November 22nd, 2010 
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If You Plan a Public Speaking Career, Voice Training Must Be Part of Your Professional Development
Author: Nancy Daniels
I always question why those who are either already speaking professionally or planning to do so, are not aware of the vehicle for their speech or presentation. It is called the speaking voice. Without it, they would have no career. Just ask Tony Robbins how important his voice is to him and what 30 years of talking without proper usage of his instrument has done to his throat and voice box! It is called vocal abuse; and, in his case, it is severe and permanent.
While you may believe that the microphone is going to solve all your problems on stage, you are mistaken. Microphones do one thing and one thing only. They amplify. If you have a wimpy sounding voice, the microphone will give you a louder, wimpy voice. If you already speak loudly and have any type of shrillness to your sound, the mic will make you that much more shrill. If you sound like a child, the mic will only serve to make you sound like a loud 6-year-old!
If, on the other hand, you find that you are hoarse or experiencing a sore throat after speaking for 50, 90 or 120 minutes, then it is likely that this will happen every time you talk for any great length of time. Again, it is called vocal abuse; and, unless you change the way you place your voice, it will only get worse.
Voice training has many, many benefits for the professional speaker, not the least of which is the prevention of vocal abuse. Beyond that, however, is the ability to discover your real speaking voice. Powered by your chest cavity instead of just your throat, voice box, mouth, and nasal cavities, the voice that makes use of the chest cavity will be deeper in pitch, resonant in sound and more mature in quality.
In addition, a voice being powered by the chest cavity can be amplified easily without shouting. It is called projection; but, it is only possible if the chest cavity is your primary sounding board.
Imagine discovering a richer, warmer, deeper voice that can truly captivate your listeners while preventing vocal abuse in the process. If you are planning a career in public speaking, look for a program that will show you how to find your ‘real’ voice. It’s in there. It’s just a matter of discovering it!
About the Author
The Voice Lady Nancy Daniels offers private, corporate and group workshops in voice and presentation skills as well as Voicing It!, the only video training program on voice improvement. Visit Voice Dynamic or watch Nancy in a brief video as she describes The Power of Your Voice.
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need your professional development , how can change my sentences to a better one, my english is poor?
would u please help? thank you so much.
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How alcohol affects a developing fetus and some of the characteristics of children with the syndrome.
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome or FAS is abnormalities which occur when the parent drinks alcohol when pregnant. The babies are exposed to the alcohol. When the fetus is exposed to the alcohol the babies might be born with abnormalities. This can occurs due to the mother drinking too much alcohol.
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maybe try to add some children to your paragragh too because you mention children in your paragragh. Fetuas and children are two different things. Or maybe just say how alcohol affects a developing fetus. then go one writing your paragragh.
How will you to continue learning about disabilities, as part of your professional development?
I need some professional help answering this , for my leadership joournal. Thanks
The Learning Disabilities Association of America has a lot of information about LD. LD online also has a great deal of information.
You may also want to go to Autism Speaks and the Center for Autism and Related Disorders.
This website http://www.universalclass.com/i/crn/3976.htm has a CEU class on learning disabilities. Also look at the University of Phoenix for online classes.
The Association of Retarded Citizens also offers a great deal of info on their website.
For behavior issues, try the Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis the read the latest research in behavior.
why is continuous professional development important and how does it affect your job role in hairdressing?
i’m not a hair dresser but just some ideas…
to keep you up to date because as fashion changes, different skills are needed.
as new products come onto the market, knowledge around these products is needed.
What would you do if thought your spouse was sabotaging your professional development?
- changing shifts to make it more difficult to find child care arrangements
- using your transportation to prevent you from getting to work/school
- putting you through guilt trips every chance possible
- making threats to quit working
I’m not sure I have the courage to walk away from this situation. There is my son involved. I’m sure if I ever tried to he would make my life a livin he**.
You should call him on it, put your fut down, be assertive, and not let him get away with it. Inform him that if he …
…changes shifts, he’ll have to make child care arrangements himself, or you’ll let him babysit.
…takes your transportation, you’ll take a cab and make him reimburse you for it. (Or pawn his stuff if he refuses.)
…tries with the guilt trips, all he’s going to get from now on is, “Tell it to the hand!”
…quits working, you will cut off nonessential stuff first, in order to cut expenses. If he likes the internet, you’ll cut it off first. If he loves cable TV, cut it off. If he’s stuck to his cell phone, cut it off.
Don’t take his crap lying down – fight him!
How would you use short-term and working memory in your professional development?
I plan on becoming a psychologist and I have to answer this question for a homework assignment. Sadly, I don’t really know what to say…. Please offer some suggestions
I would visualize the woman who just left my office using short term memory.
That night in the shower, I would be using that working memory to remember the swell of the same woman’s breast, the curve of her buttocks, the indent at the corner of her mouth.