Real Talking Tips with Elaine A. Clark

The second of 52 RealTalkingTips micro learning Communication lessons focuses on the voice, resonators, and speech improvement. Resonators have the ability to add intensity and depth to the voice. When specific letters of the alphabet and letter combinations "buzz," the sound and tone of the voice improves. Real Talking Tips - Episode 2 "Voice: Resonators" is the first of a 4-part mini-series focusing on speech clarity and sound quality of the speaking voice. It's presented by Elaine A. Clark, instructor, communication coach, actor, author of There's Money Where Your Mouth Is and Voice-Overs For Podcasting, and creator of the voice and diction apps Activate Your Voice and Adding Melody to your Voice.

Welcome to Real Talking Tips! The first of this 52 episode micro-learning Speech Communication series begins with a self analysis of your strengths and weaknesses. It's presented by Elaine A. Clark, communication coach, actor, author of There's Money Where Your Mouth Is and Voice-Overs For Podcasting, and creator of the voice and diction apps Activate Your Voice and Adding Melody to your Voice. Watch. Practice. Improve your speech and communication skills!

Welcome to Real Talking Tips! Speech Communication Micro Learning Podcast Elaine A. Clark is excited to offer you a new way to improve your speech, communication, and voiceover skills. Each episode, this master coach and instructor shares insights and tips from her 40 years experience as a business coach, voice over & on-camera instructor, and actor. She focuses on specific elements from her books There's Money Where Your Mouth Is and Voice-Overs For Podcasting… plus her two voice and diction apps, Activate Your Voice and Adding Melody To Your Voice. There are three sections to each episode: 1. Overview of the concept. 2. How to perform the exercise 3. Your micro learning lesson assignment.

Voice improvement and a stronger speaking voice are desired by many. There are ways to achieve this goal through voice exercises, deeper breathing that fills the whole body, and simple muscle stretches and movements. Elaine A. Clark leads you through this process and a series of vowel strengthening exercises so you can have a fuller, richer speaking voice.

Crisp lips, save slips... right? But what if you have a lazy mouth and it's difficult for people to understand what you're saying. Then it's time to work on your T, G, K, P, B, D articulators. Elaine A. Clark leads you through this voice improvement lesson leads you through a series of exercises to help you utilize those sounds in your speaking voice. #realtalkingtips #elaineclarkvo #articulation #voiceover #podcast #speech #speechimprovement

It'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

Are 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.

Hello 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 your speech. Oh! And don't forget to download, subscribe, ring the bell, and share this information with friends.

Are 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 information. (3) Provide personal practice lessons. Please take a moment to subscribe, download, or share this podcast series so you and others don't miss out on each new speech communication episode.

Do 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 how it "takes shape" to convey trust and authority in whatever area of expertise we excel.

Take 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 Voice-Overs for Podcasting. Real Talking Tips is great for public speakers, podcasters, voiceovers, business, presentations, teachers, and personal development. Each of the 52 episodes adds a communication tip to explore, observe, and practice each week.

One 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 a presentation, record a podcast, talk on the phone, and record your voice. #ElaineAClark #ElaineClark #ElaineClarkVO #Heartfelt #Podcasting #Recording #VoiceOvers #Presentations #Speak

Heartfelt... 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 #Communication #RealTalkingTips journey exploring how simple movements are apart of our history, muscle memory, and corresponding attitudes of our personality.

Be 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, holding the listener's attention, and guiding the listener out of logical thought and into a creative and imaginative 3-D world. But how does a speaker take thoughts, images and experiences that live in their head and share them with others? Here are 3 storytelling tips that will help bring your message to life!

Verbs 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, shoulder shrug, eye movement, or an internal response. Examples: Agree, Remember, Understand. Verbs are easy to comprehend. Verbs tie the nouns together with a big or subtle action. One way to sound authoritative is to give action to the verbs. By giving verbs movement, you sound like you know what you're talking about. So if you want to speak with authority, give the verbs action!

Let'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. Typically, the location is stationary… but if that noun has movement, like a car or airplane, it may need a corresponding movement to correspond to the location. In Episode 13, we talked about Storytelling and how using the body and imagination creates a 3-D world. In Episode 14, we gave Verbs active and subtle gestures and movements. Now it's time to point out where people, places, things, creatures, and critters are located. What makes nouns unique is that they have a location. Typically, the location is stationary… but if that noun has movement, like a car or airplane, it may need a corresponding movement to correspond to the location. Join me, Elaine A. Clark, on how to speak so people will listen and this "noun" speech communication journey. And don't forget to download, subscribe and share each new RealTalkingTips episode. For the blog notes, practice scripts and info, go to RealTalkingTips.com. #ElaineClarkVO #ElaineClark #RealTalkingTips #Nouns #Voiceovers #VO #SpeechCommunication #Presentations #Speaking #BusinessCoach

Why 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. 5. Confidence and knowledge of the items. Let's explore how to de-emphasize the "AND" and draw focus to the "Bookend" elements on either side of it to achieve balanced speech and proper word focus.

What 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, Movement, Emotion, Location, Attitude, and how the sentence is Balanced makes a difference in speech musicality, too. Real Talking Tips is a 52-episode speech communication series with information, practice tips, and homework assignments. So listen, practice, and check out the blog at ElaineClarkVO.com/podcast.

Listeners 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, connect with your audience, and sound real and believable. There are three sections format and structure of the message: Set-Up, Body, and Resolve. SET-UP - establishes the problem. BODY - acknowledges the problem and offers solutions. RESOLVE - summaries the benefits and suggests that the audience take action. That action can be to go into a store, look at a website, purchase or sell something, tell a friend, explore other options, calm down, travel, accept changes, or a whole array of other choices. The Power of Silence! Silences are necessary for the audience to absorb and process what was just said. Those brief silences are necessary in order to change the breath and shift emotions during the transitions between each of the three speaking segments: Set-Up, Body, and Resolve. When the emotional shift of silence occurs, the body has a chance to connect with the message on a deeper level The Format and Structure of Transitions provide an Arc of the Story. Practice the physicality and speaking tips, and visit the website: elaineclarkvo.com/podcast to read more about each speech communication topic. Please take a moment to add a comment. I love hearing from you! #ElaineClarkVO #Communication #PowerOfSilence #VoiceOver #VO #Podcasts #Business #Speech #TalkingTips #There'sMoneyWhereYourMouthIs #Voice-OversForPodcasting #ActivateYourVoice #AddingMelodyToYourVoice #Presentations #Reporting #Interviews #SpeakLikeAPro

Why 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 where I offer practical advice on how to effectively get your message across and speak like a pro. Episode 19 offers communication and voiceover tips for speakers who want to break you out of "reading conditioning" and into expressive, real, conversational speech. #ElaineClarkVO #Communication #VoiceOver #VO #Podcasts #Business #Speech #TalkingTips #There'sMoneyWhereYourMouthIs #Voice-OversForPodcasting #ActivateYourVoice #AddingMelodyToYourVoice #Presentations #Reporting #Interviews #SpeakLikeAPro