Perfecting Talent Performance in Voice and Delivery

Students often ask: Do I need a voice coach?
For 95 percent of your students the answer is NO.
The human voice is unique for a variety of reasons. Your challenge as an instructor is to help your students make the most of the voices they have.
Terry Anzur's presentation at AEJMC will focus on simple things you can do to raise awareness of the qualities that make your voice authoritative and easy on the ears.
Awareness training includes:

-Writing as the foundation of good performance;

-Time management to calm your breathing and prepare your delivery;

-Proper breathing techniques;

-Interpreting the script;

-Identifying and fixing problems.

Terry and co-author Tony Silvia are currently addressing these issues in a textbook that is due to be published in 2010: "Power Performance: Storytelling for Multimedia Journalists."

Get a preview at AEJMC with a handout on voice quality, plus information on how your students can benefit from the same type of talent coaching used by working professionals on TV, radio and the web. For more information visit: http://www.terryanzur.com/.

About Terry: As a talent coach in broadcast and multimedia, Terry has worked with anchors, reporters, weather forecasters and program hosts in the US, Canada and overseas. She developed her teaching techniques while on the faculty at the University of Southern California, Annenberg School for Communication. She also speaks from on-air experience at the major market and network level. She is currently the voice of the nationally syndicated Good Housekeeping reports on local TV stations and the internet.