AUSTIN, May 1, 2013 – When you envision a leader, you may think of someone tall, strong, confident, intelligent and authentic with the ability to inspire others. When you think of a leader’s voice, you may think of someone whose voice is authoritative, clear, energetic, and deep. Academic research has shown that, historically, a lower…
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AUSTIN, April 30, 2013 – Why have young women continued to talk like Valley Girls long after other vocal fads from the same era, like surfer slang, have come and gone? Many young women still converse in uptalk, the rising intonation that makes statements sound like questions, sprinkling their comments with vocal fry, the creaky,…
Read MoreExciting to see the Wall Street Journal using our analytics! How Does a Successful CEO Sound? How do you project success? For men, new research suggests it may help to have a nice, deep bass. Professors from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business and University of California, San Diego’s Rady School of Management studied the…
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We’re thrilled to provide the idea and analytics for this Wall Street Journal article on how voices are perceived in the work place. It is hard to hear the sound of your own voice. But that sound may affect other people’s impressions of you even more than what you say.
Read MoreAUSTIN, February 12, 2013 – The most powerful Valentine’s Day vow of 2013 is: “You’re my soul mate and the love of my life.” Valentine’s Day, on February 14th, is a day of communicating to your loved one just how much they mean to you. But what exactly should you say? What words will have…
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Quantified Communications analysis of State of the Union Obama had a clear focus in last night’s State of the Union: jobs. Applying a quantified communications analysis of the key concepts from the address last night, Obama connected jobs with just about every other issue in his speech – from women to energy security to…
Read MoreWonderful article on ABC.com about our debate analytics. Link to full article here
Read MoreGreat to see our analytics on the second presidential debate covered by the London Daily Telegraph: “Did the second debate mute Mitt’s momentum in the race? That remains unclear. It’s safe to say Obama probably stopped the bleeding. The question is: how much blood to did he lose after the first debate?
Read MorePress Release Quantifying the Second Presidential Debate: New Science of Quantified Communications Objectively Compares Candidate’s Performances AUSTIN, October 18, 2012 – Did Barack Obama really improve in the second debate? Did Mitt Romney continue to communicate effectively at this critical stage? According to new data just released by personal communications analytics company Quantified Communications, President…
Read MoreThe following is our proprietary analysis of the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney from October 3, 2012. We have analyzed voice, video, and semantic content data extracted from video of the debate using over 30 metrics with proven significance to public presentation impact. The results of this effort are…
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