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David Lawrence
Instantly Irresistible and Perfectly Passionate
David Lawrence
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Going public with your podcast is all about passion. At the 2006 Podcast and Portable Media Expo, successful podcaster and radio veteran David Lawrence explains how to use your natural voice. It is not mainstream – it is about you and your audience. Using the right tools and speaking techniques, Lawrence covers all of this in an entertaining session.
Lawrence reveals the microphone models he uses, what tools (expander, compressor and the like) can do for you and how important your headphone volume is. But more importantly, once you've got the tools, how do you prepare? There are some simple warm-ups that professional singers and speakers rely on before performing. Why shouldn't you, too? Also, what you eat or drink can be unhealthy for your voice.
What differentiates a podcaster from radio DJs? Lawrence goes back in history to illustrate the tradition that podcasters follow. He suggests how to sit and why it's important to visualize your audience. Throughout the session and in the individual on-stage evaluations at the end, he reveals precious hints about intensity, the right pitch for you, volume, pauses and pace.
Daved Lawrence has been on radio for nearly 30 years as a top rated air personality on stations like WGN/Chicago, WMAL, WMZQ and WRQX/Washington DC, WGAR, WGCL, and WDMT/Cleveland, KC101/New Haven, WTAE/Pittsburgh and WNCI and WLVQ/Columbus. He is a founding member and was executive producer of the legendary radio comedy ensemble, the American Comedy Network. He wrote the best-selling Learn HTML on The Macintosh, the first web design book exclusively for Macintosh users.
His is the voice of America Online's customer service lines, as well as the voice of over 1500 other interactive voice response telephone systems – he is one of the most often heard voices in the world, and is a lifelong member of Mensa. Lawrence makes regular appearances as an industry commentator on G4/TechTV, CNN, FOX, CBS, MSNBC, Tribune broadcasting outlets as well as the CBC and the BBC.
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