Increasing Your Voice Power

I can’t tell you how many times, someone will come up to me from behind and say “Are you Lisa B. Marshall? I thought I recognized your voice and wanted to see if it was really you.” I have always strongly believed that our voice is large part of our signature style and has a great impact on our listeners.

Of course there are many important vocal techniques, but there is one that I frequently rely on and often teach my clients. When you want your audience to remember specific words or important ideas you need to emphasize specific words with your voice. What exactly do I mean by that? Simply “lengthen” the consonants on the “important” words. (Remember Tony the Tiger, the well known champion for Frosted Flakes breakfast cereal? He would say “They’re Ggggggrrrrreat!” )

I knew from experience that this technique worked but I never had read anything about it until today.

I found this sample chapter (The Amazing power of Consonants) from Voice Power written by Renee Grant-Williams, a voice coach. This chapter confirmed many practical techniques that I had been using over the years. The chapter is definitely worth the read and now I’m thinking about buying the book. If you do, let us know what you think!

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