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How to Be Heard in Larger Rooms Without Pushing Your Voice
Speaking in a larger room changes the demands on your voice. A message that feels clear in a small meeting room may disappear in a conference space, training room, town hall or event venue. When people at the back begin to look uncertain, many speakers respond in the...
How to Prepare Your Voice for Self-Tapes, Voiceovers and Online Auditions
Self-tapes, voiceovers and online auditions ask your voice to do a lot in a small amount of time. You may be recording alone, working with limited equipment, fitting preparation around another job or trying to recreate the energy of a live audition in a room that does...
Executive Presence on Video Calls: 5 Habits That Make a Difference
Video calls have made leadership communication more visible in some ways and less forgiving in others. In a meeting room, people take in a wide range of information: how someone enters the room, how they stand, where they direct their attention and how they respond to...
Finding Your Character Voice: Accent, Vocal Quality and Point of View
A convincing character voice is rarely created by simply “putting on a voice”. It comes from a set of connected choices: how the character thinks, what they want, where and how they have learned to speak, and what their voice does in response to the people around...
How to Lead Change Conversations With More Clarity
Change conversations are rarely straightforward. Leaders may need to explain a new direction, communicate an uncertain outcome, address a difficult decision or help people understand what will happen next. In these moments, people are listening for more than...
Estill Voice Training: What Voice Qualities Actually Mean in Practice
Estill Voice Training can sound technical at first. Terms such as Figures, Voice Qualities and vocal control may make it seem as though the work is only for advanced singers, specialist teachers or people preparing for a particular vocal...
5 Ways to Keep Hybrid Meetings Engaging for Everyone
Hybrid meetings are now a normal part of working life, but they can still create an uneven experience. People in the room may speak more freely, respond more quickly and build on each other’s ideas, while remote participants can become observers rather than active...
5 Ways to Build a Better Vocal Warm-Up for Auditions
How to Sound More Credible in Stakeholder Presentations
Stakeholder presentations are rarely only about slides, data or the decisions being requested. They are also about whether the people in the room trust the person delivering the message. When senior leaders, project leads and subject specialists present to...
5 Ways to Make Your Voiceover Audition Sound More Professional
Voiceover auditions are often recorded alone, quickly and with very little feedback. You may receive a short script, a technical brief and one chance to make the read sound clear, connected and appropriate for the job. That can make it tempting to over-perform, copy...









