Presentation by prof. Oliver Limbach in Vicco von Bülow Gymnasium in Stahnsdorf, during the Erasmus+ Project "Skills for Success" Meeting held in May 2016.

1. VOICE COACHING
voice as a reflec+on of emo+ons

2. “One cannot not communicate.”
• What your voice is and what it can (not) do...
• Basics of communica+on...
• Your voice as a skill for success...
• Excercises...

3. origin/ socializa+on/ society
dialect
sex
voice structure
language / word choice
enuncia+on
tone
pronouncia+on
Becoming
individual

4. Four-Ears Model
(F. Schulz von Thun)
source: hGps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four-sides_model

5. Verbal CommunicaBon
source: hGp://communica+ontheory.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Osgood-Schramm-model-of-communica+on1.jpg

6. pitch
loudness
voice volume
tone
tempo
rhythmical process
accent
enuncia+on
formal / informal
sentence structure, word choice
structural quali+es
hereditary quali+es
individual possibili+es

7. Our voice: a mulBtasking talent
OpBons with our voice
ü In your group collect verbs in a mind-map, which
show what you can do with your mouth or your
voice. (5‘)
ü Stress these verbs in different ways expressing
the five basic emo+ons (joy, sadness, fear, anger,
desire). (5‘)
ü When you present them pay aGen+on to the
sound of the voice. Try to establish rules for
expressing certain emo+ons. (5‘)
• POSSIBLE ANSWERS: (to) whisper, cry, snivel, laugh, stuBer, hum, sing, talk,
yodel, moan, mumble ...

8. How to use the voice for my
individual success...
One sentence ... three different meanings
ü Stress the following sentence according to
what is wriGen on your card.
ü The other group members have to guess
which emo+on is being expressed and give
reasons.

9. Summary I
• My voice is an individual feature and is
influenced by different factors.
• It is up to me (i.e. by excercising) to use my voice
consciously and to bring across the content I
want to.
• The more I have in common with my dialogue
partner and the more I know about him/her, the
more likely it is that he/she will understand my
message correctly.

10. CommunicaBon Factors For Success
55%
38%
7%
body language voice / tone content
Albert Mehrabian, Californian Psychologist
source: hGp://corporatedrama.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/rounded_albert.png

11. Posture
source: hGp://www.kalispellchiroprac+c.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Different-Types-of-Posture.jpg

12. Nonverbal CommunicaBon
Kolloquium Oliver Limbach 07.06.2013
source: hGp://arbeitsblaeGer.stangl-taller.at/KOMMUNIKATION/KommNonverbale6.shtml

13. Excercise
ü Use the next 10 minutes to prepare a one-
minute adver+sment in which you try to
convince the others of your statement with all
(non-)verbal means.
ü Consider the sefng (place, audience/
addressee, inten+on)!

14. group 1:
content: “It is marvellous if my computer shuts
down when I’m wri+ng the last page of a 30
pages essay.”
sefng: job interview; boss; applicant;
secretary
group 2:
content: “I really like 19th century folk songs
while doing homework.“
sefng: grandmothers birthday party; family
and friends of granny
group 3:
content: “I don’t like holidays, because I really
miss the (school) bell.”
sefng: mee+ng of elected representa+ves of
the pupils of a school; headmaster; pupils
group 4:
content: “People should wear straw hats on
Mondays!“
sefng: flash mob at department store; you =
people of a startup; lots of unknown people
NONSENS-THESIS

15. Summary II
• One cannot not communicate!
• Verbal and nonverbal communica+on are the
most important skills for success!
• Appropriate posture, facial expression and
gestures are a must for an effec+ve
presenta+on!