Content

• Steps
• Method 1 of 1: Improving Your Spoken Voice
• Tips
• Warnings

After looks, your voice is the first thing people will pay attention to. Your voice during a conversation can greatly influence how people feel about you. The stronger and more eloquent your voice is, the more likely it is to create a good first impression of you.

Steps

Method 1 of 1: Improving Your Spoken Voice

1. 1 Understand your purpose. A good voice is always attractive. Your voice affects your opinion of yourself. Thus, it is even more important in order to be happy ourselves.
2. 2 Assess the situation. Get a rating from a trusted friend or someone you can rely on to get an opinion on yourself and your voice.
3. 3 Explore vocals and their controls. Learning music will greatly improve your control over your voice. Believe it or not, singing lessons can help you determine where your voice is best projected from.
4. 4 Learn from the best. Try listening to people whose voices you admire. You can go to the library to find tapes of famous people, or search the Internet.

Tips

• Record yourself as you talk. In this way, you will identify your shortcomings.
• Learn new words and try to build sentences with them, and then try to use them in everyday communication.
• Pay attention to what you say.
• Don't use words like "like" or "um" instead of a simple pause.
• If you have a sore throat or think you have mucus in there, consider using lemon drops for your throat. This will rid your vocal cords of mucus.
• Try to speak without unnecessary gestures.

Warnings

• Do not use foul language when speaking. This can backfire.
• Don't talk formally to close friends; you may sound condescending.