DEVELOPING YOUR VOICE

If you are a trainer, you probably know and appreciate one central fact— your voice is your key instrument. After all, everything that comes out of your mind comes through your voice. It is also your voice that everyone in your audience hears. They hear your voice. So, how is your voice? We ask this question over and over in NSTT and we even benchmark “voice.” Voice is crucially important for lots of reasons.

Voice Factors Articulation. How you do, or do not, articulate creates an overall effect to your voice. Do you articulate your words and speak at a rate which allows people to clearly understand what you are saying? This is first and foremost. The opposite of good articulation is mumbling, swallowing your words, failing to leave some space between your words, rushing sounds together so it is difficult to distinguish what you are saying. For better articulation (as well as many of the other voice factors), record your voice when speaking and listen for the quality of your articulation.