| Can YOU RECALL the last time you heard the | | | | it's to be? Gentlemen, we act now or we |
| newsman deliver his piece and you latched on till | | | | perish."Okay, it's melodramatic, but you get my |
| the last syllable?....Or what about that rousing cry | | | | point, don't you?Okay, a few more pieces of |
| by Brad Pitt who | | | | advice.1) Speak from the diaphragm. Tom Vizzni |
| (melodramatically) exhorted, "Beyond that beach | | | | mentions that quite a lot. If the voice emanates |
| is Immortality. Take it. It's YOURS!!"... How about | | | | from the throat or the nose, you'll sound pathetic. |
| that time your lover lustily whispered, "the | | | | To ensure that the voice is diaphragmatic, press |
| Bedroom. Now." Instantly, you felt hot all over; | | | | down on your tummy as you practice speaking. If |
| not because of anticipation, but because of her | | | | you feel it rumbling, you'll know |
| intonation.Now, stop, and let's look at at the other | | | | that you're drawing from the lower levels to |
| side of the coin.Can you already remember that | | | | vastly and naturally explode the resonance of |
| dull professor who droned on and on. And on and | | | | your voice. You'll sound ooohh so sexxxy.2) |
| on. Three cups of black coffee nothwithstanding, | | | | Slouch and you're dead. Your posture adds and |
| and you fell asleep despite her topic embracing | | | | detracts from your vocal command. Imagine a |
| your dearest hobbies?The Voice. Forget about the | | | | hidden puppet master perpetually pulling your |
| Pen being Mightier than the Sword. The Voice can | | | | strings UPWARDS. Try speaking Abe Lincoln's |
| rip that Mont Blanc to shreds.Over the spectrum | | | | "Four Score and Seven Years Ago" while standing |
| of man's history, men deployed SPEECH like a | | | | straight AND slouching like a whipped dog. You'll |
| sword.Ancient Senators in Greece used grand | | | | see the difference. DON'T BE LAZY. Do it RIGHT |
| rhetoric to craft empires. Bill Clinton unleashed | | | | now!3) Pepper your words with Action words. |
| charming soliloquys to entice an entire nation. It | | | | Trash the vague abstractions and passive |
| also got great lovers satisfied and crafty | | | | sentence structures- people will lapse into trance |
| employees a fat raise.So what's the secret to | | | | and space out... Say, "Mike SLAMMED open the |
| transforming that rusty vocal weapon into an | | | | door in disgust. He seethed with fury." Don't say |
| indomitable Excalibur?I can give you numerous tips | | | | "The door was opened my Mike and he was |
| to explode the power of your voice, BUT | | | | mad." |
| THERE's ONE overriding principle. Follow it, and all | | | | Geez.4) Finally, LISTEN and let PEOPLE speak. |
| the other tips automatically come into play.Ready | | | | Communications is about saying your spiel as fast |
| for it?++PASSION++That's the key.Speak with | | | | as you can, then gaining feedback. You and |
| passion, declaim with authority, sing with | | | | I would hate the speaker who hogs the floor, |
| desire.ACT AS IF WHAT YOU WERE SAYING | | | | woudn't we? I walked out of a Microsoft |
| CAME FROM THE BOTTOM OF YOUR | | | | Convention for Networking Idiots Like Me at the |
| HEART.And yes, EVEN when you're droning about | | | | Hotel Shangri-La because the speaker spoke |
| yesterday's company stock plunge before the | | | | straight for two hours without a forum or even a |
| board.Act disinterested, and people will walk | | | | single question thrown at the audience.Respect |
| halfhearted.BUT... if you delivery with intensity, I'm | | | | your listeners by listening and gaining feedback. |
| damned confident you'll rouse the masses to your | | | | Feedback is gold.ADVANCED LESSONSOkay, |
| selfish cause. I know, coz it's how I rally the | | | | from now on, take note of your favorite anchor |
| troops.Don't drone " Yesteryear's poor | | | | people. Watch how they report. Ask yourself how |
| performance resulted from lackluster product | | | | you could speak with such charisma, and HOW |
| development due to underfunding of the budget | | | | you can do it even *better.Exceed Global Ltd. was |
| department and aggressive performance from | | | | founded on February 1, 1998 by Joseph R. Plazo. |
| the competitor"Yuch. That's a poor performance | | | | Ravenous for knowledge, he earned his MBA |
| speech right there.Instead, kick up the rhetoric | | | | from UP in 2002, and his Ph.D from BSU in |
| with blazing action words that create images, | | | | 2005.Joseph is a busy man. He had been directing |
| sounds and pictures.Flood you voice with gusto, as | | | | multiple enterprises since he achieved financial |
| you say, " Okay, I know we're all REELING from | | | | independence at 22. While juggling corporate |
| the kicking we took last year. Its smarts AND we | | | | endeavors, he writes books and relaxes with |
| deserve it. Why? We ABANDONED product | | | | active sports. Airsoft is his passion.Today, he |
| devlopment and sat on our fat butts of the | | | | connects with men and women all over the world |
| previous years. That gave our opponents room | | | | to spread the revolutionary gospel of savvy |
| to CHARGE | | | | semantics and behavioral change technologies. His |
| in and CHECKMATE us into a corner. Is this how | | | | rallying cry is Make Life Magic! |