Table of Contents

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1

‘‘Can We Talk?’’

An Overview

Part I: Effective Communication:

How to Use Your Voice to Get What You Want

Chapter 2:

Designing a Voice That Means Business

How to Create a Positive Vocal Image

Chapter 3:

‘‘Speak Up! We Can’t Hear You in the Back’’

How to Become a Vocal Powerhouse

Chapter 4:

Speaking Chic

How to Fashion a Voice Tailor-Made for Your Message

Chapter 5:

Fear and Loathing of Public Speaking

How to Defeat the Jitters

Part II: Speaking ‘‘Up Close and Personal’’ with the Female Voice

Chapter 6:

Your Body, Your Brain, and Your Voice

Chapter 7:

Your Vocal Personality

Physical and Emotional Factors and What to Do About Them

Chapter 8:

Health, Hormones, and Heredity

Part III: Falling in Love with Your Voice 165

Chapter 9:

The Voice of a Winner

Putting It Together to Create the Voice of Success

Chapter 10:

Singing Your Way to a Better Speaking Voice

Appendix

Index

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