The Power of Your Voice

Jarek Sacharski

Recording: YesLanguage: EnglishDuration: 45 min / 15 minSpeaker rating: 4.8 out of 5 from 45 participants across all their sessions
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The Power of Your Voice

This one runs as an interactive workshop: the hour includes exercises your colleagues do themselves, not only a talk.

Jarek Sacharski
Your expert

Jarek Sacharski

Jarek Sacharski is a voice coach and public speaking coach based in Amsterdam. He works with executives and directors on impactful communication and creating dialogue with their teams and clients. He holds 3 degrees: an MA in Acting (PL), MA in Voice (UK) and a PG Cert in Performance Teaching (UK). He is also a certified coach (EMCC). Jarek works as a voice teacher at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and at the SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Warsaw. As a Fellow of the British Higher Education Academy, he is passionate about creating exciting educational experiences. His main areas of expertise are: empowerment through voice training, rhetoric of presenting, presence, communication across cultures and the support of non-native English speaking clients in finding clarity, flow and impact of the language.

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Session Summary

We all have a voice but few of us know how to use it to communicate with impact. In this session Jarek Sacharski shares theory and simple exercises on the connections between body, breath, voice and communication.

You will learn fascinating facts about the human voice and you will find out how to use voice training to reduce the levels of stress and boost your confidence. In addition, you will go through a series of practical exercises which can help you to become more present, effective and excited in public speaking.

Interaction

During the expert session, Jarek Sacharski engages the audience through interactive moments using the Mentimeter app for Q&A sessions and exercises. He asks participants to describe their voices and rate their relationship with public speaking anonymously.

Throughout the lecture, Jarek discusses the impact of nervous system responses on communication and guides participants through exercises using the Mentimeter app to help them understand proper breathing support and adjusting resonators for better vocal delivery. The session concludes with tips on controlling the nervous system before speaking engagements and improving voice quality by focusing on long exhalations, proper breathing, and humming in a relaxed state.

Key Learnings

Discovering the Power of Your Voice

Gain insights into the importance of your voice in shaping confidence, self-image, and effective communication. Explore techniques to become more aware of your breath and its connection to your nervous system for improved vocal delivery.

Enhancing Online and Offline Communication

Understand the merits and challenges of presenting online versus in person, and learn how to engage more effectively with audiences in both contexts by mastering voice control and adaptation.

Harnessing the Autonomic Nervous System for Optimal Voice Use

Explore the impact of the fight or flight and rest and digest mechanisms on communication and develop techniques to adapt your voice accordingly, allowing for better communication in various situations.

Detailed session description

In this expert session, Jarek Sacharski, a renowned Voice and Public Speaking coach, begins by introducing himself as a passionate advocate for maximizing the potential of voices in both online and offline contexts. He invites the audience to reflect on their own voices, requesting they describe them using three words, emphasizing honesty and anonymity.

Next, he asks participants about their relationship with public speaking, gathering valuable data for understanding human voice communication in various settings.

The session then delves into the merits and challenges of presenting online versus in-person communications. Jarek invites participants to share their thoughts briefly before diving deeper into this topic later in the session.

Engagement and dialogue are highlighted as crucial elements in effective communication, with the human voice playing a significant role in shaping these interactions.

Throughout the lecture, Jarek encourages participants to ask questions via Mentimeter for clarification and exploration of related topics. He explains that understanding the historical context and physiological processes underlying our voices will empower individuals to enhance their online presentations and engage more effectively with their audiences.

Jarek goes on to discuss the connection between our voice and the autonomic nervous system, emphasizing the impact of our body's physical states on communication. He guides participants through various exercises using the Mentimeter app to gain insight into their nervous system responses and learn techniques for adapting their voice accordingly.

The session continues as Jarek explains how proper breathing support can enhance vocal delivery, allowing individuals to effectively engage and reach their audience. By practicing these techniques, participants can develop greater control over their voice and improve communication skills in various situations.

As the expert session progresses, Jarek delves into the anatomy of the human voice, discussing how it is created in the larynx by muscles and then amplified in resonators, including the throat and mouth. He demonstrates how adjusting the size of these resonators can alter the sound of one's voice, providing tips on massaging jaw muscles for more space in the mouth and throat.

Jarek emphasizes the importance of long exhalations, proper breathing techniques, and focusing on the audience rather than oneself during public speaking engagements. The session concludes with tips on controlling the nervous system through voice exercises and physical activities before presentations.

Throughout this engaging expert session, participants gain valuable insights into the power of their voices and effective communication strategies for various settings.

According to participants

What people said afterwards.

From the survey every participant gets when the session ends, in their own words.

Thank you, it was very practical and nice.
In answer to “Any other feedback?”
Keep on the good work, you are doing great. Thanks for the experience!
In answer to “Any other feedback?”
Thank you so much, you are great
In answer to “Any other feedback?”
Practical examples for using every day
In answer to “What have you learned?”
The best part was that I could find something that was about what I find bad about my voice and do practical exercise with it
In answer to “What have you learned?”
The whole session was very useful, balanced information and practice parts. 👌🏻
In answer to “What have you learned?”
Before you book

Questions about The Power of Your Voice

Is this for beginners or for people who already know the subject?

No prior knowledge is assumed. It is built for a general working audience, and people who already know the subject get the research and the practical side rather than an introduction. What the hour itself covers: We all have a voice but few of us know how to use it to communicate with impact. In this session Jarek Sacharski shares theory and simple exercises on the connections between body, breath, voice and communication.

Is this a workshop or a talk?

A workshop. The description of this session says so itself: the hour includes exercises and activities that participants do, not only an expert speaking. It still runs live and online, for as many colleagues as you want to invite.

Is Jarek the right expert for this?

Jarek Sacharski is one of the experts we auditioned ourselves, and we produce every session so we see how each one lands. Participants rate this session 4.7 out of 5, across 45 responses, and rate Jarek personally 4.8 out of 5.

Is this session interactive, or do people just watch?

It is interactive, and the block higher up on this page says exactly how for this session. Nobody has to speak up who does not want to: the chat and the polls carry most of it, and the questions can come in anonymously.

How long does it take, and what do we have to prepare?

It runs 45 min / 15 min: the talk, then live questions. All you do is pick a date. We brief Jarek, produce the session, host and moderate it, run the Q&A, and send you the report within an hour of the end.

Who can join, and where does it run?

A team, a department, an employee network or every single employee at once, with no cap and no per-seat price. It runs inside your own Microsoft Teams, Zoom or Google Meet, or on a branded page we build. No integration, no login, no company device or e-mail.

Can our global colleagues follow it?

The session is delivered in English. You can add high accuracy live subtitles in 8, 16 or 24 languages, so everyone follows in their own. That is a paid option, priced by the number of languages you need.

Will our IT department have a problem with this?

No, and that is by design. There is nothing to install, nothing to integrate and no connection to your systems, so there is nothing for IT to validate: we join your own Teams, Zoom or Meet as a guest speaker, or we host a page and your people open a link. No software, no accounts, and no data of yours that we can reach. It is why hundreds of companies, among them some of the largest technology and financial firms in the world, were able to start within a day.

How does this work under GDPR?

We never receive or hold personal data about your employees. Because the session runs in your own environment, attendance and identity stay with you, and what we report back is aggregated: numbers, ratings and survey answers, not people. That is also why IT approval usually takes minutes rather than weeks.

What do we get afterwards?

You keep the recording and can share it internally. You also get attendance over time, participant ratings for the content and the speaker, the survey answers, and the topics your people asked for next.

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