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Speech Coaching for Actors, Executives, and Other Professionals: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Thursday 5th December 2024, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM (London Time)

Tailored especially to the needs of professional voice trainers and vocal coaches, this intensive two-hour workshop offers a comprehensive toolkit to enhance your clients' impact across various domains.

In this hands-on session, we’ll explore cutting-edge techniques drawn from the worlds of acting, executive coaching, and voicework. Key highlights of the course include:

  1. Learn to coach clients in utilizing prosody, pitch control, and resonance to command attention and establish authority.
  2. Discover how physical presence and body language complement vocal delivery, enhancing overall communication impact.
  3. Equip yourself with techniques to coach speech strategies for different audiences, whether in high-stakes boardrooms, engaging public speeches, or compelling stage performances.
  4. Implement practical exercises to help clients manage performance anxiety and build confidence in their vocal delivery.
  5. Engage in real-time role-playing scenarios and peer feedback sessions to refine your coaching skills and address specific challenges faced by professionals.

By the end of the course, you'll be empowered to offer nuanced, actionable guidance that can transform your clients' vocal presence and effectiveness.

🏷️ Price £30 (UK VAT inclusive)
🎥 Recording automatically sent to all who book (even if you cannot attend live)
▶️ Rewatch as many times as you like
📜 Certificate of attendance available

Adam Roberts

Adam Roberts, MM, PAVA-RV is equal-parts vocologist, artistic director, and creative producer. He is Director of Music at Austin’s St. Luke United Methodist Church, cofounder of Resolution Creative...

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Attend this course for as little as £22 as part of the Voice Professional Training CPD Award Scheme.

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Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Female Voice Change
Wednesday 14th October 2026
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM
(London Time)

Thinking Outside the Voice Box: Adolescent Female Voice Change

Dr Bridget Sweet-Manternach

Join Dr Bridget Sweet for this 2 hour session as she unpacks this fascinating topic. The purpose of this course is to bring attention to adolescents who experience an estrogen-dominant voice change and to encourage new and holistic ways of thinking about [assigned at birth] female voices. While considering physical changes during adolescence, we will unpack basic vocal anatomy and physiology and then discuss what happens to the vocal mechanism during voice change for females vs. [assigned at birth] males.

Introduction to Vocal Acoustics for Spoken and Sung Voice
Monday 19th October 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday 20th October 2026
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
(London Time)

Introduction to Vocal Acoustics for Spoken and Sung Voice

Gökçe Kutsal

This course is designed to break down the fundamentals of acoustics for both spoken and sung voice in a beginner-friendly, accessible way — so you can easily understand and apply these concepts to your teaching or research.

Practical Magic*: The Art & Science of Balancing Voices with SOVTs and VFEs
Tuesday 20th October 2026
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
(London Time)

Practical Magic*: The Art & Science of Balancing Voices with SOVTs and VFEs

Melanie Tapson

Through live demonstrations, group practice, and peer coaching, you’ll learn how to teach SOVTs and VFEs with clarity and precision, integrate their principles to support vocal health, recovery, and stylistic flexibility and troubleshoot challenges and adapt exercises for individualized results.