Once you train and find your authentic voice you need to be sure that everyone in your audience can hear your authentic voice. Your volume needs to be loud enough to be heard by the people in the back row. If you are practicing lessons one through six — breath, pitch, pace, resonance and melody […]
Voice Melody – The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the melody of speech as — “the intonation of connected speech: the continual rise and fall in pitch of the voice in speech.” In an earlier lesson, I described the ability and how to of the human voice to have 36 different pitches. On the average most people […]
Find your Resonance Producing a deep, full, clear reverberating sound gives a voice resonance, color and timbre. The resonance sound is rich, focused and relaxed with full vibration. Picture yourself standing in a huge cathedral with a bell peeling in the tower with the sound vibrating throughout the building – resonating throughout all chambers of […]
Listen to this ZokaCast here. The key to finding and powering your authentic voice is learning how to find and use your vocal toolbox. Like a well-organized mechanic’s or woodworker’s toolbox hand tools are organized in separate drawers by categories based on the purpose and use of the tool. There are hammers and mallets, pliers, […]
Show your audience that you are constantly learning in the rapidly changing global economy. Point the way and provide direction on how to convert that vision into action. Be Charismatic!
A presenter who can “ paint the black ” has learned how to understand the audience, how to create a presentation specific to that audience, and practiced and developed the skills to successfully “paint the black.” Avid and knowledgeable baseball fans understand what it means to “paint the black.” It’s all about precision. A baseball […]
Consider an organization’s internal communications – When you see dysfunction in an organization, it can often be boiled down to lack of one thing, communication. People don’t talk enough. They don’t ask the right questions or seek out the right answers. Do you agree? For various reasons, people don’t want, or cannot find the time to, […]
Why do I incorporate mindfulness training in my programs? At a recent monthly networking meeting of executives, the term mindfulness came up. Joel, a high energy serial entrepreneur — not sure what mindfulness meant — couldn’t understand all the buzz regarding it. Challenging me, he wondered what mindfulness had to do with my coaching and […]
The key to a great first impression is not what you think it is. Remember, you don’t get a second chance. You’re being judged the minute someone lays eyes on you. More important than clothing and grooming, setting that first impression is your posture. I don’t care what your profession is. I don’t care if […]
Are your leadership skills and strengths on par with your goals? One universal set of goals for leaders is to improve on one’s strengths. What would happen if leaders also focused on improving their weaknesses? Would there be an exponential improvement of their leadership skills and the value of their expertise? Some researchers believe working on weaknesses […]
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