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Julie Fogh and Casey Erin Clark, co-founders of Vital Voice Training, are excited to share "Voice (is)" - a podcast where they have conversations with people whose voices they love to dive into the good, the bad, and the messy of what makes your voice YOURS.

Expect actionable advice about public speaking, confidence, nerves, in-office communication, etc, as well as deeper discussions on what power looks (and sounds!) like, how to let go of perfectionism and use fear to your advantage, and how to show up as your authentic self in a world full of unconscious bias.

Vital Voice Training is a voice, public speaking, and communication coaching company founded to help clients communicate with savvy, charisma, and confidence. Whether you are giving a speech, leading a sales appointment or a brand new team, pitching your big idea for funding, or just finding the courage to make your voice heard, co-founders Julie Fogh and Casey Erin Clark’s extensive backgrounds in speech coaching and professional acting give them a unique perspective on what makes people want to listen. For the client, the result is your voice: amplified (not just louder).

Dec 1, 2021

Julie and Casey sit down with Anne de la Croix to talk about soft skills, making unmeasurable things visible, and how to use extrovert powers for good in meetings so all voices get heard.  

 

TOP TAKEAWAYS:

  • Language is more than the words we pronounce: it is shared connections, context, body language, and can be used to create connection.
  • The “skillification” of concepts like empathy creates teaching pathways that don’t work. Some ideas need to be taught experientially. Soft skills are human skills.
  • What people talk about at meetings isn’t always what the meeting is about: often there are layers beneath of what is really going on between people, and the hidden subtext, wants and intentions.

Join us Thursday December 2nd at noon ET OR noon PT for THE POWER AUDIT, a 90-minute workshop where we'll check in with our definitions of power and give you mental, physical, emotional, and social tools to feel more powerful right away in any situation. Get your tickets here.

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Anne de la Croix has a background in linguistics and educational sciences. She works as assistant professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Vrije Universeit Amsterdam. Anne is fascinated by the way we try to teach medical students ‘unmeasurables’ such as reflection, empathy, communication, and professional identity formation. She is worried about  ‘skillification’ of elusive and unmeasurable concepts, and believes the antidote to this trend lies in activities that celebrate amibuguity: comparing contrasting experiences, using the arts, embracing ‘aporia’ (yeah, you can look that one up). Outside of the University, Anne can be hired as ‘conversational pyromaniac’, to facilitate group discussions.