The document provides tips for speaking powerfully so that people listen. It advises avoiding gossip, judging, negativity, complaining, excuses and exaggeration. Instead, it recommends using techniques like varying vocal register, timbre, prosody, pace, pitch and volume. These elements can be used to distinguish sounds, emphasize points, and show excitement or draw attention. The document also stresses the importance of warming up one's voice before speaking through exercises. The overall aim is to create understanding through better acoustics and speaking.

1. How to speak so
that people want
to listen
Shubham Goswami
(Jadavpur University)

3. The instrument we all play…..
Perhaps the most powerful sound in
the world.

4. The only one that can……

7. BUT….

8. There’s a problem many people
encounter while speaking

9. The people they
address do not
listen to them

10. How can we speak
powerfully so that
people listen to us?

11. Julian Treasure asks us to abstain from
the
Of speaking

12. gossip

13. judging

14. negativity

15. complaining

16. excuses

17. exaggeration

18. dogmatism

19. The complete list

20. Can we look
at this more
positively?

21. Indeed……
the
Of powerful speech

22. HAIL
To greet or claim enthusiastically

23. HAIL
To greet or claim enthusiastically
That’s how people react when
we speak powerfully

25. We all have an amazing vocal
toolbox
Take a look inside it

26. Register
Use your vocal register to
locate your voice

27. Depth of voice can
be associated with
authority

28. Timbre
Distinguishes one kind of
sound from another

29. We like voices that are rich, smooth
and warm like HOT CHOCOLATE

30. Prosody
Break away from
monotony

31. Pace
Speak fast to show
excitement
Slow down to emphasize
Use pauses judiciously

32. SILENCE
It is powerful

33. Pitch
Varying your pitch
subtly varies the
meaning associated
with your speech

34. Volume
Use high volume to
startle
Use low volume to
draw attention

35. But avoid
‘Sod-Casting’

36. Register Timbre
Prosody Pace
Pitch Volume

37. Speaking well may specially matter
to you when you are…….

38. Lecturing

39. Proposing
Marriage

40. Or asking
for a raise

41. Your voice is like
an engine
It needs to warm
up in order to
perform well

43. Warm up your throat, tongue
and lips by doing Julian
Treasure’s exercises

44. So, where
are we
now?

48. Let’s create a beautiful world
with great acoustics where
understanding is the norm

49. Recap

51. Disclaimer
Created by
Shubham Goswami, Jadavpur
University, during an internship by
Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow
www.IIMInternship.com