How can a book improve your communication?
November 9, 2010 by Admin · Leave a Comment
How can a book improve your communication? There are two ways, you can read it or you can put it on your head.
Explanation:
Actually there is only one book to read that will really be helpful for the wide array of communication needs of the modern world and that book is the one I wrote; It’s the Way You Say It: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken and Clear. See below.
The book you put on your head needs to be hard cover – (Mine comes in hard cover!) - so it can balance on your head. Now, why on earth would you want to do such a thing?
Because it will act as a feed back mechanism about the way you hold your body, your posture. Your carriage will have a marked influence in how you are perceived.
- You cannot be dignified if your head is bobbing up and down, nodding or tilting.
- You cannot look mature if you tend to cock your head to one side.
- You cannot look ‘together’ if you bounce along as you walk or allow your shoulders to slouch forward and pull your head out of alignment.
Everybody admires strong, upright posture.
This is where the book comes in as an excellent source of information.
1. As you look in the full length mirror, hold yourself in an up-right (but natural) posture and place the book flat on the top of your head.
2. Try turning your head from side to side, keeping your chin line straight. Take some steps forward and back and from side to side, keeping that book in place.
3. Walk around the room, keeping that book in place on your head.
4. Now add the speech component; start talking and notice how much you want to move your head.
5. Sit on front of a mirror and call someone on the phone. Place the book on your head and start talking. You will probably lose the book a couple of times.
6. At all times, pay attention to the alignment of your head and body as you use the book, so you can learn how to hold your head and body upright without the book.
7. Give yourself daily practice with this routine for a week and you should be able to ‘straighten up’ with only conscious effort (and no book).
Announcement: Dr. Fleming’s book can now be purchased at Alexander Book Co and Book Passage in both Corte Madera and San Francisco!
If you want to learn more about how Dr. Fleming can help you improve your communication skills, please call her at telephone 415.391.9179 or send her an email at [email protected]
Carol Fleming, Ph.D., is the author of “It’s the Way You Say It”! Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken and Clear. A comprehensive guide to vocal development and improvement of communication skills. . To get your own copy, go to http://amzn.to/ItsTheWayYouSayIt
Do You Need a Personal Communication Coach?
July 28, 2010 by Admin · Leave a Comment
Suppose there is something about the way you talk that really irritates people. How would you know? Without an objective, knowledgeable ear you will only know what you intend to say, not what is actually heard by others. Here are some of the problems you would run into:
1. It will seem to you that any problem in communication is always the fault of the other guys.
2. People will be reluctant to tell you, mostly because it would be both very rude and socially dangerous.
3. Very few people will know how to identify exactly what you are doing that is the problem. It does take expertise in verbal communication.
This is where a Personal Communication Coach would be immensely valuable to you. The relationship is confidential, professional and effective. The coach will support, instruct and sharpen the focus so that you gain maximum achievement for your effort. Yes, it cost money. But, yes, it works to put you in control of the sound of your voice.
“A Coach is someone who makes you do what you don’t want to do, has you see what you don’t want to see, so you can be everything you always wanted to be.” Tom Landry
You don’t know what you don’t know. Your personal coach helps you understand your blind side. I’m talking about the impression you make by the way you speak. Can you think of a better investment of your time and money?
Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Response: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you.
If you want to learn more about how Dr. Fleming can help you improve your communication skills, please call her at telephone 415.391.9179 or send her an email at [email protected]
Carol Fleming, Ph.D., is the author of “It’s the Way You Say It”: Becoming Articulate, Well-spoken and Clear. A comprehensive guide to vocal development and improvement of communication skills.
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