Voice Power Studios Podcasts
31 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingVoice Power Studios offers private voice and speech coaching and accent reduction training by telephone to executives and business professionals world wide. Also available for Keynote speeches, seminars and workshops on "Your Voice Is Power in Business" "Speak with Confidence", and "Change Your Voice, Change Your Life".
Speaking with a confident, articulate and persuasive voice is essential in today's global economy. During a voice Consultation your vocal issues are determined and you receive a customized program to permanently overcome your issues and Speak for Success
Sandra McKnight, owner of Voice Power Studios is a renown international Speech and Voice Coach with 26 years of experience in the field and the author of "Your Voice Is Power in Business " training program.
She had been heard speaking on "Your Voice Is Power", Speak Confidently", "Charisma is Made not Born" by hundreds of audiences and her client list includes many Fortune 500.
Voice Power Studios began offering her trademarked "Your Voice Is Power in Business" voice training to Sales teams, Help Desks, and Customer Service Centers. Increasing the company bottom line significantly.
Sandra spoke on the power of the voice to facilitate and increase business in conventions, conferences, universities and corporate workshops. She also taught her "Theater of Life" program in corporations.
Her worldwide private coaching programs taught by Skype telephone help people to to speak more confidently and powerfully by reducing accents, speaking more slowly, not mumbling, being less monotone, or nasal. She is a favorite at Toastmaster clubs around the world.
Her client list includes Northrop Grumman Corp., Intel, Microsoft, EDS,Genentech, Nestle, US Coast Guard, British Petroleum Group in Shanghai, Ernst and Young, Asia, American Society of Training and Development, The International Coaching Federation, University of California, Navajo and Apache Nations.
Sandra McKnight, a professional actress and singer, created Voice Power Studios and trains world wide on voice, speech and accent modification. Sandra has delivered more than 2000 keynotes, workshops, seminars and tele-seminars on "Your Voice Is Power in Business": throughout the USA and in China. and she is the author of her original "Your Voice Is Power in Business" training program.
Sandra's voice expertise has been featured in the "Wall Street Journal", "The Houston Chronicle", "Los Angeles Times", "Santa Fe New Mexican", "The Albuquerque Journal" and for many years was heard on her Santa Fe, NM radio show, the "Sounds of Success".
She is a member of The Voice and Speech Trainers Association, Inc., The American Society of Training and Development, 24-7 Coaching, UK, The Screen Actors Guild of America, Actor's Equity Association, and the American Federation of Radio and Television Artist,
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Episodes
Communication Savvy – Vital Career Skill in 2016
February 10, 2016 20:28 - 3 minutes - 2.49 MBTake a look at successful communicators and you’ll notice that, most of them have “communication savvy” and find it easy to sell themselves, their ideas, their strategies and their dreams. Which one of these statements would you want your manager to say about you? 1. He is an excellent researcher, but lacks the “communication savvy” needed to sell his ideas. 2. He is an expert in his field and a very “savvy communicator” who can sell his ideas. When it comes to communicating succe...
The Speaking Voice Matters
February 10, 2016 20:23 - 4 minutes - 8.04 MBCommunication is still the # 1 key to personal and career success. Communication – the human connection – is basic to the business world. How many times have you heard “choose your words wisely and express them confidently”. People ask me all the time, why I am so passionate about teaching people to speak clearly, powerfully, and confidently. The answer is simple: the “speaking voice matters”. It is important that your voice is heard. There are so many talented and intelligent p...
#1 Question Asked By Business Professionals and Executives
February 10, 2016 20:19 - 4 minutes - 8.04 MB“What is the most important thing I can do right now to speak more persuasively and start getting more customers, clients and patients and making more money?” As I am sure you understand, there is not a completely simple answer to this question, but I can give you three executive speaking skills that you MUST put in place, if you want to speak powerfully and persuasively with potential customers, and increase your bottom line. 1.Tell a Convincing Sales Story: I believe that we are all s...
The Hidden Secret To Higher Profits No One Talks About
July 15, 2014 18:34 - 6 minutes - 4.2 MBI call it the “hidden secret.” Why? Because no one talks about it….not even the sales and leadership gurus. Here’s the reality.... It does not matter what product or service you offer or whether it is offline or online or both. If you want to be a successful executive or business owner that consistently and reliably delivers quality leads and large profits… If you want to build a team and/or a customer base that will stay loyal to you… If you want to convert your leads to customers, c...
