The blog post The Emotional Impact of Colour has an interesting coverage of the importance of colour choice for brands and products. Once again, though I was reminded how visually-dominant the marketing and branding world so often is, for I hardly ever encounter articles on the importance of the right voice in marketing, business communication [...]
Hear or Download this conversation with me about the human voice
Recently I recorded a conversation between myself and a colleague, Robin Dickinson on Twitter for my CoffeeCast Conversations podcast. I thought I was going to interview Robin, but he ended up interviewing me instead…
about my fascination and passion about voice, vocal authenticity,
openness and trust. Robin graciously demonstrated his talent for encouraging
and inviting me to share my love and fascination of all things voice, and
our conversation travels far and wide touching upon numerous aspects of
speaking and vocal communication.
In essence, our voice is our identity. It is the expression through sound/vibration of who we are.
The word ‘personality’ ( PerSona) originates from the two root words meaning Through Sound.
Like the ripples caused from a pebble dropping into a pond, our voice moves outwards from inside us, expressing from our inner world, and travels through the air leaving an impression on others in our outer world.
This blog article with voice training tips for podcasters was inspired by a recent invitation by the awesome guys at the Podcasters’ Emporium Podcast for me to come back and speak some more about making the best use of your voice when podcasting. The Podcasters’ Emporium is a podcast for podcasters about creating great podcasts. [...]
The human voice is really all about relationship! Whenever we speak (whether one-on-one or to a group) we are sending out information about the various relationships we hold: At the deepest level, our voice reflects the relationship we hold with ourself. How we view our own voice gives us rich insights into how we view [...]
In this article I outline my top five Desirable qualities of a Vocally Conscious voice.
I Endeavour to express these vocal qualities whenever I speak, and encourage you to give them a try as well.
If you start applying some or all of these techniques, you will be more effective as a communicator, more interesting to engage with, and your likeability factor will almost certainly increase.
- V – Vibrant
- O – Open
- I – Intentional
- C – Conversational
- E – Emotionally Expressive
Whether heard or seen, the Smile is the Signature of the Soul. Put a warm open
in your voice today.
- Tim Noonan
Tim Noonan’s Vocal Consciousness approach is a set of principles and strategies which: promote vocal understanding; nurture expressive speaking; and foster insightful listening. Vocal Consciousness is the journey of becoming more consciously aware of our own voice, and how we engage it, as well as becoming increasingly more conscious of the voices around us. Indeed, [...]
I ended the previous blog post about providing a client with a customised recording of one of our Expressive Voice Agency voice talents reading relevant copy, by saying “Now we wait, trusting that an innovative blend of voice and communications technology will result in both a new client and an interesting Vocal Branding project.” So [...]
I was having a catch-up chat with a colleague/friend last Friday and he mentioned the possibility of Vocal Branding Australia and The Expressive Voice Agency producing a cool and engaging voiceover track for a training video he is pitching and coordinating for one of his clients. We briefly discussed the video’s objectives, and he then [...]