Personalized Training for Public Speakers
VMV offers one-on-one personalized training for public speakers, politicians, lawyers, and those wishing to improve the effectiveness of their ‘toasts’ or other casual ‘speaking engagements’.
Technical exercises address: spinal alignment and posture, breath support, resonance, articulation, placement, timbre, projection, focus of the eyes, hand gestures, learning to vary energy levels for the size of the crowd, etc. Creative exercises address: deep relaxation, confidence, knowing your emotional affect, humor, story telling, personalizing the audience, and dropping ‘entanglements*. (*Distracting physical and vocal ticks.) The goal: to support your development into a fearless and charismatic speaker whenever and wherever you wish.
Technical exercises address: spinal alignment and posture, breath support, resonance, articulation, placement, timbre, projection, focus of the eyes, hand gestures, learning to vary energy levels for the size of the crowd, etc. Creative exercises address: deep relaxation, confidence, knowing your emotional affect, humor, story telling, personalizing the audience, and dropping ‘entanglements*. (*Distracting physical and vocal ticks.) The goal: to support your development into a fearless and charismatic speaker whenever and wherever you wish.




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