The Vocal Advantage: Develop a Dynamic Speaking Voice, Grab Listener Interest (with Audio Cassette) - Softcover

Jacobi, Jeffrey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131036645 ISBN 13: 9780131036642

Publisher: Prentice Hall Direct, 1996

Synopsis

In the business world, good ideas and hard work are rarely enough. Your career success depends on your ability to make a positive, lasting impression on others with your speaking voice. The Vocal Advantage will help you eliminate virtually any voice problem and project an aura of power, confidence, and persuasiveness in any speaking situation.
Written by an acclaimed voice coach whose client list reads like a "Who's Who in Business and Entertainment," this unique new guide gives you proven techniques that will show you how you can use your voice to gain a competitive edge. Its innovative self-tests, exercises, and sample speeches will enable you to overcome common speech problems like poor enunciation, rapid-fire speech, and nasal or monotonous delivery; use your newly developed vocal skills to speak with assurance and authority to any group - large or small; project your voice with strength and power - even over long periods of time; diminish accents and remove speech "fillers" that can detract from your message; add variety to your delivery and emphasize the words and phrases you want to get across; and eliminate scores of other self-defeating speech problems.
Put The Vocal Advantage to work for you and experience all the career and personal success that a strong, clear, authoritative speaking style can bring!

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Develop a dynamic speaking voice, grab listeners interest, persuade others easily, create a powerful impression, achieve career success, gain the edge in any speaking situation.

About the Author:

Jeffrey Jacobi is a speech and presentation coach who has worked with professionals in the media, law, entertainment, government, and business. He is president of Jacobi Persuasive Speaking in New York City. Author website: jacobipersuasivespeaking.com

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall Direct
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0131036645
• ISBN 13: 9780131036642
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 238