Oral Communication Skills
Published on Oct 08, 2018
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Stock-take
- Consider your oral communication style
- Do you speak loudly or softly?
- Fast or slow?
- Is your tone of voice high or low
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Consider...
How authoritative do you find these speakers?
Contrast...
Is this style more or less authoritative? Why?
Speaking with authority
- Speak deliberately: not too fast
- Enunciate words clearly
- Pause from time to time
- Acknowledge your audience
- Avoid raising your voice at the end of a statement (as though it is a question
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The lawyer's context
- Speaking is not a one-way street: communication requires interaction
- But professionals need to express their thoughts and expertise with authority
- Oral communication skills are an important component of the professional's toolki
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