Real Talking Tips with Elaine A. Clark

Real Talking Tips with Elaine A. Clark

Presentation, Voice-Over, and Speech Communication micro learning lessons to improve speech, diction, clarity, melody, tempo, attitude, and message impact. From the author of There's Money Where Your Mouth is, Voice-Overs For Podcasting, and Speak to Achieve. Plus, the creator of Activate Your Voice and Adding Melody To Your Voice apps. Elaine A. Clark demonstrates specific ways to use the body, subtext, and gestures for added clarity, message arc, visualization, and 3-D storytelling. Each episode ends with an assignment for you to work on to get "wired for sound." It's great for podcasters, voice actors, business executives, teachers, public speakers, and anyone who wants to improve their speech and communication skills.

Episodes

02: Real Talking Tips - What's the Buzz on Resonators?

March 6, 2021 • 7 mins
The second of 52 RealTalkingTips micro learning Communication lessons focuses on the voice, resonators, and speech improvement. Resonators have the ability to add intensity and depth to the voice. When specific letters of the alphabet and letter combinations "buzz," the sound and tone of the voice improves. Real Talking Tips - Episode 2 "Voice: Resonators" is the first of a 4-part mini-series focusing on speech clarity and sound qu...
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01: Real Talking Tips - Identifying Your Strengths and Weaknesses

March 6, 2021 • 5 mins
Welcome to Real Talking Tips!  The first of this 52 episode micro-learning Speech Communication series begins with a self analysis of your strengths and weaknesses.  It’s presented by Elaine A. Clark, communication coach, actor, author of There’s Money Where Your Mouth Is and Voice-Overs For Podcasting, and creator of the voice and diction apps Activate Your Voice and Adding Melody to your Voice.  Watch. Practice. Improve your spee...
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00_Real Talking Tips_Speech Communication Micro-Learning Podcast

March 6, 2021 • 47 secs
Welcome to Real Talking Tips! 

Speech Communication Micro Learning Podcast

Elaine A. Clark is excited to offer you a new way to improve your speech, communication, and voiceover skills. Each episode, this master coach and instructor shares insights and tips from her 40 years experience as a business coach, voice over & on-camera instructor, and actor. She focuses on specific elements from her books There’s Money Where Your Mouth Is...

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03: Real Talking Tips - Voice Strengthening

March 16, 2021 • 6 mins
Voice improvement and a stronger speaking voice are desired by many. There are ways to achieve this goal through voice exercises, deeper breathing that fills the whole body, and simple muscle stretches and movements. Elaine A. Clark leads you through this process and a series of vowel strengthening exercises so you can have a fuller, richer speaking voice.
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04: Real Talking Tips - Articulation

March 18, 2021 • 4 mins
Crisp lips, save slips... right? But what if you have a lazy mouth and it's difficult for people to understand what you're saying. Then it's time to work on your T, G, K, P, B, D articulators. Elaine A. Clark leads you through this voice improvement lesson leads you through a series of exercises to help you utilize those sounds in your speaking voice. #realtalkingtips #elaineclarkvo #articulation #voiceover #podcast #speech #speech...
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05: Real Talking Tips - Enunciation

March 18, 2021 • 5 mins
It's time for some verbal weight training to strengthen your speaking voice. Elaine A. Clark shows you ways to achieve clearer enunciation by practicing with added resistance. Use these tricks before delivering a speech, going to a meeting, recording your voice, or when you want to wake up a lazy speech pattern so it's clearer and easier to understand.

#realtalkingtips #elaineclarkvo #enunciation #voiceover #podcast #speech #speech...

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06: Real Talking Tips - Landing Your Message

April 7, 2021 • 4 mins
Are you an uptalker? You know, the person who speaks with an upward inflection so it sounds like a question rather than a statement.  In Episode 6 of Real Talking Tips, Elaine Clark offers tips on how to land your...
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07: Real Talking Tips - Ways to Talk Slower

April 13, 2021 • 5 mins
Hello fast talkers! How many times have you been told that you talk too fast and need to slow down? Did you write 'talking too fast' on the 'Strengths and Weaknesses' list that you created in Episode 1? While talking fast can come in handy if you’re an auctioneer or reading the small print of a medical disclaimer, most listeners need more time to hear and process what you have to say. In #RealTalkingTips Episode 7, I'll show you so...
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08: RealTalkingTips - Speed Up and TalkTalk Faster

April 19, 2021 • 5 mins
Are you a slow talker? Do you drag out your words or sentences, take long pauses, or require more time than most to get to the point? Speech Communication coach, Elaine A. Clark, offers several tips on how to speed up your speech and vary your pacing so it captures and holds your audience's attention.

If you are just tuning in to Real Talking Tips, there are three parts to each episode:   (1) Identify a speech communication problem...

