Tim’s Vocal Reflections

Jobs’s legacy includes accessible software for disabled people – Canberra Times

by Tim Noonan

Canberra Times Article acknowledging Ste Jobs’s legacy and Apple’s unprecedented commitment to accessibility and inclusive design.

Noonan says the latest iPhone will be the game changer for blind people. He says it is the first commercial device to intelligently bring together voice and visual interfaces within a mobile communications device.

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A Poem, Author Unknown, “It’s not so much what you say, as the manner in which you say it …”

by Tim Noonan

There is so much truth and subtle wisdom in this short poem about speaking and our tone of voice.

It’s not so much what you say As the manner in which you say it; It’s not so much the language you use As the tone in which you convey it; …

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Voices, Relationships, Trust and Time Travel – Notes and Resources

by Tim Noonan

Voices, Relationships, Trust and Time Travel is a conference presentation by Tim Noonan about the power of voice to strengthen business and personal relationships, build trust, and the power of telling stories to change our perspective on the world.

View and listen to Tim’s presentation

I consider the paradoxical interplay between Truth and Tale; Proof and Possibility; Thought and Feeling; Speech and Listening; Trust and Healing.

I pose two questions:

  1. What fresh ideas, solutions and opportunities might present themselves to us if we experienced life through a clearer sonic lens? and

  2. Might more of our relationships and communities blossom and flourish if we were more attentive and mindful about how we use our voices in business and in everyday life?

I was delighted and quite excited to have been voted as the 2010 Australian Big Thinker in the Story Telling category by 54 % of SMS votes by the audience of approximately 200 folks at the APG’s “Battle of Big Thinking” event.

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Emotional Engagement: The Emphasis on colour Versus the Importance of Voice and Vocal Color and expression in Branding Theory

by Tim Noonan

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 [...]

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The Human Voice is the Most Influential Sound on the Planet

by Tim Noonan

Hear or Download this conversation with me about the human voice

Recently I recorded a conversation between myself and a colleague, Robin Dickinson @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.

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Voice, Identity, Vibration and Entrainment

by Tim Noonan

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.

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Your Voice, Your Personal Brand and Your Podcast

by Tim Noonan

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. [...]

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Five Desirable Qualities of a Vocally Conscious Voice

by Tim Noonan

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

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What is Vocal Consciousness?

by 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, [...]

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So Who is this Tim Noonan guy Anyway?

by Tim Noonan

In hindsight, it is very difficult for me to know when I first started to realize that my sensory ‘view port’ out into the world around me was substantially different to the five-senses experience of everyone else I knew and encountered. As a baby, you are just you. A bundle of sensations, emotions and the inquisitiveness and wonder of discovery. You are the centre of Your world…

I have decided to share some selections from my personal life story which may give you an understanding of where my absolute love and fascination for the human voice stems from. It also sheds some light on how I came to appreciate and develop the foundational principles that underpin my Vocal Consciousness work and of course the deeper theory behind Vocal Branding.

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