by captivate | May 17, 2016 | Podcast
Episode #23 8 Techniques for Making a Bigger Impact w/ Your Voice Behind the Mic
Welcome to the show!
Today I’m doing a bit of a top 10 list, even though I’m only giving you 8 tips!
Video is so everything right now and with the overall movement of video, live streaming, online courses, podcasting and beyond, I thought I’d give a few tips that are especially key for those getting behind the mic.
Now, these tips are great for live speaking and conversation but are specifically geared to behind the mic in one form or another.
What I’ve found over the years is that people, even people who are okay presenting live, tend to stumble a little bit when they go live or get behind the mic or on camera. That’s normal because, well, what your doing is not the norm and there are some major pitfalls that you don’t have to deal with when you are speaking and talking live.
In this episode I’ll give you some tips for dealing with some of the most challenging…now, these are all voice tips. While being on camera is as second nature to me as real life, these tips don’t cover body and movement on camera. I’ll do a specific episode for on camera technique, but for now, start applying some of the voice strategies you learn today.
In this episode I’ll cover things like:
Bringing the words to life
Pausing
Pacing
Vocal Variety
Scripts and more.
In addition to talking about the central problem, I’ll give you some tips to fix these issues so you increase your following and your success and of course, your revenue.
Take a listen here on ITunes: Episode #24 8 Techniques for a Bigger Impact Behind the Mic
If you’d like to have your voice assessed or learn how to really use your voice for impact, make sure you visit me at http://new.captivatetheroom.com
by captivate | Apr 8, 2015 | Uncategorized
Run to the Roar
Please forgive me; I’m on a bit of a face your fears tangent. I guess you know where I’m at in life! I’ve got a concept that I teach my one on one clients and in my membership program (you should check it out). It’s called Run to the Roar. The concept, face your fears like a boss! Here’s a little secret, while I’m not afraid to have the spotlight shine on me…ever, I do have lots of fears. At one point several years ago I became paralyzed, literally could not make a decision. I’m the single mother of a child whom I’ve recovered from autism, yes, recovered, talk about run to the roar! For years I never was afraid, I just moved forward and did what had to be done, never fearing hearing no or anything else. Once my son was recovered, I somewhat lost my identity and became terrified of any making any decisions. It was driving me crazy! I understood the concept of facing fears, sure, no problem, but that was not enough for me because I had some Goliath size fears. One day on the phone my mother said to me, “run to the roar Tracy, because the fears aren’t going anywhere until you do”. She was right. The roar to me was HUGE, just as big as my fears. I started taking my fears head on, running right to them and do you know what happened? They weren’t so big after all and just about everything I thought was going to happen, the bad stuff, well, it didn’t!
Because I had such success with this concept and because my clients were indeed themselves paralyzed, I started using it in my consulting. Guess what, it worked! Many of my clients are visual, all of them are smart beyond measure, they all were dealing with huge fears of speaking, presenting, getting on camera, even just communicating with challenging people in the office. Understanding the concept of the fears not going away and the idea of running right up to them and dealing with them head on, in the moment resounded and what it also did was it created a framework to face fears and truly get past them. Because, when you run to the roar, the big old fear and face it head on, you see that what you thought was going to happen, the horrible outcome, 99% of the time doesn’t happen anyway.
So, whatever you are afraid whether it’s presenting live, doing a video, speaking on a podcast or guest show or even day to day communication in business and in relationships, RUN to the roar. Face the fear head on and get to the other side. It is not until you get to the other side of your communication and/or speaking fear that you can truly, truly get your message out loudly and proudly for the entire world to hear. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, someone out in the world, possibly lots of someone’s, really need to hear your message, don’t rob them of that, RUN TO THE ROAR!
