Projection       Word Control    Clarity     Dynamics  

Communicating with Audibility is not simply speaking up or being louder. It involves utilising an appropriate amount of breath and resonance to carry the voice and its sound.

Communicating with Intelligibility involves utilising appropriate diction and modulation to clarify the sound.
In addition, projection should involve mental engagement with the audience in order to communicate across the space between you.

Word Control comes by using the correct tongue and jaw movements. This skill gives confidence to use any words you wish and is especially useful when sight-reading or speaking unrehearsed.

Clarity can only be achieved by diction, which is part of the skill of word control and word completion by the correct sounding of words.

Dynamics is a very useful skill because this will give your voice vocal expression, keeping your audience listening and not just hearing you.

Movement    Body Language   Presence    Gravitas

Control of Hands and Feet can be achieved by being aware of and relaxed with your body.  Discover how you can and should move with confidence. Too much or too little is often a problem. Some people naturally freeze when confronted by an audience or become over conscious of their body.

Convey Truth in what you are saying by keeping your body language and words in harmony. Unnatural movements and gestures will make your audience feel uncomfortable.

Presence is essential in industries such as Teaching, Politics and Media and any one who has to confront an audience. Presence is gained by being confident of your goals and how to achieve them; being comfortable to give what is required whilst being self-assured. There is a different kind of presence required for different jobs.

Gravitas comes from having a presence that suits you and your objectives. Sales people forced into a high-pressure presence may lack gravitas, whereas a person with a calm confidence, will have it.

These are some of the most useful skills you must try to attain if you want to deliver your speech or presentation with confidence and success. They are what I call 'real skills'. The methods, exercises and resources I use to teach them have been handed down for hundreds of years and are constantly being proven as successful and most important, sustaining.