Top Tips for Celebrants – 6
10 February 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) Speaking And Singing – Are They the Same Voice? And the answer is… drum roll!… YES YES? So, this could be a brief blog – but it won’t be. The speaking and […]
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28 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) In Top Tips for Celebrants – 4, I wrote “Next time, I’m going to dip into a bit of voice work from a couple of different angles; and I’ll mention nudging (yes!) […]
Read more →Top Tips for Celebrants – 4
22 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) In Top Tips for Celebrants – 3, I suggested you record yourself reminiscing about a pleasant memory for a minute or two; and to imagine that you’re sharing this recollection with a […]
Read more →Top Tips for Celebrants – 3
19 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) Your Sunday-Best voice. Just about everybody has one. There’s nothing wrong with that as long as it just means you’re being a bit more careful than usual when you speak that way. […]
Read more →Top Tips for Celebrants – 2
14 January 2025
(In these blogs, although I use the word celebrant, the information I share applies to anyone who’s presenting a ceremony of any kind.) Well, fancy meeting you here! If you haven’t looked at Top Tips for Celebrants – 1, there’s a link at the end of this. I’m trying to give these tips a semblance […]
Read more →MCs and Celebrants
16 October 2024
In my mind, MC stands for Master Communicator. I’ve known one for a few years. And there’s no hammer about this MC. He’s a warm, friendly, gentle soul. Let’s call him Mr W – he’d probably blush if I shared his name. Guess what! Mr W is my dentist! Well, not just mine. That’s the […]
Read more →My Evolution as a Voice Coach
10 April 2024
Looking back at when I started working with celebrants and trainee celebrants, it seems like aeons ago; and, in comparison to now, I was like a one-cell amoeba floating around in a primordial celebrant soup. Recently I put up a blog about how it’s possible to have your eyes opened to new methods and thoughts […]
Read more →An Identity Crisis? Not Really
4 February 2024
Am I a voice and communication teacher? A celebrant-presentation tutor? Maybe a vocal coach? (I’d love to work with someone called Meg – then I could say I’m a Meghan Trainer!) * A mixture of those titles would do, but there’s another ingredient in the celebrant mix: your personality! Voice, communication and personality are inextricably […]
Read more →Show and Tell
29 January 2024
I expect the words ‘show and tell’ might take you back to your schooldays. We’d be asked to take something from home to the classroom, and tell the class about it – why we chose it, where we got it from… why someone else may be interested in it. It’s usually associated with younger kids, […]
Read more →It’s the Little Things
14 December 2023
There are some mighty big things you need to be on top of when you’re a celebrant. Here are four, straight off! How you interact with your clients; your creativity so that you can fashion a brilliant ceremony; and your presentation skills. I know what you’re thinking – but I’d divide presentation into your voice […]
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