Reciting poetry, along with pretty well all training in reading aloud, has disappeared from the modern classroom. And I think we’re the...

Making best use of your voice is important. Let’s look now at how  it actually  works. Your voice is part of your anatomy, so we’re going...

Mics come in several types. The first clips to your lapel or collar. It has a battery pack, which you wear at your waistband, A lapel...

When do public speakers and presenters  need to get mad? Well…. If you are involved in a cause, or you’re an activist, a politician, or...

Teachers treat their main tool of trade to huge stress every single day.  Whenever you talk loudly, over background noise, across large...

The fact that my adult daughter had not read Winnie the Pooh is an indictment of everyone who has known her up until this point. The...

I challenge you not to ge tingles when you listen to this.Your voice is an instrument, and using it to best effect takes practice. James...

Colds, coughs and laryngitis are all too common.  If you rely heavily on your voice— teaching, talking to clients, singing—even a few...

Attenborough is a magician.  He entrances and  intrigues us.  Fuelled by his own fascination with his subject and  his genius  for...

Way before the digital era and  the info-graphic, Tufte laid down principles of good information design that are still the gold standard....

Tennant gets much of his character  and ‘actorly’ personality from the way he varies his pitch and inflection. Pitch is just like a note...

Purely information-based speeches are tough gigs. Think of a witness testifying in court, or a student announcing the results at the...

When you describe  Billy Collins  you have to use words that don’t normally go  together: contemporary best-selling poet.  He gets (it’s...

Look after your voice! All public speakers need to know how to maintain their most important asset. If you’re a professional talker, you...