Pacific Language Institute 300-755 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC (map)

Price: CAD5.00/per person

• Do you know how to use your voice to be more likeable? • Do you know how to use your voice to make more sales? • Could you use your voice to command more respect? • Does your voice help or hinder your business and career? • Would you like to project more? • Do you hate the voice you hear on your answering machine? • Does your voice get tired by the end of the day? • Do people have problems understanding you? Come and join us and learn what’s in a voice and how yours can make you a winner. A voice can help you make or lose a sale. A voice can make or break you as a leader. Your voice reveals your personality: a soft voice suggests that you don’t believe in what you are selling or that you are weak and lack confidence. On the other hand, a loud voice suggests that you are brash or even egotistical. Either way you lose. Mr. Jan Cooper has been teaching all things related to voice for over 30 years. He will offer you solutions and exercises to control the sound of your voice and turn it into a valuable asset. In this workshop you will learn: • How to develop an influential voice • Exercises to build a powerful voice • Confidence by using proper voice techniques • To prevent permanent damage to your voice Jan was born in Toronto, graduated from UBC in Early Childhood Education and studied speech pathology and laryngology at Julliard in New York. Then he studied opera for 9 years with a student of the famous Rosa Ponsell before doing social work for 2 years and teaching theatre and English high school for 9 years in the Burnaby school district. He has promoted and represented bands from around the world for the last 22 years and is the vocal coach for Loverboy, John Sykes from Whitesnake, Lisa Brokop and US5 (the number 1 boys group out of Europe). Jan has worked alongside Murray Morrison, the top laryngologist at VGH. He is opening another Cooper Studios School in Edmonton and is developing reality shows for the internet.