2 Minute Talk Tips

  2 Minute Tip: Sit Up Straight   Generally it's best to stand while you speak. If you're running a webinar, presenting on a conference call, or going through a phone screen interview for a new job, st6anding may not be feasible. In that case, it's important to sit up straight, just like your kindergarten teacher told you.   When you slouch or lean back in your chair, it changes the quality of your voice. It actually alters the way air flows through your chest and voice box. In my case, when I sit back, my voice develops more vocal fry and loses resonance. You can actually see the difference in the audio wave form here:     The section to the left of the red line is what happens when I slouch. To the right is how it looks when I sit up straight.   So when you speak from a chair, sit up straight.   Post Tip Discussion: Tell a Story   This week I told a story about the importance of an LED Backlit keyboard to a laptop customer.   Here are four reasons I like to tell this story: It changes the pace of a presen