In high school I was chosen to be a narrator for the spring concert. Confidently I stood on stage and delivered to several hundred people. My speech was clear, easy to listen to, but lacked vocal variety. The music director told me I was emphasizing every single word. It is like having a sentence with every word in caps.
This made me easy to understand but can quickly bore the audience.
What’s the answer?
Presentation Tip #10: Only Emphasize 2-3 Words in a Sentence.
Look at the following sentence:
To be successful you need to have goals and a plan to reach them.
If you were delivering it, you might say:
To be successful you need to have goals and a plan to reach them.
In High-school I delivered this line like this:
To be successful you need to have goals and a plan to reach them.
Every . . . → Read More: Tip #10: How to have Vocal Variety


