Improve Your Body Language
By: Team Ifairer | Posted: 05-07-2019
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To improve your speech, use your hands
Brain imaging has shown that a region called Broca's area, which is important for speech production, is active not only when we are talking, but when we wave our hands. Since gesture is integrally linked to speech, gesturing as we talk can actually power up our thinking.
To sound authoritative, keep your voice down
Before a speech or important telephone call, allow your voice to relax into its optimal pitch (a technique learned from a speech therapist) by keeping your lips together and making the sounds. And if you are a female, watch that your voice doesn't rise at the ends of sentences as if you are asking a question or seeking approval. Instead, when stating your opinion, use the authoritative arc, in which your voice starts on one note, rises in pitch through the sentence and drops back down at the end.