Your Voice is Your Business

Orlando R. Barone Orlando R. Barone has designed, developed, and delivered internationally acclaimed training in self-presentation and interpersonal effectiveness for more than 30 years. He is an executive leadership coach and instructor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a negotiation consultant at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. His clients include organizations as diverse as global pharmaceutical firms, world-class computer companies, and the United States Navy. Mr. Barone is an author, playwright, and poet. He has written extensively on interpersonal effectiveness and is a frequent contributor to the "Philadelphia Inquirer". He has tutored top executives in the effective use of voice and gesture through the Intensive Coaching Method and the video-assisted programs he originated..===============================================Cari M. Tellis, PhD, is a certified speech-language pathologist and an associate professor in the Speech-Language Pathology Department at Misericordia University in Dallas, Pennsylvania. Her areas of specialization include the treatment of voice disorders, laryngeal anatomy, physiology and biochemistry, voice and speech science, and counseling. She completed her training as a voice specialist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Voice Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has professional certification as a master teacher and course instructor in the Estill Voice TrainingTM System. Dr. Tellis has authored and coauthored numerous presentations in the fields of voice science and fluency at international, national, and state conferences, and she has published her research in the "Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology", "Journal of Voice", and "Perspectives on Voice and Voice Disorders". Dr. Tellis has worked with both professional and aspiring speakers and singers for more than 15 years and currently serves as a voice consultant for several professional voice groups. She also recently founded the Performing Arts Training Academy, a program in which school-age and adolescent performers receive training in all aspects of the performing arts, including the mechanics, care, and health of the voice.

Preface. Introduction: The Search for Your Voice. Acknowledgments. Section I. Foundations of Communication. Chapter 1. A People Finds Its Voice. Chapter 2. Learning Voice. Chapter 3. Vocal Care and Awareness. Chapter 4. Verbals and Paraverbals. Chapter 5. The Point of It All. Section II. A Human Connection. Chapter 6. Why You Transmit: The Five Intentions. Chapter 7. Your Most Compelling Connection. Chapter 8. Establishing Yourself. Chapter 9. Informing Them. Chapter 10. Persuading Them. Chapter 11. Moving Them. Chapter 12. Summing Up. Glossary. Index.