Individual Coaching
Individual Coaching
Tailored, practical, individual coaching to increase your speaking confidence, voice, influence and impact.
Tailored, practical, individual coaching to increase your speaking confidence, voice, influence and impact.
"Bizarrely, I feel much calmer when speaking. I don’t know why. Maybe it has to do with deliberately relaxing my throat, tongue and breathing while speaking to get a more resonant tone."
"I have become more aware of my breathing, need to pause while speaking and not inflecting my voice at the end of a thought. I feel much more comfortable speaking in front of an audience now, than I did prior to the course."
" I have learned how to embrace the power of silence to reclaim my thinking and that I do have permission to speak and to take up vocal space especially when there are a lot of loud voices at the table."
Individual Coaching
Individual Coaching
Tailored, practical, individual coaching to increase your speaking confidence, voice, influence and impact.
Tailored, practical, individual coaching to increase your speaking confidence, voice, influence and impact.
"Bizarrely, I feel much calmer when speaking. I don’t know why. Maybe it has to do with deliberately relaxing my throat, tongue and breathing while speaking to get a more resonant tone."
"I have become more aware of my breathing, need to pause while speaking and not inflecting my voice at the end of a thought. I feel much more comfortable speaking in front of an audience now, than I did prior to the course."
"I have learned how to embrace the power of silence to reclaim my thinking and that I do have permission to speak and to take up vocal space especially when there are a lot of loud voices at the table."
Program overview
Program overview
Individual coaching delivers practical techniques to develop your literal and positional voice.
Your voice coach works alongside you to learn your needs, select relevant and tailored techniques and help you apply them to your upcoming speaking demands.
Typically, individual programs run over 6 x 1 hour individual sessions online and will generally cover these topics (where relevant):
- Diagnostic feedback on your voice
- Developing physical presence
- Freeing up breath
- Enriching vocal resonance
- Managing nerves
- Using words for eloquence
- Navigating positional dynamics to stay in voice under pressure
- Elevating your message and story
- Stagecraft and devices for audience engagement
Program overview
Program overview
Individual coaching delivers practical techniques to develop your literal and positional voice.
Your voice coach works alongside you to learn your needs, select relevant and tailored techniques and help you apply them to your upcoming speaking demands.
Typically, individual programs run over 6 x 1 hour individual sessions online and will generally cover these topics (where relevant):
- Diagnostic feedback on your voice
- Developing physical presence
- Freeing up breath
- Enriching vocal resonance
- Managing nerves
- Using words for eloquence
- Navigating positional dynamics to stay in voice under pressure
- Elevating your message and story
- Stagecraft and devices for audience engagement
Is this for me?
Is this for me?
Our Individual Coaching Program is for business professionals who:
Lead teams
Are expected to present as part of their role
Are transitioning upwards in their career
Avoid speaking which is affecting career prospects
Need to assert their voice at the table
Are introverts navigating an extrovert business culture
Want to sound more confident to be taken seriously
Address individual limiting habits
Navigate high stakes and confrontation
Get tailored, relevant techniques
Develop vocal presence and resonance
Apply new skills to real speaking events and debrief the experience
Get expert, candid feedback on your voice and speaking
Ensure your voice is at the table
Be supported by your coach
Is this for me?
Is this for me?
Our Individual Coaching Program is for business professionals who:
Top talent who have been recognised for leadership progression
Women as part of the business DEI strategy
Senior leadership teams who want to develop their influence and ability to inspire with their strategy, vision or story
Business unit leaders seeking to develop the confidence of their team
Program Roadmap
Program Roadmap
Stage 1
Assess Your Needs
Stage 2
Individual Sessions
Stage 3
Debrief Stakeholders
Assess Your Needs
Stage 2
Individual Sessions
Stage 3
Debrief Stakeholders
Tangible outcomes for your team
Tangible outcomes for your team
Personalised, expert feedback
The voice is as individual as a thumbprint, so we approach coaching the same way.
Your voice is a culmination of habits and patterns developed over the formative experiences in your life. Our coaches listen deeply to these habits and select and teach techniques specifically relevant for you.
Your voice is a culmination of habits and patterns developed over the formative experiences in your life. Our coaches listen deeply to these habits and select and teach techniques specifically relevant for you.
Sophisticated techniques
Our voice techniques are anchored in the sophisticated architecture of work developed by Master Voice teacher, Kirstin Linklater, recognised globally as the leader in spoken voice technique.
Our coaches have trained directly with Kristin and have been designated to teach her work (only 400 people in the world have achieved this accreditation).
Our coaches have trained directly with Kristin and have been designated to teach her work (only 400 people in the world have achieved this accreditation).
Increase presence and impact
The aim our voice work is to revive the speaking voice to its natural range and resonance.
