Find your opposite.
You have probably heard this phrase used over and over in communication training and books over the years. How does a youth communicator "find their opposite?"
The next time you stand and deliver a message to a room full of students, try using an opposite tone-of-voice that you typically use when you want to drive home a point. For example, if you are typically a soft-spoken and laid-back speaker, increase your rate of speech and volume to emphasize a point. If you normally talk briskly and loudly, slow your speech and quiet your voice to make your point stick.
You would be surprised how effective this technique is when communicating to students. Using your opposite accomplishes two things: It acts as a pattern interrupt during the message and draws the students into the content of what is being communicated.
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