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09: Real Talking Tips - Stand Tall and Talk Confidently

April 29, 2021 • 4 mins
Do you need an attitude adjustment?  Our speaking voice projects a specific attitude with each unique physical posture and body movement.  Our shoulders slump when we’re exhausted, shrug up and down when we're uncertain or don’t care, and tense and rise up in stressful situations.  In #RealTalkingTips episodes 9-12, #ElaineClark explores physical movements and how muscle memory connects with our history, story, thoughts, and emotio...
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10: Real Talking Tips - Take Pride in What You Say

May 4, 2021 • 5 mins
Take Pride In What You Have to Say.  This is the 2nd in this 4-part Real Talking Tips mini-series on Body-Posture-Voice. Here, Elaine Clark demonstrates specific ways to morph and posture the body to add pride, and improve the overall sound and authority of your speaking voice. At the end, there's a recap of the first 10 episodes.  It compliments the Elaine Clark app, Activate Your Voice, and drills down on communication topics pro...
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11: Real Talking Tips - Speaking from the Heart

May 10, 2021 • 6 mins
One way to effectively communicate with others is to speak from the heart. This is especially important when there's a need to empathize and deliver a truthful heartfelt message. This third of four #BodyPostureVoice micro-learning tips in the #RealTalkingTips series takes us on an emotional heart-warming journey where physicality and movements make a dramatic difference in how #communication is heard and accepted. Here are some tip...

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12: Real Talking Tips - Your Opinion Needs An Attitude Adjustment

May 11, 2021 • 5 mins
Heartfelt... Prideful... Confident... and now... Attitude?! The fourth of this #BodyPostureVoice mini-series uncovers a bit of cocky, sarcastic, and ironic history that we use regularly when talking to friends and family. But where does it go when we talk to strangers? "Attitude Equals Opinion." And when we DON'T know someone, we tend to hold back and show the "perfect" side of us. Our body language and voice changes based on the r...
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13: Real Talking Tips - Storytelling... Creating a 3-D World

May 21, 2021 • 8 mins
Be a visual and emotional storyteller. Create a three-dimensional world where the listener sees, hears, and feels what you’re saying. Hi, I’m Elaine Clark. And welcome to RealTalkingTips Episode 13. Storytelling. It's the buzzword these in #business, #publicspeaking, #presentations, #podcasting, and #voiceovers. On the surface, it means telling an engaging story from a narrative point of view. In other words, storytelling is taking...
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14: Real Talking Tips - Verbs Have Action... Right?

June 1, 2021 • 7 mins
Verbs have Action. That means, when you say a verb you need to have some sort of body movement that corresponds to the action. That movement will be heard in the voice… whether big or small, depending on the type of verb.

Okay VERB geeks. I know what you’re thinking. There are Action Verbs and Static Non-Action Verbs. Why should they all have action?

Action Verbs are expressed through bigger gestures and movements. Examples: Walk, ...

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15: Real Talking Tips - If You Know It, Point to the Noun!

June 7, 2021 • 6 mins
Let’s get to the point about Nouns!  There are: Common Nouns – Generic terms for people, places, things or ideas. Proper Nouns – A specific person, place, or thing where the first letter of the word is usually capitalized. Collective Nouns – Group or Team of people, animals, or things. Personal Pronouns – I, me, we, us, he, him, she, her, it, they, them, us, you .

Why are nouns important in voice-overs, writing, and speech communic...

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16: Real Talking Tips - Scale AND Balance

June 13, 2021 • 6 mins
Why do people emphasize the word 'and' rather than the key words on either side of it?  The purpose of that little conjunction is to connect similar type items together. Yet, AND has a habit of drawing focus away from those items and informational elements.  There are several reasons why AND stands out:

1. 

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17: Real Talking Tips - Be a Sing-Talker!

June 21, 2021 • 7 mins
What does it mean to be a Sing-Talker?  Your voice and speech pattern are integral to your unique tune.  The goal of the RealTalkingTips speech communication series is to help people improve everyday speech and the retention and absorption of information in business presentations, interviews, podcasting, and voiceovers. 

Rhythm and melody alter when the articulator is voiced or de-voiced.  Musicality of vowels change based on the s...

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18: Real Talking Tips - Add Tempo Changes - Vary Your Sentence Structure

June 29, 2021 • 7 mins
Listeners Need Time to Process What You’re Saying. Words can be meaningless or powerful depending on how the message is presented. Hi, I’m Elaine Clark with Real Talking Tips offering practical advice on how to effectively get your message across and speak like a pro.

Communication is a Powerful Tool if you’re in sales, making a presentation, hosting a podcast, being interviewed, recording a voiceover script, or talking to friends....

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19: Real Talking Tips - Add Tempo Changes - Slow, Medium & Fast

July 1, 2021 • 7 mins

Why do public speakers, presenters, and voice actors have a tendency to speak at a steady pace and rhythm? In regular conversation, people vary their speaking pace. Important information is slow. Unimportant information is fast. And normal information is spoken at a medium speed. Yet, most people tend to get trapped and forget to add variety to their voice when they’re giving a speech, presentation, or recording a script. I’m Elain...

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