The Voice Toolkit: Presence, Warmth, and Authority, on Purpose

In this interactive session with AWC member Barbara Boldt, you’ll learn what creates voice quality (breath, resonance, pitch, pace, volume, and articulation), how much control we actually have over these elements.

We’ll unpack how intonation patterns influence meaning, emotion, and credibility; why enunciation matters for clarity and trust; and how listeners often infer personality traits from vocal cues. Participants will leave with a practical framework (or two) and several immediate techniques to sound clearer, more confident, and more intentional, while still sounding like themselves.

Key Takeaways:

After this session, attendees will be able to:

1. Create a simple “voice dashboard” they can adjust in real time
2. Discuss how voice quality affects trust and authority
3. Recognize intonation as meaning-making
4. Employ tools to avoid being misread
5. Navigate their relationship with “warmth vs. authority”
6. Voice-personality alignment

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Host or Publisher Association for Women in Communications Detroit