#549 The Power of Voice - Denise Woods
The Not Old - Better Show
Paul Vogelzang
4.7 • 106 Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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The Power of Voice - Denise Woods
The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Art of Living Author Interview Series
Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogelzang. As part of our Smithsonian Associates Art of Living Series, our guest today is vocal coach extraordinaire, Denise Woods. Denise Woods will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates, June 16, 2021, and the title of her presentation is The Power of Voice: Vocal Coach Denise Woods on Making Yourself Heard. You can find out more in our show notes. But Denise Woods is our guest today and Denise Woods is one of the nation's most sought-after voice and dialect coaches. In her new book, The Power of Voice: A Guide to Making Yourself Heard, Denise Woods shares the secrets, tips, lessons, and stories that have helped Hollywood's biggest stars become confident, effective communicators. Denise Woods even coaches me in this interview…and you'll want to hear her insightful tutelage. I have to not only find my voice but to powerfully express myself so others will listen!
One of the most sought-after vocal coaches in Hollywood, Denise Woods has worked with Halle Berry, Will Smith, Mahershala Ali, Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst, Laurence Fishburne, Idris Elba, Ray Liotta, Taraji P. Henson, and Mike Myers, among many others, teaching them how to use their voice to enhance their art. Drawing on her new book The Power of Voice: A Guide to Making Yourself Heard, Woods shares proven, practical, and invaluable tools to change both how we communicate and ultimately how we see ourselves.
From America's number-one most feared task—public speaking—to asking for a raise, establishing your presence in video meetings to a marriage proposal, we're judged by our voice, our most crucial instrument of expression. Woods discusses how to develop your voice and be heard in everyday life, and also addresses topics such as how to be heard as a person of color and how to convey who we are by embracing our culture, region, and heritage.
In our conversation today on The Not Old Better Show Denise Woods traces her journey from a shy child in New York City to the successful performer, a teacher at the Julliard School (from which she graduated) and the California Institute of the Arts to her work with a host of stars to finding her origins.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to The Not Old Better Show. I'm Paul Vogel saying it is part of our Smithsonian |
| 0:20.0 | Associates Art of Living series. Our guest today is vocal coach extraordinaire, Denise |
| 0:24.8 | Woods. Denise Woods will be presenting at the Smithsonian Associates June 16, 2021, |
| 0:32.0 | and the title of her presentation is The Power of Voice. Vocal coach, Denise Woods on making |
| 0:37.9 | yourself heard. You can find out more in our show notes today, but Denise Woods is our guest today |
| 0:44.8 | and Denise Woods is one of the nation's most sought after voice and dialect coaches. In her new book, |
| 0:51.5 | The Power of Voice, a guide to making yourself heard, Denise Woods shares the secrets, tips, |
| 0:57.3 | lessons, and stories that have helped Hollywood's biggest stars become confident, effective |
| 1:03.2 | communicators. Denise Woods even coaches me in this interview and you want to hear her insightful |
| 1:09.4 | tutelage. I have to not only find my voice, but to powerfully express myself so others will listen. |
| 1:16.0 | One of the most sought after vocal coaches in Hollywood, Denise Woods has worked with |
| 1:20.1 | Halle Berry, Will Smith, Marasala Ali, Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst, Lawrence Fishburn, |
| 1:26.4 | Idris Elba, Ray Leota, Taraji P. Henson, and Mike Myers among many others teaching them how to |
| 1:32.5 | use their voices to enhance their art. Drawing on her new book The Power of Voice, a guide to making |
| 1:39.5 | yourself heard, Denise Woods shares with us proven practical and invaluable tools to change both |
| 1:46.7 | how we communicate and ultimately how we see ourselves. For America's number one most feared task |
| 1:53.6 | public speaking to asking for a raise, establishing your presence in video meetings to |
| 2:00.0 | a marriage proposal were judged by our voice our most crucial instrument of expression. |
| 2:04.9 | Denise Woods discusses how to develop your voice and be heard in everyday life and also |
| 2:10.4 | addresses topics such as how to be heard as a person of color and how to convey who we are by |
| 2:16.5 | embracing our culture, region, and heritage. In our conversation today on the not old better show |
| 2:21.9 | Denise Woods traces her journey from shy child in New York City to successful performer teacher |
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