Julian Treasure: How to speak so that people want to listen

Watch the video about how to speak in public again (I strongly recommend watching the whole video)



Now you can try the exercises again:

Listen to the introduction and complete with one word in each gap.

The human voice: It's the __________________ we all play. It's the most ____________ sound in the world, probably. It's the only one that can start a war or say "I love you." And yet many people have the ___________ that when they speak, people don't ___________ to them. And why is that? How can we speak powerfully to make ___________ in the world?

The seven deadly sins of speaking. Listen to the second part and complete the missing information in the table below:

1.	_______________	Speaking ill of someone who is not present.
2.	_______________	It’s hard to listen to somebody if you know you’re being judged.
3.	_______________	Conversation with his mother: “It’s October the 1st today” “I know. Isn’t it ________________?”
4.	_______________	The national sport in the UK. It’s viral misery.
5.	_______________	Some people don’t take ______________ for their actions.
6.	Embroidery and _______________	We don’t like people who are ________________ to us.
7.	Dogmatism	The confusion of _______________ with _____________.

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