The overall outcome is a more expressive voice that communicates presence, confidence and impact, while agile enough to influence and engage a variety of audiences.
The overall outcome is a more expressive voice that communicates presence, confidence and impact, while agile enough to influence and engage a variety of audiences.
Observable change
We like to give you an experience of a more expanded, influential voice in your voice sessions.
The hard bit is carrying that change out into the world, so we support you with an ongoing strategy to apply your learnings to your upcoming speaking engagements and meetings.
The hard bit is carrying that change out into the world, so we support you with an ongoing strategy to apply your learnings to your upcoming speaking engagements and meetings.
Coaching Roadmap
Coaching Roadmap
Assess
Assess
Your Needs
Your Needs
We start with a briefing from you and your manager (if relevant) about your needs and desired outcomes and design a plan with you for your coaching program.
Individual
Individual
Sessions
Sessions
Sessions are run online via Zoom for 1 hour each. Program length can range from 1 - 8 hours based on need. Sessions are typically run weekly.
Debrief
Debrief
Stakeholders
Stakeholders
Where relevant, we can debrief your progress with you and your manager and assist with a plan for ongoing practice and support.
Rebecca DuMaine
Lead Voice Coach
Lead Voice Coach
Rebecca is a Professor of Voice and Speech, an international voice teacher for business professionals and a professional jazz singer.
Rebecca has a rare skill set as a designated Linklater Voice teacher, an accent, dialect and speech coach and is on the frontline as a performer as both an actor and professional jazz singer and recording artist.
She has a BA in Drama from Duke University and an MFA in Acting from Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts. She spent many years acting in New York City and regionally throughout the United States, on stage and on the small screen.
Alongside her work as a performer, Rebecca trained with and was certified by Master Voice teacher Kirstin Linklater in 2003. This accreditation is akin to a Doctorate with a 5 year apprenticeship training towards certification with Kristin. Rebecca is 1 of 400 people in the world who holds this accreditation.
Rebecca rediscovered her love of jazz and has dedicated the last eleven years to recording and performing with a trio and currently has six albums on the Summit Records label. You can find her albums on Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, amazon and on her website: www.rebeccadumaine.com.
Rebecca has taught Voice and Speech at NYU, Rutgers University, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, The Maggie Flanigan and Bill Esper Studios and in the graduate acting programs at Columbia and The Actors Studio, where she designed the speech curriculum.
She is currently Professor of voice and speech, on-camera audition and dialects in the BFA and MFA programs at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has a flourishing private practice. Rebecca has worked with actors and business professionals in accent reduction work, dialect acquisition and mastery and has prepared numerous actors for graduate school, on-camera and stage auditions.
Rebecca regularly teaches business professionals and is on the faculty of performance coaches for the Australia Bar Association’s annual advocacy program for in court lawyers. Rebecca has voice and dialect coached theatre productions in NYC and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
She has a BA in Drama from Duke University and an MFA in Acting from Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts. She spent many years acting in New York City and regionally throughout the United States, on stage and on the small screen.
Alongside her work as a performer, Rebecca trained with and was certified by Master Voice teacher Kirstin Linklater in 2003. This accreditation is akin to a Doctorate with a 5 year apprenticeship training towards certification with Kristin. Rebecca is 1 of 400 people in the world who holds this accreditation.
Rebecca rediscovered her love of jazz and has dedicated the last eleven years to recording and performing with a trio and currently has six albums on the Summit Records label. You can find her albums on Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, amazon and on her website: www.rebeccadumaine.com.
Rebecca has taught Voice and Speech at NYU, Rutgers University, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, The Maggie Flanigan and Bill Esper Studios and in the graduate acting programs at Columbia and The Actors Studio, where she designed the speech curriculum.
She is currently Professor of voice and speech, on-camera audition and dialects in the BFA and MFA programs at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has a flourishing private practice. Rebecca has worked with actors and business professionals in accent reduction work, dialect acquisition and mastery and has prepared numerous actors for graduate school, on-camera and stage auditions.
Rebecca regularly teaches business professionals and is on the faculty of performance coaches for the Australia Bar Association’s annual advocacy program for in court lawyers. Rebecca has voice and dialect coached theatre productions in NYC and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
Rebecca DuMaine
Lead Voice Coach
Lead Voice Coach
Rebecca is a Professor of Voice and Speech, an international voice teacher for business professionals and a professional jazz singer.
Rebecca has a rare skill set as a designated Linklater Voice teacher, an accent, dialect and speech coach and is on the frontline as a performer as both an actor and professional jazz singer and recording artist.
She has a BA in Drama from Duke University and an MFA in Acting from Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts. She spent many years acting in New York City and regionally throughout the United States, on stage and on the small screen.
