In an article I posted some time ago, I have received numerous comments through the years about ‘How the Soft-Spoken Are Judged,’ one of which the writer said, “Thank you for this article. I was speaking to my boss in my internship about my interview […]
What does your handshake say about you? Confident, diffident, overbearing, wimpy? Does the sound of your speaking voice match the grip of your handshake? In teaching voice improvement, I have found that those whose speaking voices are weak or wimpy very often follow through with […]
You have probably heard the statistics: 55% of the image you project is visual; 8% is your content; but, 37% of the image is the sound of your speaking voice. To make matters worse, that 37% is referring to the voice you hear on your […]
I had a most interesting phone call recently in which a woman, who I’ll call Sharon, asked me if I teach color and inflection in a workshop. Her voice was just loud enough that I had to move my cell away from me because the […]
What type of message does your voice project? If you are not sure, record your voice on your phone and play it back. Chances are that you did not recognize the sound because it is not the same sound you hear in your head when […]
While there is no doubt that a loud voice can be most painful to your listeners’ ears, have you ever considered how your loud voice affects the image that you project? We are all concerned about image. Look at the number of articles and books […]
When you think of voice training, your first thought may be that it is something for actors or politicians. Presently voice training is something more and more people are becoming aware of because of YouTube, webinars, and the marketing of themselves by means of video. […]