"Jessica provided strategies that can be replicated long after our session. She did a fantastic job explaining why something will improve our vocal performance, and how we can do it ourselves."
-Masterclass participant, WJCT Public Media
SPOTLIGHT WORKSHOPS - 90 MINS
Small group sessions for individual attention. Space limited to 10 seats. Book one for your team!
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1. Vocal Strength & Control: The Power of Breath
Do you lose energy or run out of breath toward the ends of sentences? Do you think your voice sounds gravelly? Does your voice feel hoarse, tight, or tired at the end of your sessions? This workshop will help you create endurance and strength in your voice through breath support, keep your energy levels up and control your volume; manage your nerves; and release tension. |
2. Warming up - for YOUR voice
How do you prepare for a session, shift, or presentation? What choices do you need to make? How do you assess what you need on the day of? Why should you warm up before you use your voice? This workshop helps each participant to prepare and to build a personalized warm-up specifically for your voice and your needs, following Jessica’s 5-step process. |
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3. Express Yourself! More of you is a good thing.
Do you want to add warmth and depth to your voice? Do you want a broader range of emotion, or to strengthen your tone? This workshop expands the possibilities in your voice to allow greater range in expression and delivery. Learn resonance placement to keep your voice energetic and strong, to avoid vocal fatigue. |
4. Conversational Delivery
Do you sound like you’re reading? Sing-songy? Monotone? Do you speak too fast or slowly? Want to sound more like yourself? This workshop covers techniques to add range, convey different moods, and add complexity to your sound, as well as the use of your imagination. |
5. Script & Presentation Prep
You’ve written a great script! Now, how do you use the words you wrote to create the storytelling experience you imagined for your listeners? Whether it’s a presentation, a feature story or a podcast episode, this workshop breaks down your script, giving you the skills to make smart and creative choices to craft an engaging journey for your audience.
MASTERCLASS - CUSTOMIZED INTENSIVE
A half-day Masterclass is a full set of foundation skills. Each participant will come away
with a personalized warm-up and training practice.
This Intensive is fully customized, using airchecks and questionnaires from participants (due 2 weeks prior).
Typically includes elements from each of Spotlight workshops 1 through 5, above. Up to 10 people.
with a personalized warm-up and training practice.
This Intensive is fully customized, using airchecks and questionnaires from participants (due 2 weeks prior).
Typically includes elements from each of Spotlight workshops 1 through 5, above. Up to 10 people.
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6. Your Power, Your Voice - *for ALL professional voice users
Whether on air or off, we use our voices professionally. This workshop teaches you how to present a powerful presence through your voice and body language. Navigate difficult conversations and negotiations, speak to your board or stakeholders, or present to your team or at a conference. No matter how you use your voice, you’ll have the skills to project calm and confidence, whether you’re feeling it or not! |
7. Fund Drive –> Fun Drive!
*includes Voice Users NOT on air Pledge week can be exhausting, and you’ve got folks on air who might not be used to it. This workshop teaches how to engage and connect with your listeners by presenting your authentic self. How to prepare, handle nerves and keep thinking clearly, and how to stay energized throughout. |
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8. Get the Best Performance from Talent:
Voice Coaching for Editors and Producers Producing talent that sounds monotone or sing-songy? Trying to get a natural, conversational sound, but don’t know how to communicate that? This workshop covers how to identify what’s wrong, and how to talk to on-air reporters and hosts to get immediate results, solving common problems with read style, energy, and nerves. |
9. Wellness: Caring for your voice through Colds, Allergies, and other yucky things
You feel stuffy and your throat is full of crud, but you have to track a story or give a speech or do an important interview. What to do? In this workshop, Jessica will walk you through everything from preventative measures to keep your voice in top shape, to band-aid solutions to get the best of your voice when you think it’s past hope. Hint: Phlegm is the enemy! |
10. VoiceOver work: Everything you need to know to get started
So you want to get into VoiceOvers! People have told you that you have a lovely voice, a “radio” voice. Or do you even need a "radio voice?" Where do you start? What do you need to do? Where do you find work? Do you need an agent? What goes on a demo? This workshop lays out the tools and paths for getting work as a VO artist.
