or reading the small print of a medical disclaimer, most listeners need more time to hear and process what you have to say. In #RealTalkingTips Episode 7, I'll show you some cool tricks and techniques that you can use to slow down yo...
06: Real Talking Tips - Landing Your Message
April 07, 2021 04:07 - 4 minutes - 9.05 MBAre you an uptalker? You know, the person who speaks with an upward inflection so it sounds like a question rather than a statement. In Episode 6 of Real Talking Tips, Elaine Clark offers tips on how to land your message and get out of the question zone. So, if you 're ready to reprogram that speech pattern to land down, listen, download, and practice the tips that reprogram upspeak to downward ending statements.
05: Real Talking Tips - Enunciation
March 18, 2021 21:27 - 5 minutes - 10.8 MBIt's time for some verbal weight training to strengthen your speaking voice. Elaine A. Clark shows you ways to achieve clearer enunciation by practicing with added resistance. Use these tricks before delivering a speech, going to a meeting, recording your voice, or when you want to wake up a lazy speech pattern so it's clearer and easier to understand. #realtalkingtips #elaineclarkvo #enunciation #voiceover #podcast #speech #speechimprovement