Sound messages are the volume, tone, and speed of words spoken*, plus silence and all other speech sounds from our mouth and throat.
Now that sound messages are named, we can tame them, and place borders around them. We can use them as tools to improve our communication, and trade them like a wrench or baseball cards.
*word-speed
KNOWING SOUND MESSAGES WILL HELP YOU:
Go from "not even thought of" to "You're hired." or "Yes, I will marry you." or "John (or Jane), let’s go running." or "Can you join us for lunch?”
Leave voicemails and recorded conversations that get results.
Change employees, peers, family, and friends from crabby to congenial.
Get the second interview by connecting your sound messages to the responses you get and the impressions you give.
Use Sound Messages as a tool for anger management training.
Diffuse conflict before it goes beyond a debate just by asking for a lower volume.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY ABOUT
SOUND MESSAGES
"The language of Sound Messages will help civility."
— "Would You Agree" walk attendee.
"Your theories of volume, tone, and speed are beyond my two engineering master's degrees."
— Co-worker (engineer).
“You had to be emotionally brave to deliver Sound Messages."
— Co-worker (engineer).
“John is one smart cookie...,” after a Lunch & Listen covering John's four-week immersion in linguistics."
— Bruce, Aerospace Linguist.
Linguists with Doctorates, master's degrees & undergrads instantly applauded John's 10-minute pitch to make Sound Messages known in homes and businesses.