The 🔑 to becoming more ENGAGING when you speak!
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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
- Do you realise that you get stuck in a default rate of speech?
When you speak at the same pace, whether slow, fast or at a regular speed, what happens is you start to sound monotonous, even if you're talking about something interesting.
That's why if you want to become more charismatic and enthusiastic when you speak, you need to vary your rate of speech. Sometimes you speak slow and sometimes you speak fast.
The rule I follow is that when you're speaking about something very important, you slow down, otherwise it's okay to speed up.
Having this simple rule in mind when you speak will make you infinitely more engaging as compared to speaking at the same rate.
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What Vinh points out is so true: so many speakers just have a default speed that’s so predictable the speech becomes meaningless
Exactly I tend to zone out if the speaker is too slow or get lost if they speak too fast, specially if they have an accent I'm not used to.
And it gets worse. Some people speak in sentences that are all the same length and structure. And still worse: they follow the same inflective pattern (rises and falls in inflection) for every one of these sentences.
The speech isn't meaningless, it just won't have any impact. There are plenty of meaningful speeches that are performed badly, but if you want someone that's not otherwise interested to follow you along the speech, there has to be impact
i prefer it that way myself tbh
Dumpf is a perfect example……
It's the very same reason why some movies are more successful than others...... accurate pacing is everything to deliver information in a pleasing way.
Increasing the playback speed makes older slower paced shows seem more interesting
Nicely said. 👏 outstanding
Exactly. I think a lot of writers and actors struggle to portray an authentic speech pattern and wording.
@@jonwacken4312Personally, for some reason, accelerating the playback of *shows* feels so weird and uncomfortable to me…
When it’s a podcast or anything with only sound, I find it nice and even necessary to enjoy slower-paced things sometimes.
But with shows, since it’s visual, I just can’t 😅
Seeing people moving unnaturally fast ruins my immersion/engagement
It's called articulation of words
It’s crazy as he was doing 6. I did exactly what he was saying. I listened for about 1 sentence and then tuned it out.
Same, zoned out and read this comment 😂
yeah, it actually activates my "meetings brain", left in, right out and gone.
Didn’t even hear the last thing he said
Yeeeeup
OMG UR RIGHT I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE BUT I NEVER CAUGHT THE LAST SENTENCES 😭😭😭
People will say this is dumb or “common sense” but it’s genuinely helpful when u realize how to fix your speaking.
It's one of those things that you know subconsciously but don't really know why until it gets explained like this.
I can't speak any language correctly there's something wrong with My brain smh
@@whoami0x same tbh
it is dumb and it is common sense. But, it is also something we need to be told
@@itsgojoverfr
Someone asked me once
"Can you bring me a glass of water?" and I replied
"Yeah you are right "💀💀😭
This works for writing as well. See below:
This paragraph has sentences of a similar length. Every sentence is medium length, eight to ten words. After a while, the sentences start feeling repetitive. All of the words blur together in an awful way.
Meanwhile, this paragraph doesn't have that problem. Whereas the last paragraph used medium sentences exclusively, this one is varied in word length. The difference is stark. Adjusting your sentence length makes a more engaging monologue!
holy smokes. ive been going insane trying to figure out why I didnt like my writing. Variation in sentences has such an impact!
Awesome tip!!!
i love you
I use this in my own writing as well, to dictate the mood. If it's a descriptive scene, I use long sentences to slow things down so the reader proceeds at a leisurely pace. It's like a walk in a park, taking in the sights, listening to the birds, smelling the roses. In action, everything is short. Sentences are punchy. The reader speeds up. Everything seems frantic.
There is nothing worse than an action scene where the sentences drag on and on with grandiose descriptions, as if you're watching a slow-motion video of a bullet impact.
nice
At primary school, I looked forward to Reading time, last session of the day, Friday afternoon. Our reader was the Deputy Principal; such a wonderful voice and a very thoughtful delivery of the text and dialogue. Without consciously realising it, I adopted his techniques. Much later it enabled me to be confident doing a regular radio show. Vocal variety in pace, pitch, timbre, emphasis all play a part in keeping the listener interested in what you're saying.
