What Can a Speech Coach Teach You?

You may have thought about hiring a speech coach to help you improve your speaking ability. However, you may not be sure it’s an important investment. You know it will take some time and money, but you want to be sure the results will be worth the effort.

Speak with Confidence

One of the most important ways a speech coach can help you is by teaching you to speak with confidence. If you’re shy or insecure in front of a crowd, it will show by your actions and words. A speech coach can teach you to speak up and use words and phrasing that helps you sound more confident.

The phrase "Fake it until you make it" can apply here. You may not feel confident when you get in front of people, but a speech coach can help you pretend to be less nervous than what you really are. If others think you’re confident in what you’re saying, they will be more likely to listen to you.

Speak More Clearly

A business speech coach can help you be better understood so that your audience will understand you. They can help you work on your wording and accent. They can even help you reduce your accent by enunciating better. An accent reduction coach will focus on this skill which is important if you speak in different parts of the country or around the world.

You will learn to stop saying "Um" or other filler sounds and words when you speak to a group. A speech coach will help you develop the skill of pausing so others can understand what you’re saying and not speaking too fast or stumbling over your words.

Improve Body Language

Public speaking is about more than your words. A speech coach can teach you how to develop positive body language and stop bad habits. They will teach you about gestures you can use to get a point across or to draw people’s attention to your words.

A speech coach will watch what you do as much as what you say and draw attention to things you need to change. Perhaps you slouch when you talk or maybe you have a nervous habit that distracts the audience. The coach will let you know what things need to change and help you practice until you overcome those bad habits.

Enjoy Speaking

Many people dread public speaking, especially if they get nervous in front of an audience. A speech coach can help you improve your skills, develop confidence and get better results. All of these features will help you learn to enjoy speaking in public. You may not ever truly become comfortable, but you can get to the point where you like what happens with the audience, especially if you’re trying to sell something or promote an idea.

A business speech coach can help you become a better public speaker. Now that you see the benefits, you might decide this is the next step to getting the results you want.

Claudette Roche is a dialect coachin the Vero Beach, FL area. She teaches foreign and American accents to actors and business persons/executives. In 2010 she was named as one of The Top 5 Voice Coaches by Hollywood Weekly Magazine.

Claudette Roche is a dialect coach who teaches accent coach.