Summary of How to speak so that people want to listen | Julian Treasure | TED
Julian Treasure's TED talk "How to speak so that people want to listen" discusses the human voice's power and the need to speak in a captivating manner. He highlights seven negative speaking habits and introduces four positive cornerstones for powerful speech, known as "hail": honesty, authenticity, integrity, and love. Treasure also emphasizes the importance of how we speak, including elements such as register, timbre, prosody, pace, pitch, volume, and the use of silence. He concludes by emphasizing the significance of creating sound consciously and designing environments for effective communication, ultimately aiming to encourage powerful and conscious speaking in well-designed environments. Speakers : - Julian Treasure
Notable Quotes
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00:13
— « The human voice: It's the instrument we all play. »
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01:12
— « Third, negativity. You can fall into this. »
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03:02
— « Fortunately, these things spell a word. The word is "hail," and it has a great definition as well. »
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03:40
— « The I is integrity, being your word, actually doing what you say, and being somebody people can trust. »