Your Voice Paints A Picture of You

Your voice paints a picture of you in the first few minutes.


To see how this  true  go the movies, or watch a television drama -- or even some reality or quiz show for the express purpose of just painting a picture of the different characters or personalities  through the sound of their voices. Close your eyes to do this


Try and decide kind of person you are listening just through the clarity, volume, nasal quality, pace, pitch, and warmth or coldness  of their voices. With professional actors your mental picture should be very close to the person they are trying to portray.  A large part of their success in character portrayal  depends on how they use  different voice qualities to help you do this.


Now, as a speaker or presenter your voice also does this for you as well as a speaker or presenter  so turn on that tape or digital recorder and tape  your speech if it is  not already recorded record it and then listen to it  --  with your eyes shut -- just to the quality of your voice.


Ask yourself, what kind of character you are listening to. Is it a positive or negative picture?  If you were a member of your audience what would you think of the person speaking. Are you likable, confident, cold, indifferent etc?


Better yet ask your spouse or partner to listen to your tape (with their eyes shut too)  and get her (or him)  to give their honest opinion of the character portrayed by your voice.


Then work to eliminate any negative qualities.