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by Sean Oling, Sea

Ever had a guy walk into a room and immediately command respect?

When it comes to attraction, voice and body language are key. Women have the ability to tell instantly how confident a man is by his voice tone. A woman will usually decide weather or not to have a conversation with you based on your voice tone and body language which in effect reflects your self confidence.

So what is it about voice tone that women find appealing and others find intimidating? Why is it that some men talk with low resonating voices while others squeak?

Diaphragm

Some people will argue that it is just the vocals that produce the sound, while others believe that a great voice is produced by pushing air hard out of your lungs. In effect to them the harder you push air out of your lungs, the better your voice sounds.

This couldn't be further from the truth.

To produce sound several organs are involved. Your lungs and your diaphragm push air which meets the vocal chords, and they all together start a series of vibrations.

These vibrations expand through your lungs and mouth cavity. The key word here is resonance. They way you move your mouth, the way you expand your throat and more important, how deeply you breath, is what makes the resonance sound high or low.

With the same air speed, you can resonate high, or you can resonate low.

You might want to try an experiment. Say ?yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh? long enough. Now try bringing your voice down from the higher pitch to the lowest tone you can. Keep your air speed steady. You will be able to notice that your voice will resonate in three different places as you go from high up the frequency scale to deep down low. First you will resonate at the nose, then you will resonate at your throat, and last and more important you will resonate down at your chest. There is where the bass lies.

By doing some vocal training, you may learn to move your resonant point further down your body. That is a good thing. People will pay attention to you more often because of that.

There was a test once, and it was found that people that have a deep bass voice, people that know how to make plenty of pauses, and people that take their time when they speak, are way more attractive than all the rest.

Notice also that what you do here, is that you control a whole series of organs to bring out an end result: Keep the point of you resonance down to your chest and away from your head.

This is done, by trying to breathe deeply from your diaphragm and not shallow from your upper lungs.

You see, all babies and animals breath using the diaphragm. As we stress and move on in life, we make the error and start breathing shallower. There is a misunderstanding in western society. For some bizarre reason, the image of a fit man is one with a strong chest. So, many people when asked to take a deep breath, they start by expanding the upper part of the lungs. My friend, if you want to have a big chest, go to the gym. Breathing high, will not only make you less calm, but will also make you seem more defensive.

Normally, a high pitched voice reminds us of being less calm. Did you ever hear a child whine and complain about something? Would anybody be inclined to follow a suggestion that sounded like that? Of course not. Remember the first time you spoke in public, or the last time you were defending your self about something. Your voice was a pitch higher than normal.

If you want to stay calm: keep your breathing deep and your voice as bass as it can go. This will stop any unwanted positive stress feedback phenomena.

Exercises.

In order to be de-programmed of this bad way of breathing, you will need up to several months. But it can be done. There are some exercises that do exactly that. You should not to overdo with them and should perform them only after you have talked to a doctor or a voice expert.

Strengthen your diaphragm awareness exercises.

1) Inhale from your diaphragm. Push your stomach up like a balloon. Count silently 1-2-3-4 while inhaling. Count 4-3-2-1 silently while exhaling. This should not be done more than 6 times per day.

2) Inhale from the diaphragm deeply. Exhale slowly. So slowly that, if there was a candle in front of you, you wouldn't blow it.

3) Keep a strong body language so that you feel better. A strong body language communicates male power and dominance.

Resonance

1) Inhale deeply again. Exhale slowly while resonating from you chest. You should feel the resonance down to your belly. Avoid the nose or the throat. Your exhale should be stable with no tone changes and with no added effort.

2) Perform the same, but this time start visualizing that the resonance point looks like an elevator going up and down, as it travels from your nose to your chest.

3) Perform the same, but this time say all the different vocals in the alphabet, until all of them sound with the same tone. You may spot some that are less bass than others. Work on them.

Speech rhythm

4) Get something to read and read it out loud, while trying to maintain a reading speed of about 160 words per minute.

5) Give feelings and emotions to your words. Hit at least two tones. A monotone is *not* a very interesting voice, to listen to.

The key here is to practice, practice, practice.

1.Lab Training

There are two tracks for voice lab training, one is called Intensive Track (CVLT-I), which takes 14 days to have it done, the other is called Fast Track (CVLT-F) which probably takes 18 days.

The premise for taking lab training is that:
You are Current holder of CCVP Certification or you have passed CCIE? written exam or that you have 2 years experience with Cisco? equipment

(1)Intensive Track (CVLT-I) 14 days (112+ hours)

The Voice lab training intensive track lasts 14days and the price for it is US$ 10130, which including fee for one-on-one instruction, course material, accommodation, meals, and other relevant transportation fee etc.

General study arrangement: In this track, you will receive six and half hours on learning technology, then five and half hours on applying technology each day.

