If I had a pound for every time somebody said to me after listening to recordings of media interviews or presentations they’d given I’d be a wealthy man. It’s usually the first thing people tell me when I ask for feedback on their performances at our training sessions. Followed swiftly by “I don’t like the way I look!” So why is this? Are we simply vain and shallow creatures us humans – more interested in style over substance? Or is something else going on?
Something else is going on. It’s partly physics and partly perception as Richard Uridge explains in the latest episode of The Z to A of Presentation: V is for Voice.