Not everyone in finance is the greatest speaker but it is a skill that is important. How can we improve? One way to improve is to be listen carefully to others as they speak. Unless she is completely reading off of cue cards, CNN's Kaitlin Collins is a very good speaker. She must have practiced speaking quite a bit or learned from some very good speakers. Her speaking flow is almost flawless in that you do not hear any, ahs, ums, etc. At the same, her sentences tend to be on the long, which makes her speaking skills even more impressive. Plenty of people who you would think should speak well like attorneys, politicians with strong educational backgrounds, etc., do not always speak very well.
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Why is it weird? If you put this topic in the weird category, lots of topics would have to go in that category.
he watches CNN, lmao
You can turn anything into a political topic...
dude you want to talk about a good speaker - Barack Obama was a good speaker. Excellent orator - complete command of the English language - and I disagreed with every point. But a great speaker.
Agreed with this. He had a nice fitting voice sound as well.
Yeah, he has it all going on: he speaks well and is charismatic. I am pretty sure I have heard him say a few ums and ahs, though. Kaitlan is like the opposite of charismatic.
ditto. I've had the pleasure of seeing obama speak in person before he was POTUS and was always polished. I actually studied him to try to improve my own speaking, here's what I came up with
Butttt... she is not in finance?
huh?
My dad is a finance executive who goes on networks like cnbc and the likes every now and then. For some it comes naturally but even though he’s a good speaker I know that he stills spends a large chunk of time working with PR team that spends time every month going over and playing back previous interviews.
Yeah, I think it takes a lot of practice to get better at it.
Kayleigh McEnany is on point.
Not sure why this is getting MS. She is an embarrassing human being but damn can she speak in public
I agree on this however I strongly recommend that people develop their own speaking styles as opposed to emulating the speakers they are listening to..
There was a student in my communication class that would make the same pauses as Barack Obama in his speeches, and it was just cringe-worthy to listen to..
Ex: I am going to talk (pause + same hand gesture as Obama), about this issue (repeat)
I can partly agree here. I think you should pay attention to others who do things well ( writing, speaking, etc) and then apply them to your own situation.
It really depends on the setting and situation. Many of those uh’s and uhm’s are actually very useful in the right situations. For prepared remarks like speeches or television appearances, I agree to remove them. But for a lot of the kind of speaking you’re doing in finance, I believe there’s actually utility in not sounding so polished.
When are ums, ahs and ya knows useful? I think you are trying to say that sometimes it is better to sound like a dumb ass...
Carl Icahn does not sound that polished and he's a finance god so it really doesn't matter.
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Jonathan Ferro is the clear winner for the speaking contest
I think one way to remove "uhm" and "ah" is to keep saying it in with your mouth but try not to make a sound out of it.
It works fine with me but there's somewhat a drawback if you are used to talking in a fast paced manner since people might not catch on what you were saying. Other underrated aspect is definitely intonations. You don't have to pronounce words clearly but tone optimization works wonders on delivering key points and trying to obscure some things. Especially in consulting when you really have to be convincing and sound extremely articulate.
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