ConnecChange Your World With Inspired Speakingt and Lucy cornell Connect and Connect and Change Your World With Inspired Speaking Lucy Cornell Published by Voice Coach Table of Contents Acknowledgements .................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Objective—Get connected and inspire ................................................................................................................ 2 Your preparation ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Section 1—Theory: Understand the Voice Coach Approach ......................................................... 6 Three models for Inspired Speaking ................................................................................................................... 7 your voice in the world ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Model 1—The connected Voice ....................................................................................................................... 11 Model 2—The Inspirational Voice .................................................................................................................... 14 Model 3—Speaking Fundamentals: ABVS technique .................................................................. 15 case study: Dr Martin Luther King, Jr I Have A Dream ............................................................. 16 Section 2—Practical: Working with the Voice Coach Approach ......................................... 18 Part 1—Finding your Inner Voice ......................................................................................................................... 19 Published in 2012 by your Inner Voice explained ................................................................................................................................... 19 Voice coach Studio 603, 75 King Street Practical exercises ........................................................................................................................................................ 20 Sydney nSW 2000 case study: The spirit of your message ................................................................................................... 22 Phone +612 9299 7978 case study: Finding your Inner Voice ......................................................................................................... 23 email [email protected] Part 2—Developing your Literal Voice ............................................................................................................ 24 copyright © text 2012 Lucy cornell your Literal Voice explained ................................................................................................................................. 24 copyright © stock images iStockPhoto.com The working dimensions of the Literal Voice ........................................................................................ 28 All rights reserved. no part of this publication may be Practical exercises ........................................................................................................................................................ 33 reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, case study: Being connected and inspiring using the ABVS technique .................... 55 electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or any information storage and retrieval system, Part 3—Connecting with your Mythical Voice ....................................................................................... 57 without prior permission in writing from the publisher. your Mythical Voice explained .......................................................................................................................... 57 Practical exercises ........................................................................................................................................................ copies of this book are available for sale 60 by contacting the publisher. case study: elevating a standard business presentation ........................................................ 63 Inspiring your audience ................................................................................................................................................. 64 ISBn: 978-0-646-57331-1 From page to stage ...................................................................................................................................................... 64 Printed on White Knight Smooth rehearsal .............................................................................................................................................................................. 66 (FSc certified, elemental chlorine Free pulp) Warming up ......................................................................................................................................................................... 68 Printed in Australia. Stagecraft ............................................................................................................................................................................. 68 Publication design and artwork by Surveillance Summary—Courage to connect ........................................................................................................................... 70 www.surveillance.net.au Step into the spotlight ............................................................................................................................................... 70 next steps ............................................................................................................................................................................ 71 Bibliography ................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 Speaking Fundamentals: e-Learning Module .......................................................................................... 73 www.voicecoach.net Lucy Cornell biography ..................................................................................................................................................... 74 Connect and Inspire Acknowledgements Having trained in the use of the speaking voice for performance for over 20 years across Australia, USA and the UK, it is with deep respect that I acknowledge the teachers and artists, who have taught and inspired me. The Arts community is one of idea sharing and idea evolution and without the often unrecognised creative genius of this community and its so many wonderful teachers, my own practice would not exist. I would like to acknowledge the generations of teachers, who have inspired and taught me. I have attempted to thoroughly acknowledge their work in this book. If I have overseen this, I offer my apologies in advance. It is with great appreciation that I specifically acknowledge my teacher Kristin Linklater, Professor in Voice at columbia university in new york and Isobel Kirk, Master Linklater teacher in Australia and the body of work of Iris Warren from which their teaching has evolved and in which I am trained. The Linklater technique is one of the most sophisticated speaking voice techniques in the world. Acknowledgement also goes to cicely Berry, Voice Director at the royal Shakespeare company in the uK for her inspiration and rigorous exploration of voice and word. The Voice coach Approach has been developed through 10 years of training in voice techniques including the Linklater technique. I have spent a further 10 years applying and adapting these techniques and philosophies into the business environment globally. That environment presents particular challenges and needs and the techniques in this book have been crafted to meet them. The Voice coach Approach is designed for a fundamental understanding of the spoken voice. It specifically focuses on working with the untrained, business speaker, who is required to have a public voice in their business. thank A deeper understanding of the individual voice is best served in face-to-face training. For more detailed and intensive training, it is essential that you work with Lucy cornell, the Voice coach e-Learning Module: Speaking Fundamentals or a Voice coach you recommended practitioner, who can guide you through practitioner-led techniques for vocal freedom. See www.voicecoach.net for more details. A list of recommended practitioners is also detailed at the end of the book. Without support from key individuals, Voice coach would not be where it is today. Particularly, I would like to acknowledge Ben Katekar, Kelly Brockhoff, nichole Stringer, charles and Kay cornell and Sascha and Jon Millin for their business support and advice; Ben Katekar and Ian carroll for their editing prowess; James Armstrong from Surveillance creative for the inspiring design and production of this book; Joshua Murray Design for brilliant branding and website design; and edweana Wenkart and the Tsuki team for their public relations support. 1 Connect and Inspire Connect and Inspire It is common for most untrained speakers to disconnect from the experience of speaking in public by speaking on autopilot, not really seeing