University Toastmasters Club (UTC) - UEH ISB - Body Language & Vocal Variety

I started writing this blog 2 years ago, but got incredibly busy with work! So now, we’re BACK! I’ve got loads to share, so many speaking events and exciting happenings!

Let’s roll it back to October 2023. I was invited to the UTC Toastmasters Club to do a 2 hour training on Body Language and. Vocal Variety.

Now, I could easily do a 2 hour workshop on both of these topics. But, combining them both into one was a little bit of a challenge. It’s a lot to cover in a couple hours, especially with activities for the Club Members.

BODY LANGUAGE

One of the most important thing about training workshops is getting the attendees involved and getting them to interact!

We had a blast, especially with the Body Language Gestures activity: How many different ways can you express the emotion of love?

In this next photo, I was trying to impress upon the Club Members the importance of standing with a confident but casual posture and get them to avoid covering themselves up!

So many times, speakers end up putting their arms in front of their mid-section, covering their precious areas, in a subconcious defense mechanism.

Here I am demonstrating how some speakers tend to overdo it with gestures!

Clearly I look a little too locked into the physicality of gesturing.

Maybe too much? hahaha

VOCAL VARIETY

In the second half of the training, we talked about how to vary up your voice for a more interesting speech experience. We call this Vocal Variety.

We talked about 5 different ways to vary up your voice during a speech:

Volume
Pace
Emotional Tone
Pitch
Pause

The best part about training workshops is the relationships you form. This young man is a legend, phenomenal leader in his community, Thai An! And a speech contest winner too, btw.

I was incredibly thankful to see some of my friends from Hot Cool Milk Toastmasters show up for the workshop as well! Much love to HCM TM, including the legendary Panda Le!!