3 Vital Voice Questions You MUST Answer if you're going to Sell Anything
June 09, 2014 21:52 - 4 minutes - 3.08 MBDo you know how you Sound when you talk? Do you Sound Authentic and like you can be Trusted? Do you watch how your listener reacts as you are talking? Most speakers only pay attention to the words they say. Why? Because we are all taught from an early age that The Message is Everything! In truth, it takes 7 seconds or less for your client to react to your voice and to decide whether to listen or believe in what you are saying..... You’ve heard the old sales adage, “If they tru...
One Sure-Fire Way to Get People to Know, Like, Trust and Buy from You.
May 05, 2014 15:22 - 5 minutes - 3.5 MB“People buy people,” “People buy from people they like, know and trust.” In the words of Nick Nanton, a leading expert of personal branding and a top thought leader in the world. “How people speak to other people makes a big difference as to whether people like, know and trust each other”. In the words of Sandra McKnight, renowned international expert in the speaking voice. Today’s social culture has changed whom we admire, what we buy and how we make decisions about purchasing. And ...
Could this simple thing be stopping you from achieving more?
March 19, 2014 05:13 - 5 minutes - 3.48 MB Video“Life has no limitations, except the ones you make.” Les Brown, renowned motivational speaker and authority on human potential “Why do you want to succeed?” That is the question I ask all of my clients in their voice power training. There is one common thread throughout the many answers I receive.... You want to have enough money to have the freedom to do whatever you want in life. So what does having freedom mean to you? Here are some of the answers you stated. You...
How to Sell with Your Voice, the Magic Power!
December 03, 2013 01:40 - 3 minutes - 2.56 MBSelling with your voice is easy! All you need to do is use your voice to connect on a primal level. When you sound open, professional and engaging, people will relax, listen and be much more inclined to buy. The Magic Power that sells your ideas, your services, your expertise, your products and your personality is having control over the HOW you sound. It is not what you are saying, but how you SOUND when you say it. Speaking like a Leader takes awareness and practice, practice, prac...
How to Sell with Your Voice, Unleash the Magic
November 21, 2013 18:53 - 4 minutes - 3.31 MBHow much confidence, energy, and enthusiasm does your voice radiate when you speak about your ideas, services or products? Your vocal sound is what people react to first and then they listen to what you’re saying. Experts say that in a telephone conversation, 80% of your persuasiveness comes from your speaking voice and 20% from what you say. Most people don’t realize that the sound of their voice is an important and determining factor as to whether someone buys.http://www.voicepowerstudios.c...
You were given your Voice for Free, how well are you using it?
October 17, 2013 23:25 - 4 minutes - 3.37 MBI suggest that many adults have speaking problems that are tied to being shy, having low self- esteem, and lack of confidence, to name just a few and those speaking problems could have been improved easily and quickly, if only speaking voice lessons were taught in our schools. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com. I am not speaking about learning another language such as English, Spanish, Mandarin, French, German, etc. I’m talking about how to communicate well in any language by using the followi...
How your Voice can Build Client Relationships
October 03, 2013 18:15 - 4 minutes - 3.28 MBThe most powerful way to build new client relationships and retain established ones, is to use your voice to create a trusting, comfortable, personal relationship face to face, over the telephone, through a live streaming video or webinar. The 80/20 marketing rule: “A typical business earns approximately 80 percent of its profits from the top 20 percent of its customer base”. Many business people don’t realize that speaking with a confident, energetic voice tone, every time you talk to a ...
How Katie and Marsha changed their voices and advanced their careers
September 17, 2013 20:51 - 4 minutes - 2.94 MBIt really is amazing how changing your speaking voice can positively change your life and the relationships in your life. Just this week, two business professionals, Marsha in her 60’s and Katie in her 20’s, called for a voice consultation because at work both of their voices were being judged negatively. Marsha was accused of sounding overbearing, bordering on angry by the team that she managed and Katie was told by her boss that she sounded like a child of 12 and that this was undermin...
