Do you know that moment on the phone when you take a call and after just three words you know exactly: "This is now acquisition!"? When you hear clearly from your tone and voice that the callers are not concerned with your well-being, but solely with your own sales? This impersonal tone not only leads to failure all too often [...]
They called me "Machiavelli" behind closed doors. How did this come about? In the eighties, I was the director of a theatre company. Cellar theatre, 200 seats, the audience flocked in droves. The artistic successes were great, the working conditions and salaries a disaster. And I had to make unpleasant decisions all the time. On stage I was [...]
Do you know this? - You hear a voice, the first words reach your ear, and in the second everything in you says: "yes, let me hear more!" Some voices you just can't resist, right? They captivate us. Open our ears, touch our innermost being. These questions are [...]
A few days ago, I was invited to a preliminary talk for a routine operation that has been pending for some time. Not really exciting thing, minimally invasive, after a night in the clinic I should go home again. As an enlightened patient, I prepare myself well, study the current treatment methods. I am fascinated by the idea that the doctors [...]
It was 1977, as far as I remember, when Reinhard Mey entered the stage in the Salzburg Mozarteum, which was sold out to the last seat. The lights in the auditorium were already extinguished, all eyes in tense silence on the singer, who was just picking up his guitar. The contrast of the strong spotlight cone made the background appear almost black. [...]
Perhaps you have also thought that I could listen to this voice for hours. No wonder, several studies show that most people find full-sounding voices in the medium pitch pleasant. Not only are voices that are too high and shrill less popular, but also the growling low voices, they land [...]
Mr. Fischbacher, are you still nervous before performances? Already in the first part of the podcast (listen to it here <<), the conversation turned to the audible insecurity in the voice due to stage fright and performance nervousness. Podcast on the topic of nervousness Listen to the 2nd part of the interview by Beatrice Fischer-Stracke with Arno Fischbacher for her podcast "The Voice as [...]
When a voice coach interviews the voice coach Most people are not aware of the power of their voice. There is mumbling, squeezing, pressing and breathing for all it's worth. Voice coaching? For what! Yet we humans have all the tools within us. But how can voice coaching provide successful support? "The voice as a success factor" is the name of the great podcast of my Munich [...]
"Train your voice" often sounds like lengthy exercises and complicated tongue twisters. Admittedly, if you want to appear as an actor in the Burgtheater or set audio books to music as a professional speaker, you will not be able to avoid hours of practice. However, if you want to quickly achieve more impact when negotiating, selling or presenting, please note what I [...]
How exactly do stress and tension affect our voice? And what can be done about it? Listen to the current tip from my audio book "Secret Seducer Voice". The author: Arno Fischbacher is a business voice coach and rhetoric expert, speaker and author. He prepares executives and employees of the top companies in Germany and Austria for negotiations, presentations and [...]
