Speaking Tips
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Being Funny Is a Skill: Awareness Is What Makes It Land Well With Others
Use humour with better timing, tone, and awareness so jokes feel light, inclusive, and enjoyable instead of awkward, confusing, or hurtful.
Use humour with better timing, tone, and awareness so jokes feel light, inclusive, and enjoyable instead of awkward, confusing, or hurtful.
This guide gives practical examples, clearer wording, and simple speaking structures you can use in real conversations.
Read being funny is a skill: awareness is what makes it land well with others to understand the situation more fully and practise choosing words that sound clear, calm, and useful.
Use the examples to notice what usually happens in the conversation, what the other person may need, and how your next sentence can make the situation easier to handle.
Different Tones of Speaking and How They Affect People
See how different tones of speaking affect listeners, including condescending, patronizing, collaborative, supportive, caring, natural, sarcastic, and assumptive tones.
How to Ask Someone to Do a Task at Work Clearly and Politely
Ask colleagues or team members to do a task at work in a way that is polite, clear, short, respectful, and not patronizing.
What to Do When a Conversation Goes Quiet
Simple ways to stay calm, restart naturally, and handle quiet moments in conversation without pressure.
What to Say When You Don’t Know What to Say
What to say when your mind goes blank, with simple responses that keep conversations moving without pressure.
How to Stay on Topic When You Speak
Use a simple structure to stay on topic when you speak so your answers remain clear, focused, and easy to follow.
How to Keep a Conversation Going (Without Feeling Awkward)
Keep a conversation going more naturally by choosing the right place, the right time, and a simple structure that helps connection feel easier.
Quick Tips
A few short speaking tips from Instagram for quick inspiration and easy practice. If this helped you, share it with someone you care about 😊 Small improvements in communication can make a big difference in everyday relationships.