BVocal with Cheryl Moore Brinkley

Vocal Warm-up — Humming — Your New BV Quick Tip Video

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Thu, 30 May 2019 15:20:52 +0000

Clients and students are always asking me for the simplest, most effective warm-up for the voice, something they can do getting ready for and even while driving to work. It’s HUMMING! But not just any humming; forward placed, relaxed & open jaw humming. It will clear and vibrate your vocal cords and allow you to…

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Are Women’s Voices Changing?

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Mon, 18 Jun 2018 15:57:21 +0000

Are women speakers finally opening up and using their full, natural, body voice to sound more grounded, authentic and powerful? Are you? In my coaching, I often find that speakers attempting to do this as a choice without voice training may be using way too much stress for poor results, perhaps dropping into the dreaded…

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American Pronunciation is Shifting

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Thu, 10 May 2018 19:17:26 +0000

How we speak our language is always in flux. Did you know that the NCVS dialect (which includes MN!) is causing a veritable movement, a vowel shift in America? As long as a speaker has great vocal tone & support (no fry or nasality), pronunciation can have more play. Vocabulary and pronunciation are, after all,…

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Leadership Development is about People, Talent and Connection

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:08:20 +0000

Does your company or employer focus on money and product more than developing their greatest resource: People? In this wonderful McKinsey interview, one CEO who gets it explains. Companies who mentor and coach their people to connect and lead will survive more successfully through changes. Coaching Personal Performance Assets like Presence, Voice & Speech can…

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How a Theatre Professional Grew a Micro (Elocution) Business

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Fri, 05 May 2017 21:01:37 +0000

Every business has a story and for a micro business, that story is wildly varied, individual, and personal. I’ve been featured in this fun article in the Spring, 2017 issue of MB2MB.

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Public Speaking Fear? Shift Your Thoughts.

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Sun, 26 Mar 2017 17:49:50 +0000

Is one of your biggest fears having to speak publicly? Give a report at a meeting? Pitch a design or a project? Network with new people? Win a job interview or promotion? One of the major ideas I share is: In the moment you feel nervous, you’re too self-centered. Harsh? I find this to be…

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Accent Modification Checklist

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Sat, 29 Oct 2016 16:58:55 +0000

If you speak accented English, wish you were better understood, and have wondered about getting accent modification coaching or training, here’s a great little article with 10 questions to help you decide. BVocal can help with all of these points, especially the physical how-to of creating the specific sounds of American English. Read more here…

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Speaking Anxiety? 10 Causes

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:21:40 +0000

Speech coach, Gary Genard does it again with this terrific article about 10 Causes of Speech Anxiety. And his blog article includes free downloads that I heartily recommend. My BVocal Presence Coaching is also theatre-based performance coaching, agrees with Gary’s work, AND I have a few more tips and exercises for shifting your perception of…

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5 Ways to Develop a Warmer, Richer Tone of Voice

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Sun, 21 Aug 2016 23:48:13 +0000

Gary Genard offers this great article on speaking with a richer, warmer tone for more effective, leadership communication. I heartily agree and can help you with exercises and guidance to grow each of these 5 areas of vocal production.

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Cheryl appears as presenter and panelist for the VASTA Annual Conference 2016

Cheryl Moore Brinkley — Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:02:12 +0000

I’m very excited to be invited to present and the 2016, annual VASTA (Voice & Speech Trainers Assoc.) conference in Chicago this week. If you can’t make an appointment, that’s why! Hope to see you after 8/15. I always return from our conferences with new methods, exercises and even more enthusiasm, and I can’t wait…

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