August 2013 Free Voice Analysis Consultation with Vice Coach Sandra McKnight
August 13, 2013 02:58 - 4 minutes - 3.18 MBA confident, clear, powerful voice is the key that enables you to persuade and influence. Whether you are a lawyer speaking to a jury, a mother with a 5 year old, a sales person closing a deal, a person running for political office, or a CEO speaking to his stake holders, your voice sends many vocal cues that make a huge difference on the impact you and your message have. Get a Voice Analysis Consultation to determine if are you talking so fast so that you’re your message blows right by th...
Speak with Confidence and Advance Your Career in Silicon Valley
July 20, 2013 00:20 - 4 minutes - 3.66 MBSpeaking clearly, concisely, and effectively with confidence is the key to unlocking many doors: in both business and personal relationships. In business you have technical presentations, technical overviews, sales presentations, stake holder meetings, teleconferences. The speaking opportunities increase as you advance in your company. As you grow in your career, you need your co-workers, team members, senior executives, and clients to feel comfortable when you talk with them. This level o...
Reduce your Accent and Break Through the Corporate Glass Ceiling
July 01, 2013 18:26 - 5 minutes - 3.57 MBIn the world of performance reviews in corporate America, many people are not told that their accent is holding them back. Pure and simple everyone has an accent and the goal is to be easily and readily understood by the people in the country in which you are living and working. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com. Whether you were born and raised in America with a deep southern accent or recently emigrated here, it is much easier, quicker and more realistic to reduce your accent than to devel...
When you Speak do you Captivate the Audience?
June 18, 2013 00:35 - 4 minutes - 2.96 MBHow you are perceived either isolates us or brings us together. No matter your role in life you are constantly using your voice to influence others and the vehicle for great communication is a great voice that can magnetize, delight, and captivate an audience. http://www.voicepowerstudios.com. How often do you captivate and fascinate others with your message? Do the passion, credibility, caring and confidence in your voice attract and galvanize people’s attention. Even, if your pres...
One Powerful Speech Skill to Keep Your Competitive Edge.
June 03, 2013 18:03 - 3 minutes - 2.41 MBCome across vividly, make a memorable impression and have the competitive edge over all the other speakers in the room Projecting gives your voice power and keeps your message ringing in the ears of your listener. It is relatively easy to become proficient at the physical technique of projecting your voice; however the change of attitude that needs to go along with it is often harder for a client to accept. You need to be willing to stand out when you speak and let your voice tone send t...
One Ancient Speech Secret that gets Great Results
May 15, 2013 22:51 - 4 minutes - 3.35 MBThe ancient Greeks discovered that “The Voice is the Megaphone of the Soul”. They knew that it was your voice that fascinates and captivates an audience and telegraphs your soul power as you speak. Breathing is the secret for both singers and speakers. Good breath support for your speaking voice is what the ancient Greeks discovered and what many of us today in our hurried world often ignore. It is the energy of your breath that sets free the soul power of your speaking voice. Good bre...
One Modern Speech Habit that Usually Causes Bad Results
May 01, 2013 22:43 - 3 minutes - 2.65 MBI suggest that you can level the playing field by slowing down and speaking clearly. Fast talking or data dumping is one of the most prevalent bad speech habits today and it can stop your career. After all, the name data dumping implies that you are saying all the relevant information on a particular subject as fast as possible with little regard for your listener and whether he/she understands you. I know that fast talkers like don’t think of it that way however, people can have all sor...
3 Ways Your Speaking Voice Will Stop Your Career
April 17, 2013 23:38 - 5 minutes - 3.99 MBThis story beautifully illustrates the first way that your speaking voice stops your career. All your brilliance, and the education and hard work that you put into your chosen profession, can be stopped by not being easily understood by your employer, fellow employees and your clients and customers. May I also say that speaking clearly is not only applicable to foreign speakers, but also to native English speakers. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com.
How Does A Heavy Accent Stop Your Career
April 02, 2013 19:06 - 3 minutes - 2.41 MBSpeaking clearly and at a good speaking rate is an important business driver in business communication such as board meetings, sales, negotiation, presentations, webinars, and teleconferences. Heavily accented communication is commonplace in today’s global business community and it is so easily corrected. Corporations and companies hire the very best talent which hail from everywhere in the world and many people speak 2 or 3 languages. However, many times, they are unaware that their accent ...