That's a great testimony to your principal and you grew into your livelihood.
Screenshot this comment. I love this. Thank you for sharing
Alastor
you from Ireland?
2.1th klike of your comm
Incredible how with the 6 you described my thoguht process as it was happening🤯
I tuned it out and only caught that I did on the second listen through 😂
damn 5.6k likes 1 comment that's the biggest ratio I've ever seen
@@melancholeannsome comments captivate the words as perfectly as it possibly could. Basically, ‘nough said. So no one bothers to add anything.
100% he grabbed back in and made me realize i tuned out after he started going into conversation
If you dont speak correctly, then no one can understand. (I did not know wat to say.)
If teachers master this, we would learn so much more and be more engaged.
So true
As a starting teacher I watched this and realized I already do this quite often xd
Lol this is how I feel listening to Tim Cook. He talks constantly at 4.9. If he is too excited 5.1, if he is delivering bad news and want to keep it slow down, then 4.89
You got the points down too
😂
how do you measure that 😂
Let’s see how he does it on Monday (it’s always the same)
Were you using like a ruler or smth to measure his speech speed with that accuracy?
I remember realising this at Uni. The lecturer that kept me most engaged was the one who constantly varied his pace and volume.
My default is definitely around 8. Though I’m the youngest of 13 kids so I learned to speak fast to be heard. Haha
Lol. God Bless you and your family :)
Wow. My grandma had 11 kids + like 6 other adopted so having 13 is pretty cool :)
@@GalaxyCatPlays My mom always said she was “beautifying” the world by having so many kids. Haha
Do you live in Siberia? 13 siblings is insane.
@@noahmay7708 haha nope, Arizona USA.
Great speaking is a mirror of great singing. Variety of tempo, cadence, pitch, and dynamics. When all of them are mastered, the listeners are enthralled.
My job as a consultant has taught me this naturally.. my muscle memory kicks in depending on the topic of discussion, the type of client I’m working with, their first language, level of understanding of the topic and even their body language and facial cues. Throughout my lengthy discussions I will speed up or slow down my speech, specifically enunciate / emphasise words of key sections I need the client to pay particular focus to. There’s so much that goes into being an effective and impactful consultant that it’s easy to dumb it down into “you talk to people all day”😂😂
I am a Professional Fundraiser. And this is sooo helpful. So glad to have found your channel.
How did you implement this in your pitches , or what changed exactly?
This is something that I've noticed is very important when you read out loud to someone (like a fairy tale to a child) or when you tell a story. That's where a lot of charisma comes from, that's why people say your story feels engaging.
I've learnt a lot of that from my father, but then I noticed how voice actors sound in audiobooks, and it was ENLIGHTENING to hear how one person can sound like so many different people. And also, how do you make long paragraphs feel engaging if you don't modulate and change the speed of your voice. Cecil from Welcome to Night Vale does that marvellously well! But he also needs the pointers from the creators of Night Vale to fulfill their vision for the story. That's why WTNV wasn't released as a book for a long time, cause it wasn't like Cecil was just reading from a book, he had so many pointers, they had to extrapolate the story from between them before they could release it to the public.
Props to the editor for actually managing to abbreviate this into a 60 second short.
He's speaking faster than neurons in my brain are sending electrical impulses to each other 😭
I'm not being arrogant when I say this so please nobody take it that way but I just want to testify to this.
I am a good speaker. I loved all of my speeches in school and people told me that I have this way of talking where I captivate their attention on every word. And after watching this video, I've just realized that I used different vocal ranges to speak in all of my speeches. It was a natural thing for me and this is probably the reason why I was able to do that.
Thank you so much for your understanding🙏
Sounds wonderful. Do you know how you "fell" into this way of speaking?