Alongside her work as a performer, Rebecca trained with and was certified by Master Voice teacher Kirstin Linklater in 2003. This accreditation is akin to a Doctorate with a 5 year apprenticeship training towards certification with Kristin. Rebecca is 1 of 400 people in the world who holds this accreditation.
Rebecca rediscovered her love of jazz and has dedicated the last eleven years to recording and performing with a trio and currently has six albums on the Summit Records label. You can find her albums on Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, amazon and on her website: www.rebeccadumaine.com.
Rebecca has taught Voice and Speech at NYU, Rutgers University, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, The Maggie Flanigan and Bill Esper Studios and in the graduate acting programs at Columbia and The Actors Studio, where she designed the speech curriculum.
She is currently Professor of voice and speech, on-camera audition and dialects in the BFA and MFA programs at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has a flourishing private practice. Rebecca has worked with actors and business professionals in accent reduction work, dialect acquisition and mastery and has prepared numerous actors for graduate school, on-camera and stage auditions.
Rebecca regularly teaches business professionals and is on the faculty of performance coaches for the Australia Bar Association’s annual advocacy program for in court lawyers. Rebecca has voice and dialect coached theatre productions in NYC and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
She has a BA in Drama from Duke University and an MFA in Acting from Rutgers, Mason Gross School of the Arts. She spent many years acting in New York City and regionally throughout the United States, on stage and on the small screen.
Alongside her work as a performer, Rebecca trained with and was certified by Master Voice teacher Kirstin Linklater in 2003. This accreditation is akin to a Doctorate with a 5 year apprenticeship training towards certification with Kristin. Rebecca is 1 of 400 people in the world who holds this accreditation.
Rebecca rediscovered her love of jazz and has dedicated the last eleven years to recording and performing with a trio and currently has six albums on the Summit Records label. You can find her albums on Spotify, Pandora, iTunes, amazon and on her website: www.rebeccadumaine.com.
Rebecca has taught Voice and Speech at NYU, Rutgers University, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, The Maggie Flanigan and Bill Esper Studios and in the graduate acting programs at Columbia and The Actors Studio, where she designed the speech curriculum.
She is currently Professor of voice and speech, on-camera audition and dialects in the BFA and MFA programs at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco and has a flourishing private practice. Rebecca has worked with actors and business professionals in accent reduction work, dialect acquisition and mastery and has prepared numerous actors for graduate school, on-camera and stage auditions.
Rebecca regularly teaches business professionals and is on the faculty of performance coaches for the Australia Bar Association’s annual advocacy program for in court lawyers. Rebecca has voice and dialect coached theatre productions in NYC and throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
“Thanks to your coaching, I was recently selected to speak at the most prestigious international conference where 7,500 delegates from 71 countries attended. My session attracted 900 people and was interpreted into 4 languages. This was a highlight of my career! Keep up the great work. You truly inspire others to great things.”
Jeff
Banking Senior Executive | Sydney
Banking Senior Executive | Sydney
FAQs
FAQs
How do I get started with an individual coaching engagement?
When you make an enquiry, you will have an initial briefing call with Lucy Cornell CEO of Cornell Voice. She will assess your needs and discuss program design and length with you. When you are ready to start she will connect you with Rebecca DuMaine and you can book in sessions and you are set to go.
I work for an organisation who are willing to fund my training. Can you send me a proposal for business sign off?
Yes, we can. You will need to have briefing call with Lucy Cornell first set she can ascertain your needs and she can send you a proposal based on that discussion.
Can you guarantee that my voice will improve?
Your coach will be able to give you an experience of a more impactful voice during your sessions. The hard bit is taking it out into the world and applying it in front of others. The longevity of the vocal change will depend on how much you practice and apply the skills you learn.
How much practice do I need to do?
Depending on the stubbornness of your habits, sometimes you will need to work vigilantly and consciously to rewire your neurological pathways. Your coach will give you homework to apply and usually this will be in the form of mindful, daily exercises and/or applying new techniques to your daily speaking experiences, such as your daily meetings, phone calls, presentations.
Will I still sound authentic after individual voice coaching?
Yes absolutely. We are only interested in helping you sound more like you, not sticking on a voice that is disembodied and insincere. That said, sometimes when you have been only using a portion of your natural voice for a long time, when you open up your voice and access other natural resonances it might seem unfamiliar. We are only interested in helping you revive your natural voice and releasing you from the limitations of your habitual voice.
Do I have to have 6 sessions?
No. 6 is the typical number of sessions. You can have 1 session if you like. You will talk this through in the briefing call with Lucy Cornell when we assess your needs and we can work out a plan that serves your needs and suits your timing and budget.
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