Category Archives: Speaking

Why You Don’t Like A Recording of Your Own Voice

Speaker Rébecca Kleinberger. Researcher from MIT Media Lab

Your voice is indistinguishable from how other people see you, but your relationship with it is far from obvious.

Rébecca Kleinberger studies how we use and understand our voices and the voices of others. She explains why you may not like the sound of your own voice on recordings and the extraordinary things you communicate without being aware of it.

Dog Learns To Communicate By Using Buttons And Tells Her Owner She’s ‘Mad’ – Digg

Stella uses an AAC device to tell her owner what she’s feeling and she talks about as well as you’d think a dog could talk.

— Read on digg.com/video/dog-learns-to-communicate-by-using-buttons-and-tells-her-owner-shes-mad

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Seemingly Clueless American Orders Food In Perfect Chinese, Shocking Patrons And Staff – Digg

Xiaoma astounds people at this restaurant in Chinatown by speaking both perfect Mandarin and Cantonese.

— Read on digg.com/video/american-orders-food-in-perfect-chinese-shocking-patrons-and-staff

California’s 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Interrupted This Comedian’s Stand Up Set, And She Handled It Perfectly – Digg

In a moment that could have been truly terrifying, Atsuko Okatsuka‏ somehow kept the crowd laughing.
— Read on digg.com/2019/earthquake-comedy-set-atsuko-okatsuka

Words Can Kill

Words Can KillWhat you say, what I say, is important.  It has power.

Our words can lift others up, make folks feel good, protect them from hurtful feelings, and more.

Words can also cut and hurt.

They can destroy a relationship, hurt your family, ruin a kid’s self esteem, bring bad feelings or cause a crisis in  your organization, get you fired, and even cause someone to hurt themselves.

In addition, the WAY we say something is important.  Your tone and body language communicate as much or more than the words themselves.

If you say something hurtful or in a hurtful way, be sure to apologize and ask for forgiveness as quickly as possible.  They may not forgive you right away; but, at least you took responsibility for your actions.

In our close personal relationships with a spouse, children, and family it’s even more important to repair our relationship after we have used words to hurt.  Words can destroy trust and the desire to be close to each other.

We all make mistakes with our words.  Remember the power that they have.  Our words can live rent free in someone’s head forever.

When it comes to communicating on social media, you and your organization don’t need a complicated policy manual.  Instead, a good rule is to just never say anything you wouldn’t want your mother to see or hear.

On the Internet, your words will last forever.  Future relationships, spouses, employers, clients, will be able to see them – forever.  Those words aren’t easily retracted or forgiven.

Be careful out there.

Bill Cosby “Not Finished Yet”

Bill Cosby: The Master at Work

Bill Cosby: The Master at Work

One of the best communicators EVER just went back on after a 30 year break.  Listen to his bit on The Game of Chess and you’ll see a master at work.

It’s not just his words, which are written before the show.  His timing, intonation, and facial expressions are a lesson in how powerful body language is.

The Cos is a master storyteller.

Press Play to Watch the Video Segment (Trailer):

You can see the whole show by ordering the DVD or downloading from iTunes for $9.99.*

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