This document summarizes a TED talk about how to speak powerfully and effectively. It identifies common sins of speech like gossiping, judging, negativity, and complaining that turn people off. It then outlines a toolbox for powerful speaking using six elements: register, timbre, prosody, pace, pitch, and volume. The document provides examples of how to use each element and recommends warming up exercises for the voice. The overall message is that how you say something is as important as what you say, and these techniques can help people speak in a way that others want to listen.

1. “How to speak so that people want to
listen”
TED Talk by Julian Treasure

2. Human voice:
Its the most powerful
instrument we all play!!

3. How can we speak powerfully to make change in
the world??

4. But First,
What are the sins that we commit while we
speak??

5. 1.GOSSIPING
Speaking ill of someone when he/she is not present!
FACT- The person will be gossiping about you five
minutes later.

6. 2. JUDGING
Its very difficult to communicate when you know
that you are being judged!

7. 3. NEGATIVITY
Its very difficult to listen to negative people. They
bring pessimism to life.

8. 4. COMPLAINING
People see you as a person who will always say
something to criticize or complain!
We don’t want to be that person!

9. 5. EXCUSES
They will never take responsibility. They are
blamethrower. We don’t want to hear excuses.

10. 6. LYING
This is the most dangerous sins of all. If there’s a
common hate for a person in a society, its for the
lyer.

11. 7. DOGMATISM
When people keep throwing opinions at you, not
allowing you to argue, they become repellent!

13. But is there a
positive way
to think
about this?

17. Its also the
way you say it.

18. There’s this toolbox for speaking!!

20. 1. Register
● You can locate your voice.
● Throat, it is from where most of us speak.
● If you want weight, you go down the chest. We
associate depth with power and authority.

21. 2. Timbre
● It is the way our voice feels.
● We prefer voices which are rich, smooth and warm.
● But if it is not your voice, it is not the end of the world.
● You can train, get a voice coach.
● You can do postures, breath and exercise to improve it

22. ● This is the sing-song , the meta language. Its add
meaning.
● Not being monotonous, is talking with prosody.
● Sometimes, its “repetitive prosody” in which every
statement is a question.
● This restricts your ability to express.
3. Prosody

23. ● We fasten up when we get excited.
● We slow down when we want to emphasize on
something.
● Our old friend, SILENCE! You don’t have to fill all
the voids with ums and uhs. Silence is powerful.
4. Pace

24. ● You can add meaning with pitch.
● We say “I don’t like the pitch of her voice”. That’s
that.
● You can be effective speaker, if you pitch correctly.
5. Pitch

25. ● You can be very impactful if you have a loud voice, or
you get all serious and listening by lowering it.
● Well, don’t broadcast always. That’s SODCASTING.
6. Volume

26. Register Pace
Timbre Pitch
Prosody Volume
Well that’s your toolbox to look at whenever
you are to speak something important.
All SIX TOGETHER

28. Voice is like an
engine, it needs
to be warmed up
before you start
your speech.

29. 1. Arms up(like a V), deep breath in and
sigh out like “ahhhhhh” with the
hands going down.( 2 or 3 times)
1. Warming up lips. Roll in both your
lips in and say “ba”. Do this 20 times.
1. Now, “brrrrrrrrrrrrr” just like a kid.
Your lips will come alive.

30. 4. Exaggerate with “la la la la la la la…”
5.Simply roll an R like “Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr”.
That’s like champagne for the tongue.
6. Finally we have our special one! It is
called the “siren”. It starts with “we” and
goes to “aw”. The “we” is high and “aw” is
low.
So you go “weeeeaawww”,“weeeeaawww”.

33. Created by Sameer Agarwal,
NIT Jalandhar during an
internship by Prof. Sameer
Mathur, IIM Lucknow.