Years of experience does not give you a technique
We watch the news almost every day and overall, newsreaders and reporters do a great and sometimes brave job. They have a great deal of experience in front of the camera and reading an autocue. So why is it that so many of them read too fast and run sentences into each other?
Most broadcasting companies have expensive voice training departments, but they do not teach a technique. Because of this, some voice-trainers advise BBC staff to ‘find someone you like and copy them’.
The Hudson Voice Technique™ changes your speech pattern from instinct to technique. You become aware of the way you speak and learn how to control your voice and the way you deliver words.
Without the proper technique, you are reading and speaking by instinct.
Dictionary definition:
instinct /in’stingkt’/ n. The innate aspect of behaviour that is unlearned.
In other words you are all forced to make up you own rules; in other words, you’re ‘guessing’.
The Hudson Voice Technique™ improves performance and gives greater confidence.
Here’s an example of a well-known American presenter – Greta van Susteren. She is a legal analyst presenting on Fox News. She is an expert in her field, but it’s hard to keep up with her because she is not professionally trained.
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