Rena Cook
- TEDx Speaker and Voice, Speech, Confidence, and Presentation Coach
- Teaches at the University of Houston Summer MA for Theatre Educators
- Author of "Empower your Voice: For Women in Business, Politics and Life" and "Voice and the Young Actor"
- Professor Emeritus at the University of Oklahoma School of Drama
Rena Cook, TEDx speaker, author, voice, speech, confidence, and presentation coach, is Professor Emerita at the University of Oklahoma. She is the founder of Vocal Authority, a training consultancy serving corporate clients, attorneys, political candidates, CEOs and sales personnel who want to use their voice in more commanding and authentic ways. She recently delivered a TEDx...
read the restRena Cook, TEDx speaker, author, voice, speech, confidence, and presentation coach, is Professor Emerita at the University of Oklahoma. She is the founder of Vocal Authority, a training consultancy serving corporate clients, attorneys, political candidates, CEOs and sales personnel who want to use their voice in more commanding and authentic ways.
She recently delivered a TEDx talk entitled “Power without Press: the foundation of authentic communication.” Rena is the author of Empower your Voice: For Women in Business, Politics and Life; and Voice and the Young Actor, used throughout the US and the UK. She has an MA in Voice Studies from London’s Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, an MFA in Directing from the University of Oklahoma, an MA in Guidance & Counseling from the University of Tulsa. Her secret pleasure is voicing video game characters.
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he Expressive Litigator: Voice and its Relation to Persuasive Story Telling, is an in-depth training course for the attorney who wants to have more vocal power, clarity, and expressivity in front of judge and jury. ...more
he Expressive Litigator: Voice and its Relation to Persuasive Story Telling, is an in-depth training course for the attorney who wants to have more vocal power, clarity, and expressivity in front of judge and jury.
Interactive, informative and fun - these exercises produce lasting results and can be applied immediately. Participants delve deeply into various aspects of voice, including breath, resonance, articulation, inflection that communicates meaning and using verb imagery to find authenticity and variety. Using their own opening/closing statements, participants can receive one to one coaching to enhance confidence and effectiveness. ...less
Are you reluctant to speak your mind for fear of losing friends? Is your voice ignored in professional settings? Do you feel your voice doesn't carry the gravitas that your intelligence deserves? Does speaking in ...more
Are you reluctant to speak your mind for fear of losing friends?
Is your voice ignored in professional settings?
Do you feel your voice doesn't carry the gravitas that your intelligence deserves?
Does speaking in front of a room full of people cause you anxiety?
Have you been told that you come across as "bossy?"
These are professional challenges that all women in the professional arena face each day. There are many reasons, both culturally and socially, why we lose our voices. And although we can't change society quickly, we can rediscover our natural authentic vocal power!
There are many books and seminars for women on various issues concerning women's professional challenges, all encouraging us to speak up, own our power, lean in, push back, take our place, take our seat, have confidence and have presence. But the question remains: How exactly does a woman do this? How does a woman overcome years of habitual ways of thinking and behaving, to find a clear, strong voice that conveys confidence, presence, and authentic power?
Rena Cook brings years of training actors and a Master's Degree in Voice to professional women at all levels with a clear process to open and free the voice in order to speak personal truth in all situations. Empowering Women's Voices consists of sequential exercises that work on our body's muscle memory to actually learn to speak in a new and more effective way. ...less
The minute you open your mouth, people begin to form opinions about you. The quality of your voice adds or detracts from your general "attractiveness" and your perceived leadership potential. You don't have to be ...more
The minute you open your mouth, people begin to form opinions about you.
The quality of your voice adds or detracts from your general "attractiveness" and your perceived leadership potential.
You don't have to be stuck with the voice you think you were born with!
There are things you can do today and each time you walk into an interview or meeting that can make you sound and look more professional, confident and competent! This workshop helps you understand how the voice works and lays out techniques for daily practice that can have immediate and lasting change. Participants will be given practical exercises and opportunities to practice and receive feedback. ...less
This workshop outlines a strategy for sharing facts, ideas, and opinions with supervisors and colleagues who may or may not be receptive to what you have to offer. One of the most challenging and most ...more
This workshop outlines a strategy for sharing facts, ideas, and opinions with supervisors and colleagues who may or may not be receptive to what you have to offer.
One of the most challenging and most feared aspects of being in a professional environment is speaking truth to authority. This workshop outlines a strategy for sharing facts, ideas, and opinions with supervisors and colleagues who may or may not be receptive to what you have to offer. Through a unique combination of Transactional Analysis and Nonviolent Communication participants gain proficiency in a technique that has proven to work! ...less