Thank you
I dont know how I started doing it but I know that when I had do story telling in Grade 4 was when I started doing it. If I'm thinking about it now, I just started putting more emphasis on certain words which probably made it sound like I was using different vocal ranges so there was quite the contrast. And over the years I guess it just somehow evolved into my speech pattern
I like how this guy got so good at talking he thought instead of doing something useful he would just tell people about it
tf
You just explained teachers
Comms major from a university here: storytelling as a class was the most exciting example of vocal variety used in a practical setting. Tell stories to your friends, kids, and co workers with energy/love for them and you will have vocal variety in your delivery
WE ARE FAKING NEUROTYPICAL WITH THIS ONE 🗣️🗣️🗣️‼️‼️‼️🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
This the Jacob collier of speaking
This is where you learn the importance of ✨variety✨
Oh god I needed this. I was wondering why when reading scripts and prompts I hated listening to the audio versus my in game commentary when I watch over my gameplay videos. I knew I hated how monotonous I sounded but this explains WHY I sounded so monotonous. In my gameplay footage everything I say is more ‘organic’ and represents my chaotic speech pattern. While reading scripts or prompts, even with my flair written in for me to use, I don’t speak with variance like I would in person or in game. Knowing this, I can course correct sooner rather than later. I swear his videos are coming in clutch outta nowhere. Cuz this shit was bothering me heavy for a couple days now. 😅😂
This is the advice I give to people who make hip hop music. Switch the flow up and the speed at different points to make it more impactful and interesting
Its always really interesting to see people put into words things that feel intrinsic. As a storyteller at heart, this is pretty much my life. Refining my words and storys until i find exactly the speed needed for each part. At the same time, i can appreciate the fact that this isnt seen as common knowledge and some people really do need to see this
In art there is a "rule" that goes "if there is contrast everywhere, there is no contrast". It works in any other thing, like line thickness, level of details etc. If it's all the same everywhere it becomes boring
I'm a stutterer. My vocal variety is through the roof.
I guess that's the reason why people with stage fright stutter even worse because ALL of the audience focused their attention on them.
Same 😢
This guy is brilliant
It is not just hitting the right notes that makes a musician a good musician a great musician. It is the rythm and pauses that make a good musician a great musician.
Smart. Never thought of that and it makes all the difference
This doesn't just apply to speech. It applies to all forms of engagement such as books, teaching, movies, tv shows, music, sports, and videogames. You need a wave function to reach maximum engagement. And if you can get a wave function across multiple dimensions like if you go from slow to fast, serious to lighthearted, complex to simple all at the same it's even better.
The way you explain with in the example is always so good.
Listened to a guest pastor once, very passionate, very intense, good message but I was also not engaged. I realized her intensity was the same throughout her entire sermon. It kept taking me out of the zone.
The regular pastor always had dynamic intensity (passionate to whisper). Though I find that a bit dramatic, I was much more engaged. For me anyway.
You are just super teacher
If more people could teach like this the world would be so much better
I had a teacher, that spoke at a 1 CONSTANTLY, literally exactly how he was mimicking at the start, with the spaces between the words and everything 😂
Thank you for increasing my anxiety by explaining the complexity of speech, i appreciate it.
so in essence, vary your speech speed to keep the listener engaged with your words.
The fact that i Learned this by just Observing people speak is amazing to me.
Please give tips because if i speak even to people close to me i can think the exact words i want to say but when i say them i mess up saying it sometimes
practice pronouncing the words in your own time, and read books out loud.
Yea I do read books but I don't practice reading aloud much
@@bbhalla9335 read them out loud and put lots of emphasis in each word as if youre reading to a child so you can focus on the syllables of each word
Bouncing between a 4-7 is perfect to me. The 7 makes things feel energetic and entertaining without being way to fast and not being able to understand what they are saying. 4 allows for the key points to sink in and really put emphasis on topics.
I realised that variety is the trick after he revealed that constant speed 2 is boring, I am proud of myself :)
This is so true
i am Vietnamese from Czech and i speak Czech like a native, BUT many people, my friends, teachers, professors, say i need to tlak slower.
