This document provides guidance on how to speak effectively. It lists seven habits to avoid, such as gossiping, judging, and complaining. It then outlines four foundations of powerful speech: honesty, authenticity, integrity, and love. Finally, it discusses six tools - register, timbre, prosody, pace, pitch, and volume - that can be used to make speech more powerful and engaging. The overall message is to avoid negative speaking habits, use positive foundations like honesty, and employ vocal variety tools to influence audiences.

2. HOW CAN WE
SPEAK
EFFECTIVELY?

3. HABITS TO BE AVOIDED
WHILE SPEAKING

4. GOSSIP

5. JUDGING

6. NEGATIVITY

7. COMPLAINING

8. EXCUSES

9. LYING

10. DOGMATISM

11. 4
FOUNDATIONS OF
POWERFUL SPEECH

12. HONESTY
Be clear and straight
Absolute honesty is bad too

13. AUTHENTICTY
Be Yourself

14. INTEGRITY
Be your word

15. LOVE
Wish them all

16. SOME TOOLS THAT WE
CAN USE TO MAKE OUR
SPEECH MORE
POWERFULARE…

18. REGISTER
Speaking
from the
chest gives
more
depth to the
voice

19. TIMBRE
We prefer
voices which
are rich ,
smooth and
warm

20. PROSODY
Monotonous
talking is a
SHAME
Varied and
lively speech is
easy to
understand

21. PACE
Demonstrates
our emotional
state

22. PITCH
Delivers different meanings
to the same sentence

23. VOLUME
The right use of
volume can greatly
influence the
audience

24. •Avoid the 7 deadly sins of speaking
•Use the 4 foundations of powerful speech
(HAIL)
•Make your voice sound more powerful
using the
6 tools of speech
• AND, not to forget. Warm up those vocal
chords.
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25. Created by Aburvaa Ramesh, SVCE ,
during an internship
By Prof. Sameer Mathur, IIM Lucknow.
www.IIMInternship.com