A Voice for Business: Recent Episodes
Joss Mars
Learn to 'speak good' with Voice Over Artist, Audio Engineer, Vocalist and Creative Entrepreneur Josh aka Joss Mars. A blend of vocal training, behavioural science, and communication techniques that will help you build relationships, grow authority, communicate effectively and just generally be a little bit better with people. Whether you are an introvert who struggles to get heard, a public speaker or podcaster who wants to engage more with your audience you can develop your voice in a way that promotes clarity and charisma.
More tonguetwisters to get your day started. Work that tongue to a beat. Start slow then jump into a few faster tempos. Challenge your pronunciation with some classic diction confusing sentences.
Big Brands place a lot of emphasis on Core Values. Choosing 1-3 of these can define a work culture, it's purpose and how it communicates its ideniity to its customer base. We all have our own core values that guide us in our decision making. By making a choice about what they are and how we apply them, we start to define our own brand.
We learn how we can connect to a community or group of people through identifying what values drive that group, and then tapping into it. You grow authority and trust because you know what you need to offer the group, and in return you get some meaningful relationships.
IF you feel like jumping in and finding your own core values have a look at a list here
We all want to nail that first impression. Creating a memorable interaction and captivating a persons attention will have long-lasting effects on our perceived value. With a bit of behavioural science and songwriting technique you can make small talk work for you and have people humming YOUR tune after you leave.
Just some tonguetwisters to get your day started. We drop a beat and then get that articulation working through a couple mouth-confusing sentences at different speeds. If your diction needs work or you are bit of a mumbler this is what you need to get you speaking fluently and clearly.
When a pivotal and decisive moment hits us and our fight or flight response kicks in, we don't always make our best choices. Stress and emotion can be our biggest enemies when handed a confrontation. Keeping a clear head before we propel into action is going to be what enables us to navigate those situations with the greatest chance of success.
Here we explore that idea with some inspirational tips from an unlikey source...
Here is our first vocal exercise; the art of lying down. Attaining clarity in your speech is dependent on having clarity in your thoughts. This 10-minute exercise serves as a foundation for achieving clear, focused thinking, as well as bridging the gap between thought and breath.
When our thought and breath are connected speaking becomes a more fluid and efficient process.
One of the fundamental components of vocal training is more to do with the body than the voice, and one of the best things you can do is, well, get that body on the floor.
On the surface, it's simple, however, because this is predominantly a mental thing (no push-ups required), the crux of the whole getting down on the ground lies in purpose. It's worth it even for the side effects of increased focus and clarity of mind whilst still relieving muscle tension.
Getting to know the how and why will prepare you for one of the most equally lazy AND efficient exercises you can do to become a good speaker.
Vocal training is just for singers and actors, isn't it? Well no. Voice training can transform your work life, your relationships and the way you speak with people as well. Let's just unpack this idea, and why training your voice has real world benefits for non-performers too.