Il potere della voce. Come usare la voce per convincere, affascinare e comandare l'attenzione

by Renee Grant-Williams, Oscar Celestini (Illustrator), Chiara De Giorgi (Translator)

Vi interrompono spesso quando parlate?! Vi viene chiesto costantemente di ripetervi?! Il problema non è in quello che dite ma in come lo dite! Renée Grant-Williams, allenatrice vocale delle celebrità, vi aiuterà a usare e ad addestrare la voce affinché possa raggiungere il suo massimo potenziale espressivo. Attraverso potenti tecniche vocali di facile acquisizione, imparerete a: Far risuonare imponenti i vostri discorsi; Catturare al volo l'attenzione e mantenerla a lungo; Pronunciare le consonanti in modo da produrre un effetto drammatico; Usare il silenzio tattico; Arricchire di sfumature la voce e migliorarne la profondità; Conquistare la fiducia nelle trattative; Fronteggiare la paura da palcoscenico e da public speaking; "Liberare" la voce attraverso la respirazione; Lasciare messaggi vocali autoritari; Mantenere la voce giovane, in piena salute e in efficienza; E molto, molto di più! Un manuale snello, scritto in modo pratico e divertente, di esercizi semplici che in poco tempo vi porteranno ad avere una maggiore consapevolezza vocale e, con un po' d'impegno in più, una grande capacità espressiva e comunicativa.

Genres: Nonfiction

192 pages, Paperback

First published January 31, 2002

Reviews

[Ahmad Wagieh · Rating 4 out of 5]

كتاب متميز .. خصوصا في ظل ندرة الكتب اللي تهتم بالموضوع دا ..... وان كنت برضو شايف ان النوع دا من المهارات مينفعش فيه كتاب لوحده ... بس هو مرجع كويس ومجهود متميز من مدربة عالمية للصوت

[Sam · Rating 2 out of 5]

If you have any experience with your voice, don't bother with this book.

"Voice Power" has some advice that is probably good, but it's buried in a mountain of meh where the author talks about how his advice comes from admiring Elvis and how the author knows all kinds of rock stars.

The advice in the book: breath through your belly, support your breath, let your voice resonate, emphasize (using volume, tone, elongated sounds, or silence) the things you want to emphasize, and match your audience. And, yeah, that's good advice, but I don't need a whole book to tell me that!

That's not to say that all of the book's advice is trite. There are plenty of suggestions that go right against common wisdom. I just don't really believe they're good suggestions. The author recommends things like training yourself to breathe through your mouth rather than your nose and elongating consonants to emphasize words rather than vowels. When making these suggestions, the author appeals to anecdotes that have me thinking up counterexamples right and left.

If you don't have much experience with your voice, you would probably get more out of this book than me, but you should probably still look for a different book.

[Chris Doelle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was an interesting read. It had good information and was worth the time even if some of it is simply a reminder. The downside of the book was the narrator's voice (yes, I see irony haha.)

Her voice annoyed me as she seemed to be trying to show just how good her voice was but ended up being more like she was talking down to the audience. I understand that anyone's voice in a book that discusses voice power is going to be a tough gig.

Like I said, you can get some great info out of the book though.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book for public speakers. The author makes you feel like you're at her workshop. Great skill builder.

[coolwind · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have picked up a few useful points from this book. Wish the book can have more practical examples and concentrating more on voice of speaking.

[Wan Farisan · Rating 4 out of 5]

.nice book on voice training

[Eric · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really liked this book, it's interesting. The author is an expert and she knows her stuff.

[Dante · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally an instructional book that doesn't conclude with "well, I guess, you know, whatever works for you". It actually gives INSTRUCTION!
Renee's editors should have taken out much of the parenthetical meanderings - or was a conversational tone what they were going for? If not, I would not have been comfortable enough to call the stranger who wrote the book by her first name. Okay, fine, it worked!

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[J Crossley · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book helped me to strengthen my vocal presence. I often feel that people don't listen to me, and I don't like my higher-pitched voice. I found assistance here.