As a Speech and Theatre graduate, in our speech part of the program, one of the keys to extemporenous or impromptu speeches is that you have to picture yourself as one of the audience. How do you want your attention to get? People with bad social skills tend to either be a 1 or 10 and never in between on their scale of intensity. If you notice great story tellers, they have a sort of knowledge on where to ascend, descend, and go flat. It's called Dynamics. Speeches and stories need dynamics because they are one of the aspects of good storytelling or public speaking. Hope this helps!
I’m an actor and in training you cover pitch and tempo of the voice, this makes me realise how much of actor training and methodology, actually is applied to everyday life
I do this when I DM my D&D games. For descriptions I slow down to ensure the players can fully understand the scenerio but for combat I speed up to mirror the action taking place. Everyone loves it and I get constant praise.
VOCAL vaRIEty Is KEY
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It's literally using speech to emphasize specific points you're trying to get across. It's something you learn over time if you speak to groups or speak to clients on a daily basis.
I did this during my finals, I mean the variety thing. My dream is to be a voice actor and I have some experience in writing.
I'm pretty introverted and don't really go out of my way to do too much work in school. In short imagine how surprised the professors were when I pulled out a very entertaining, professional sounding presentation for my finals, winning the audience over to such a degree they kept me there longer than they were supposed to (they had to stop me themselves) and keot talking about it weeks and months afterwards, even after graduating.
I'd like to think I'm putting on a show and spicing up what you're saying helps keeping listeners attention. Giving them room to breathe gives them time to process and digest what they just heard. Staying in one time key will cause them to tune it out eventually as noise.
Variety is important in anything, music, writing, speech, games, art- I could go on and on. Change is what helps us retain memories better because our brains delete anything that heard or seen too much as it deems it as useless information and it doesn't stimulate our senses at all.
in shorty the more unique something is the more interesting it is
best shorts channeling on yt right now, keep uploading, I really appreciate your content and knowledge ❤
This makes me realize why my 8th grade teacher always kept me engaged in his lectures. Even when the topic was boring I never got bored.
Yes this is true. Variety adds more emphasis to different parts of speech, and pauses add more emphasis later. This is similar to music as well, which makes sense because music comes from speech. Sometimes the silence adds more to the words you say.
Story telling and narrating is a wonderful way to practice the varieties and speeds
This was what I was looking for my whole life. People get quickly uninterested in a conversation if you don't grasp this lesson.
There’s so many things that I am learning I take for granted when I speak that make a lot more sense when they are explained
I’m so glad this guy has come up in my feed. I’ve not had issues really with speaking but he still gives good advice that I’ve found myself using.
I default into empathy when someone is talking slow and I'm ready to listen. Slower speech when enjoyed will allow people to open up wout fear.
Very important when you are teaching students
Finalement, someone is addressing this issue. Learning how to speak and read with pause, rhythms, variety of tones, intonations and speeds.
" Its wierd only if u think it is wierd " Wow bro! ❤
That loop was beautiful
I need this so much when presenting my low and fast voice to the whole class
I could listen to him say "Variety" for hours...
This is EXACTLY what I’ve taught students when we’re preparing for speeches. How you say it is just as important as what you say.
It’s similar to how in writing you don’t want to have all sentences be the same length or it also becomes monotonous and boring
Dude… single handedly deserved my subscription more than any other RUclipsr ever has
With adhd its awesome to listen to fast and CLEAR speakers
I work retail, and I have a bad habit of talking super extra fast, because I'm working really fast and I think that watching Storage Wars and the like then imitating the shows as a kid made massive impacts on how fast I'm talking. And I don't notice that I'm speaking fast. This isn't an issue for many of our Asian customers who are very fluent in English, but for pretty much everyone else it is. I mentioned this to my co-worker once (he's Asian) and when he told me that I don't speak THAT fast after demonstrating the speed in which I talked to customers and confused them, I had to remind him that many of the customers speak English as their main language and it's not normally spoken at Mach 3 or they aren't very fluent or at all knowledgeable in English. He told me "You have a point." We check each other on MANY cultural things, I specifically check him on a lot of disability things as someone with a neurological disability. He checks me on neurotypical things often, though, so we're all good, lol
For me, when at work, people want me at a 4-5, but I honestly can’t process what I’m saying at that speed. I usually hit a 6-7, 8-9 if excited, in order to process my thoughts. If I can’t, I usually start phasing out of the conversation because it becomes disengaging.
