Through my many years in the voice business, I have learned more from my clients than any book or theory on voice. What has been extremely fascinating is what I have discovered as to why we sound the way we sound. It didn’t start out as study, rather it is the years I spent listening [...]
So, you have been scheduled, invited, or commanded to speak. It could be the quarterly budget report for your firm. Maybe you are a member of Toastmasters. You could be enrolled in a local public speaking course. Perhaps it is your best friend’s wedding. Whatever the reason for your upcoming speech or presentation, what is [...]
Recently I was talking to a woman on the phone and I was continually asking her to repeat herself. When our business was completed, I told her that because of the way she clipped her words, I had missed much of what she was saying. Admittedly, had I been facing her in conversation, it would [...]
Canned speeches have a terrible stigma among extempers. It’s easy, it’s cheap, and it’s not fair. It just simply isn’t extemp. Unfortunately, once you have competed in speech for three years, it is hard to NOT have canned speeches. By my senior year, I had my education speech memorized. I had statistics, quotes, and facts [...]
There are more and more folks in our communities today who are looking for ways to get a deep voice. This is due to that fact that people with deep voices generally command more respect and are admired more. There is really no doubt about this: The way you speak helps the people to whom [...]
The popularity of deep voice training in the world today has increased. This is due to that fact that people are more aware of the importance that their voice tone has on their day to day activities. If you want people to respect you more and admire you more as a person, then you have [...]