Speak Successfully: Three Tips on How to Use Your Voice Correctly at Work

Whether in a meeting, in front of customers or investors: Your own voice can make a powerful impression - if you use it correctly.

If you want to convince at presentations or meetings, you don't just have to choose the right words.

The “how” also contributes to whether the message is well received by the recipient.

While quiet, shaky voices are not very convincing, powerful and voluminous speech registers can spark a real

turbo for success

.

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Voice triad: posture, breathing and mood

According to experts, part of the voice pitch is genetically determined, another part is created through technique and practice. So that you can get off to a flying start in your job, voice trainer Jana Catharina Schmidt recommends paying attention to three things:

shoulders, posture

and

mood

. A combination of these so-called

"vocal triad"

ensures, according to her statement, that your voice becomes stronger and so comes into its own. In a guest post for

t3n

magazine

, she reveals the following tips, among other things:

• Posture:

  A loose sound space for your vocal cords - from your lips to your chest - gives your voice strength and volume.

  
  

  The following exercise ensures looseness: Stand

  upright with your legs shoulder-width apart.

  Then breathe in deeply, hunch your shoulders and let them roll back down as you breathe out.

  Then bring both arms stretched sideways up over the head, follow with your gaze, stretch, and then let them fall again in a relaxed manner.

• Breathing:

  According to the expert, those who are excited breathe faster and thus increase the speed of speech.

  Your performance seems hectic so quickly, and your voice becomes quite thin.

  If you consciously inhale and exhale deeply, you reduce stress and become more focused.

• Mood:

  In order to convince your audience, you have to convey the right mood with your voice.

  Therefore, make yourself aware beforehand what exactly you are aiming for: Do you want to inspire your audience?

  Or win trust?

  Then put yourself in a situation in which you succeeded in doing just that.

  Expand your chest again, pull the corners of your mouth upwards and enjoy the atmosphere to the full: "This posture is the ideal starting position for warming up your voice," says the voice trainer.

Schmidt advises you to do these exercises regularly and

to speak

in the correct tone

- neither too high nor too low.

"This is how your voice becomes your success booster".

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Tips for a powerful voice

But even very mundane tricks can help the voice to come into its own.

The

moderator's

work, for

example, advises

all those who speak a lot to avoid

coffee, caffeinated drinks or chamomile tea

so that the larynx does not dry out.

Also,

alcohol, cigarettes

and

spicy foods

irritate throat, which may cause you to clear his throat often and have to cough.

Instead, you should drink plenty (1.5 liters a day) to keep the larynx moist.

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