This book provides a deep dive into various aspects of voice and presentation including breath, resonance, articulation, inflection and shaping openings and closing for maximum impact on the jury. It is divided into five primary sections, Tuning Your Instrument, Catching Their Interest, Catching Their Heart, Amplifying Through Body Language and Gesture, and Applying Voice to Everyday Legal Situations. The pedagogical goal is to provide a training model that yields actual and lasting results for litigators and attorneys who want a wider range of story-telling skills to strengthen their success in and out of the courtroom. This book's contribution is the depth into which the authors go into the subject of voice and its relation to story-telling, providing a clear and tangible pathway to skill development and lasting transformation.

About the Author
Rena Cook, Professor Emerita at the University of Oklahoma, is a TEDx speaker, author, voice, speech, confidence and presentation coach. She is the founder of Vocal Authority, a training consultancy serving attorneys who want to use their voice in more commanding and authentic ways. A popular CLE speaker, her seminar "The Expressive Litigator" has been presented at conferences throughout the US. Her latest book, which she co-authored with Attorney Laurie Koller, Her Voice in Law was published by the ABA. She is also the author of Empower your Voice: For Women in Business, Politics and Life, and Voice and the Young Actor, used throughout the US and the UK. Rena has an MA in Voice Studies from London's Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, an MFA in Directing, an MA in Guidance & Counseling. Her guilty pleasure is voicing animation and video game characters. www.myvocalauthority.com


Book Information
ISBN 9781641056205
Author Rena Cook
Format Paperback
Page Count 187
Imprint American Bar Association
Publisher American Bar Association