How To Use Your Voice To Land a New Job or Advance Your Career
March 18, 2013 23:04 - 3 minutes - 2.56 MBWhen the first interview is over the telephone, 80% of the communication is transmitted by the tone of voice, diction, projection, speech melody, volume and rate of speech and 20% are the words that are actually said. The person being interviewed needs to be prepared with his content. The deal breaker is how he is heard and as a result, how he is perceived. Speaking fast could give the interviewer any of the following impressions of the interview candidate: 1. that he has anxiety, 2. that ...
How You Can Get Rich By Improving Your Speaking Voice
March 03, 2013 23:53 - 3 minutes - 2.45 MBKnowing how to control your voice is a powerful tool that gives you a competitive edge in the business world. My clients, whether an employees or an entrepreneurs, realize that improving their voice will make them more successful and rich.The passion, confidence and conviction in your voice are what connect you to each individual. You and your voice are the message that sells your consulting programs. Otherwise they could read a written proposal. Your voice is what makes them believe in yo...
How a Great Voice Can Close More Sales
February 16, 2013 01:02 - 3 minutes - 2.5 MBI will convince your sales staff the value of slowing their speaking rate, saying their words clearly and never letting their voice trial off at the end of a thought. Training in these three basic speaking skills will close sales and increase your yearly sales percentage. These three speaking skills will immediately engage and build a relationship with every customer in the first 15 seconds of the sales conversation. To increase commissions, all it takes is for your sales people to practice t...
Can a "Wheel Chair Voice" Stop Your Career?
January 31, 2013 18:40 - 4 minutes - 3.46 MBA physically disabled person can level the playing field by using their voice powerfully. This episode addresses that many physically able people often behave in subtle condescending ways toward them. My clients want to level the playing field between themselves and the standing person who is approaching them for the first time. There is never a second chance to make a first impression and by using their voice they can change this perception. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com.
How To Speak for Success in 2013
January 15, 2013 23:58 - 4 minutes - 3.04 MB VideoTo start out the New Year, Voice Power Studios asked the social networks, “Would you tell someone who needs to speak in public and/or business settings, that they’re voice is hard to understand.” Out of the many responses we received, here are three which, I feel, reflect a communication trend in America. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com.
Can a “Marilyn Monroe” Voice Stop your Career? Episode 4
January 01, 2013 19:44 - 3 minutes - 2.6 MBDebra has a breathy voice that doesn’t sound like a confident expert in her field. She has not gotten past the first telephone interview for the last three jobs. It isn’t because she is unqualified. Sandra McKnight and Voice Power Studios helps to analyze and correct hidden messages in your voice that can halt a career. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com.
The Voice of Spiritual Leaders
December 15, 2012 01:28 - 3 minutes - 3.49 MBOver the years I have worked with various spiritual leaders. The nature of the profession demands that they develop and use their voices to uplift people and hold forth the vision of their particular faith. It takes breath support to sustain a well projected, rich, resonant voice tone. Good pronunciation of all consonants and vowels gives you clarity and a ring to the voice. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com.
Can Your Voice Stop Your Career? Episode 3
December 03, 2012 06:05 - 4 minutes - 3.49 MBHow Shyness in your Voice Can Stop Your Career. As a Voice trainer, I am aware that shyness, social anxieties, and deep seated fears strongly influence how much a person gets out of life. Psychotherapy, Hypnotherapy and the programs at the Shyness Clinic are tools that can truly make a huge difference to making shy people feel more comfortable, productive and happy in the world. However, I also know from 25 years of teaching voice that changing your speaking pattern is a powerful tool to cha...
Can Your Voice Stop Your Career? Part II
November 05, 2012 23:30 - 4 minutes - 2.9 MBEpisode 2 describes how hidden messages in your Voice stop your career. This story is about an executive who was told that her voice was harsh and difficult to listen to and was perceived as overbearing and over time it had caused her team to have serious negative feelings toward her. By applying a few simple speaking voice techniques he was able to speak with a more confident, engaging and persuasive voice. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com.
Voice Power Studios October Blog
October 18, 2012 02:47 - 4 minutes - 3.42 MBThis podcast discusses an example of someone who was unaware of the hidden meanings within the sound of his voice. With this example we see by applying a few simple techniques we are able to give him a more persuasive and friendly voice. Visit www.voicepowerstudios.com.