How to optimize the speed, tempo or cadence of your communication. Learn about typical conversation rates, and how to customize your communication to maximize engagement and comprehension. Are you a fast-talker?

 

CONTENTS

* Summary

* Resources

* Transcript

SUMMARY: Are You a FAST-Talker?

Instead of focusing on your speech rate or words-per-minute (WPM), consider the ENGAGEMENT and the COMPREHENSION of our audience.  Cadence is the means, not the end goal.  Cadence is one ingredient in communication.

FAST TALKING FACTS:

Slow talking is considered to be anything 110 wpm.  That’s 2 words per second.  

Conversational speech is between 120-150 wpm 

Fast-talking is more than 160 wpm

Podcasters typically speak at about 150–160 wpm.

Auctioneers speak in the range of 250-400 wpm.

 

Fast talkers convey urgency, passion, excitement, and emotion, 

Slow talkers convey significance 

 

3 Ways to Use CADENCE to Improve your Communication:

Ask a trusted colleague or two for feedback.  

If necessary, measure your speech rate 

Record yourself and divide the number of words by the number of minutes in your speech.  

Customize your cadence

 

How to CUSTOMIZE YOUR CADENCE

Customization as in VARYING your pace, trying a combination of fast and slow. Firing through some things, then Pausing for effect.  

Customize for your AUDIENCE – Slow down if you use a language or have an accent that’s less familiar to your audience.

Customize the SEQUENCE – Vary the order and or media through which you’re communicating, depending on the context and the person. Always respect people’s TIME.

RESOURCES

Dr. Andrea Wojnicki & Talk About Talk 

Free 20min consult – Book Andrea 

Website –  https://talkabouttalk.com

Communication Coaching Newsletter – newsletter-signup

LinkedIn – Andrea https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreawojnicki/

LinkedIn – TalkAboutTalk – https://www.linkedin.com/company/talkabouttalk

TRANSCRIPT

Are you a fast-talker?

I’ve always wondered why auctioneers have to talk so fast.  We’ll get to that in a few minutes.  But more importantly, are YOU a fast-talker? Or maybe you talk too slow? Or maybe you’re not sure?

In the next 30 minutes or so, you’re going to learn about the impact of cadence, as in tempo or pace, on our communication, how we can use our pacing to optimize our communication effectiveness.

Are you ready?

Greetings and welcome to Talk About Talk episode number 113. I’m your executive communication coach, Dr. Andrea Wojnicki (please call me Andrea!). And I‘m so glad you’re here! I have to say:  I’m so conscious of my pace right now. But since you’re listening to this podcast, you probably know that you can change the pace of this audio.  You can just click a button on your podcast player to slow me down to .5 or speed me up to 1.25 or 1.5. So I suppose I should just relax.  

OK – If you’re an ambitious executive with a growth mindset, then you’re in the right place. You’ve probably spent years learning how to do your job – the technical skills. When you look at the successful folks around you, you might notice that what differentiates these successful people typically isn’t their technical skills.  Rather, it’s their executive presence.  Their confidence.

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Erscheinungs­datum: 31.10.2022, 06:01:33