It’s always fun to learn on the job, and that is exactly what happened when asked to help prepare Alessandro Bisagni for his recent TEDx talk “What’s in the air you breathe?” His Voice Intensive session focused on impact, projection, vocal variety and above all, authenticity – all the things that recent research tells us, […]
This Guardian article reminded me of a recent call from a client asking if I could help them speak ‘a bit like Benedict Cumberbatch’…it got me thinking about accent and authenticity and how I like to work with a client to find their own authentic voice, not someone else’s.
We had a fantastic coaching session this week with our Speak Up! Competition winners from St Mary’s Canossian College and German Swiss International school.
We’re delighted with client feedback on our voice coaching programs and workshops.
Our Speak Up! Voice Competition is over and the results confirm the vital importance of vocal confidence, for everyone from secondary school students to CEOs.
A huge congratulations to Rasmiyah, our Senior Secondary winner of the Speak Up! Voice Competition.
Video Conferencing is a cognitively complex activity and (according to a 2008 Management Science academic study) users often resort to heuristics to cope – such as making instant judgements about how likeable a speaker is, rather than about the quality of their argument.
Forbes has outlined 14 factors for effective leadership, many of which are founded in vocal skills – such as the ability to speak with confidence, authenticity and gravitas, to make connections and inspire.
Is video conferencing out of your comfort zone? Psychological studies show that VC creates a much higher cognitive stress than face-to-face meetings, reducing our capacity to work out who is talking, follow a speaker’s argument, and assess information presented.
The voice is a powerful communication tool and the storyteller was, in the past, an important voice in society.