The Voice lab training intensive track is designed for the students who have limited time and are almost ready for the real exam. At the first week, your instructor will help to strengthen the specific weakness of your knowledge and review the most important parts of the exam topics with you. At the second week, you will be given at least four most up-to-date mock labs which will greatly prepare you for the real exam after step-by-step analyzing by your instructor.

CCIE Voice LAB Table of Content:
Basic Campus Design; Call Manager and Call Manager Express Configuration; Voice Gateway and Signaling; Call Routing; Voice CODEC; Call Admission Control; High Availability Features; Media Resource Management QoS Considerations; Unified Messaging; CRS/IPCC Express Application; Call Manager Voice Applications; Supplementary Services; Directory Services and Integration; Fax.

(2)Fast Track (CVLT-F) 18 days (148+ hours)

The Voice lab training fast track lasts 18days and the price for it is US$12310, which including fee for one-on-one instruction, course material, accommodation, meals, and other relevant transportation fee etc.

General study arrangement: In this training track, you will gain six and half hours? training on learning technologies, then five and half hours on applying technologies each day during the first week. And in the second week, you will receive five and half hours? training on learning technologies, then six and five hours? on applying technologies each day.

The lab training fast track is designed for the students who would like to obtain technical and to be well-prepared for the actual exam. Each student will receive a full customized study plan based on his specific weakness after being given a simulating test by his/her instructor. Besides, we provide more numbers of challenging and up-to-date mock labs than any competitor which will definitely become key weapon of your success.

CCIE Voice LAB Table of Content:
Basic Campus Design; Call Manager and Call Manager Express Configuration; Voice Gateway and Signaling; Call Routing; Voice CODEC; Call Admission Control; High Availability Features; Media Resource Management QoS Considerations; Unified Messaging; CRS/IPCC Express Application; Call Manager Voice Applications; Supplementary Services; Directory Services and Integration; Fax.

2.Cathay's CCIE Voice Written Exam Training (CVWET) 6 days (52+ hours)
The written exam training lasts 6 days and the price for it is US$ 5145, which including fee for one-on-one instruction, course material, accommodation, meals, and other relevant transportation fee etc.

The Cathay School CCIE? written exam training is designed for the students who would like pass the real exam in one attempt and to obtain knowledge and technologies. In addition, you will be introduced the information of the lab exam in order that you will be ready to get CCIE? certified.

Pre-class requirements: Current CCVP Certification or 2 years experience with Cisco? equipment.

CCIE Voice Written exam training Content:
Campus Design; QoS; Architecture and Protocols; SMDI; Security; Capacity Planning (Voice gateway/Network); Dial Plan; High Availability Considerations; Video; Echo Theory; Fault Diagnosis; SIP Proxy; Coexistence/Migration; Unified Messaging; Call Processing; Manageability Considerations; 911/E911 considerations.

3.Cathay's CCIE Voice 1-Stop Training - Fast Track (CVAT-F) 23 days (186+ hours)
The one-stop training fast track lasts 23days and the price for it is US$ 15660, which including fee for one-on-one instruction, course material, accommodation, meals, and other relevant transportation fee etc.

The 1-stop CCIE? training includes technologies of both written exam and lab exam. During your stay in Cathay School, a CCIE instructor will work with you to ensure that you will pass the written and lab exam in one go. If you are looking for the class which will actually bring you both technologies and certificate, don't hesitate to choose us. Each student will receive a full customized study plan based on his specific weakness after being given a simulating test by his/her instructor. Besides, we provide more numbers of challenging and up-to-date mock labs than any competitor which will definitely become the key weapon for you to success.

Pre-class requirements: Current CCVP Certification or 2 years experience with Cisco? equipment.

General Study Arrangement: In the duration that you are studying our courses, you will receive seven hours? training on learning technologies and three hours? on applying technologies each day during the first period of study. When it comes to the second period, you will gain five and half hours on learning technologies, then six and half hours on applying technologies each day.

CCIE Voice 1-Stop Course Content:
Basic Campus Design; Call Manager and Call Manager Express Configuration; Voice Gateway and Signaling; Call Routing; Voice CODEC; Call Admission Control; High Availability Features; Media Resource Management; QoS Considerations; Unified Messaging ; CRS/IPCC Express Application; Call Manager Voice Applications; Supplementary Services; Directory Services and Integration; Fax .

P.S.

How to save big money while gaining knowledge?
You can save 10% if you fund your study 30 days ahead, 5% for two participants together and 10% for 3. While in group training, if your company would like to send four or more participants to our boot camps, please contact us for a substantial discount.

Our promise: We guarantee that if you failed to pass the relevant exam and get the certification after taking your boot camp, you can return to ours and retake the boot camp free of charge but pay the hotel's, meals and test voucher only. Furthermore, we believe this course offers the best possible training in this field. You can advice the instructor to withdraw from our courses and handle the relevant materials if you are not satisfied during the first 2 days of your study.

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