Volume refers to how loud or soft your voice is. You can also include reminders to “slow down” on your speaking outline. Even if you try to hold back when actually delivering your speech, you may fall back into your practice routine and speak too fast. If you find that you are a naturally fast speaker, make sure that you do not “speed talk” through your speech when practicing it. Some people naturally speak faster than others, which is fine, but we can all alter our rate of speaking with practice.
Speaking at a slow rate throughout a speech would likely bore an audience, but that is not a common occurrence. The goal is to speak at a rate that will interest the audience and will effectively convey your information. Having evaluated thousands of speeches, I can say that, in terms of rate, the issue speakers face is speaking too fast. These negative assumptions, whether they are true or not, are likely to hurt the credibility of the speaker. Speaking slowly may lead the audience to infer that the speaker is uninterested, uninformed, or unprepared to present his or her own topic. In general, a higher rate of speaking signals that a speaker is enthusiastic about his or her topic. The key is to vary your rate of speaking in a middle range, staying away from either extreme, in order to keep your audience engaged. If you speak too slowly, the audience may lose interest. If you speak too fast, your audience will not be able to absorb the information you present. Rate of speaking refers to how fast or slow you speak.
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