Shows you how to distill your message into one sentence that captures your listeners' attention, moves your ideas forward, focuses the problem, and helps you achieve your goals.

The internationally renowned celebrity voice coach shares proven exercises and techniques for developing an authentic voice, offering recommendations for how to overcome common obstacles to become a confident and effective speaker.

Discusses the fundamentals of effective communication and public speaking, including preparing for a speech, organizing thoughts, speaking with authority, persuasion, and overcoming public speaking fears.

"A New York Times bestselling writer explores what our unique sonic signature reveals about our species, our culture, and each one of us. Finally, a vital topic that has never had its own book gets its due"--

"A linguistic exploration of the speech habits we love to hate-and why our "um"s, "like"s, and "you know"s actually make us better communicators. Do you hate that you say "like" too much? Do you go over your email drafts to remove excess "so"s and "really"s? Do you wish your presentation at work wasn't so full of "um"s and "uh"s? Do you get tripped up by slang, overly familiar greetings, or new pronouns? What if these features of our speech weren't...

Requires 3 AAA batteries. Batteries NOT included. Interactive teaching device for children who are learning to talk or who have difficulty mastering verbal expression. Contains 100 words frequently used in conversation, recorded and paired with symbols that represent their meaning.