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Great Big Voice

Welcome to my blog, GreatBigVoice! I post regularly on the art of presenting, leading out with conviction and impact, and taking deliberate action towards fulfilling your potential!  I’ve got a great big voice, and I know you do too!  So please feel free to jump in with your comments!

April 19, 2013
Ruth Wilson Zamierowski is the Volunteer Service Specialist of the Girls Scouts of  Southeastern Michingan.  She's passionate about  the work that the Girl Scouts'  have been doing for decades  in support of the growth and development of giirls....
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April 14, 2013
I recently shot a couple of new videos for my website.  In order to make the videotaping go more smoothly, my videographer, Mike Hensel of InMotion Studios employed a handy-dandy do-it-yourself teleprompter that involved an iPad (with a...
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March 7, 2013
The SkyGrabber Gallery highlights an ever-expanding collection of remarkable women who I believe embody the essential qualities of the SkyGrabber:  Courage; vision; passion; a strong sense of personal mission; a desire to affect change in her world...
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February 15, 2013
I’m always reminding my presentation skills clients that the way to fire up the hearts and minds of their audience is to embrace the Fifth Commandment of Great Acting and Great Speaking:  Turn Thyself on so you can Turn Others On. Because when your...
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September 12, 2012
No-one is harder on you than you are.  If you’re like many of my public speaking coaching or life coaching clients, you beat yourselves up with negative self-talk that can keep you stuck and stalled in your life, your work, and in your speeches and...
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August 10, 2012
When I attend my yoga class at A2 Yoga, Heather Foster, my wonderful teacher, always makes a point of thanking us for “coming to the mat.”  As she explains it, the sheer act of choosing to spend an hour or so on the yoga mat represents a...
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May 17, 2012
Middle School… Junior High school… A prelude to therapy… whatever you want to call the place you spent most of your day during your pre-teen and early-teen years, it made its mark on you-- for better or worse.  According to research, much of our...
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May 13, 2012
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld’s character on the iconic TV series, Seinfeld, coined expressions for people who had styles of talking that annoyed him:  Close Talkers, High talkers, Low Talkers and Fast Talkers. In one episode, he mentions his friend,...
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April 5, 2012
Practice Until You Can’t Get it Wrong When I was a Junior at Canton High school in Massachusetts,  I was cast in the lead role of Belle Poitrine in a musical called Bells Are Ringing.  Like the rest of the kids in the show, I was a bonafide theatre...
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February 14, 2012
Happy Valentines Day to you-- my friends, family, clients, colleages and advocates!In honor of this day and how much I appreciate you, enjoy a free mp3 of my song, Valentines Day at the Satellite Bar and Grill.  Just click on the link below!...
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