She’s back! Seven years after joining us in season one, voice and speech coach Katrina Roberts returns to challenge some of the conventional quick-wins-based wisdom about becoming a better speaker and presenter.
What if trying harder to look confident, remembering to gesture, and concentrating on your speaking technique is actually making you a worse communicator?
Katrina shares how being a better speaker starts with comfort before confidence. In this conversation, we explore why nerves show up in ways you might not recognise, why your body has such a powerful influence on your voice, and why learning to be present with your audience matters more than following a checklist of speaking rules.
We also get into a fascinating discussion about data storytelling, including why executives sometimes demand all the data, and whether we might have accidentally trained them to do exactly that!
What You'll Learn:
Why trying too hard to be a good speaker can actually make you less effective
Why Katrina teaches freedom and comfort before speaking techniques
How your body, breathing and voice are connected
A simple exercise involving your feet that can change how you feel and speak
Why being present with your audience is more important than thinking about your own performance
Why audiences deserve to have information made easy for them
How analysts can accidentally train executives to demand more data
Worth Repeating:
"The last thing people want when they're battling communication problems is more rules."
"Stop trying to be interesting."
"Audiences are inherently selfish, and they deserve to be."
"Communication is an act of service."
About Katrina Roberts:
Katrina Roberts is a highly experienced voice and speech coach with over 15 years specialising in professional communicators, including actors, executives and professional speakers.
Through Simply Speech, Katrina helps people overcome speaking anxiety, develop their voice and communicate with greater comfort, confidence and presence. She also lectures in voice at JMC Academy in Brisbane and delivers her Speak to Serve program to organisations across Australia.
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