TY - BOOK AU - Payne,Richard A. AU - Hailstone,Phil TI - The vocal skills pocketbook SN - 9781907077883 AV - PN4121 R534 2004 U1 - 808.51 23 PY - 2004/// CY - Alresford, Hant PB - Management Pocketbooks KW - Public speaking KW - Art de parler en public KW - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES KW - Composition & Creative Writing KW - bisacsh KW - Rhetoric KW - REFERENCE KW - Writing Skills KW - fast N2 - This guide to public speaking shows all the core skills of the art, in order to develop a confident, authoritative and vital delivery in a range of varying situations; In his view, most books on the subject are aimed at the professional performer and are too technical for the average person. The Vocal Skills Pocketbook takes a practical approach and will enable individuals to analyse their speaking voices and establish what aspects they wish to improve. The advice and information will be relevant not just to public speaking events but also to numerous other situations such as interviews, meetings and speaking on the telephone. The pocketbook is aimed at end-users and at trainers who deliver courses on general communications and/or presentation skills. Breathing control, projection, use of emphasis, speech rate, vocal care and maintenance, vowel formation, fluency, pauses, clarity, dialect, inflection, releasing the voice and numerous other topics are covered in the book UR - http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1106668 UR - http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=none&isbn=9781907077883 UR - https://archive.org/details/vocalskillspocke0000payn UR - https://openlibrary.org/books/OL8769070M ER -