It’s honestly the opposite problem compared to others because they want to hear the conversation clearly, versus I want to move through the whole thing quickly and let our minds fill in the gaps we missed during the conversation.
It's like music, where dynamics refer to volume and tempo refers to speed. You do need variety in both dynamics and tempo. This is what allows you to emphasize.
Pauses also good. Getting the right rhythm. Sometimes we speak too much and allowing for reflection helps deliver the message and make it impactful and meaningful.
This is true. I'm like this as a teacher. Variation is key.
Its so crazy to me. Because i was a child actor this kind of stuff is just common sense to me. I dont feel like i ever LEARNED it because its something ive been conscious of for what feels like my whole life.
Vinh truly pointed out everything. He gave a pretty solid explanation about the importance of frequency variation in speeches. That was something that even I used to struggle with
(But is no one gonna talk about how is barber did him dirty T-T)
That's one thing I always urged my students to avoid, being monotonous. I always make myself an example in that I just do simple pauses every time I... make a point, like this. Because the more monotonous you are, the easier it is to, like he said, get bored, and just forget what you're saying.
A ride ain't exciting if it just goes straight at the same speed.
this is the first time ive learned something from a video like this
Not only should you vary your speed, but where you place emphasis throughout the message you're conveying not only keeps the audience engaged, but can also greatly improve their memory of your message.
This omg. Ive noticed this with so many people at my school that ive started to call that certain speed and emphasis pattern as our school's dialect lmao. My parents noticed it way earlier in my childhood and since i was someone who really liked taking part in events and stuff they taught me the importance of detaching myself from my school dialect and talking like an actual human even when im reciting something and im so grateful for that cuz i feel like it really helped with my vocab and the grasp i had on English in general lol
Extremely helpful as someone who tends to be extremely monotonous 😅 especially since I'm rehearsing for a play 😅😅😅
Vinh speaks so eloquently and enunciates words so nicely I didn’t even have to read the subtitles.
I actually find the slow one comforting and calming like ASMR
This dudes voice just gets me in a way I think about randomly throughout the day and I love it
This guy is a good speaker. Bravo
I feel like this man is one of the few public speaker teachers that isn’t actually full of useless shit. Everything I’ve seen this man teach is extremely effective
This guy talks a lot of sense ❤
*Variety is the spice of life.*
Only creativity of thought and skills of presenting can be seen on him holding the glimpse of the crowd❤
Wow, I can tell that this works because the only teacher I can listen to for an hour straight and stay fully engaged in uses vocal variety
When he hit the 3, I almost scrolled away but remembered he was teaching me something.
It's hard to remember variety when I'm meant to present on something I couldn't care less about. If I were presenting on Chess or teaching someone trig or explaining all the ins and outs of a theory I have on how Frozen and Tangled take place in the universe and the reason Rapunzel and Eugene look the same age in their Frozen 1 cameo as they do in Tangled even though the films canonically take place about 60 years apart is because Rapuzel used the effects of her magic that still remains in her to keep the two of them young the way Mother Gothel did for centuries, then I wouldn't have any problems not sounding monotonous. I'd be more engaged in what I'm saying because it's something I actually care to talk about.
The same for sentance length in writing! I learned that you should vary the number of words and syllables in each sentence. Nothing crazy. Just enough to keep things interesting.
Pitch and tone are also great for engagement. And to really nail a point down, change the length of your sentences to stress importance.
Was liking how my preacher is so good at changing his rate of speech
I learned that after analysing people in high school and trying to understand why i sounded the way i sounded. I came to that conclusion.
This guy just explained me something i learned naturally. I didn't know it was a skill 😅😂
i like how you can hear him doing the variety if you listen as he talks normally
That hook was just mhhm🤌✨️
oooh that's why people compliment me about that, i always did that naturally and i was always confused about what made it engaging in the first place
Everything I’ve ever heard out of this man’s mouth has been great information tbh