How building awareness changes everything

How Lonnie Norwood Uses Music to Teach Black History and Bring this Knowledge to Many Lonnie Norwood, Director of Africana Studies and Conductor of Englewood Neighborhood Choir and Lincoln Park/DePaul Neighborhood Choir. Profession: Music Educator.  Founded in 1956 and inspired by the burgeoning Civil Rights Movement, Uniting Voices Chicago (formerly Chicago Children’s Choir) is rooted…

What are the causes of the fear of using your voice? How can you handle those fears? Join me as I explore the topic and give you ideas and techniques on how to release your fears of speaking up. And remember if you’d like to work with me to boost your confidence in communicating or…

Public Speaking Nightmare and How You Can Change It Into Gold In my sophomore year of high school, I was cast in my first play. Additionally, I got a real lesson in staying present, improv, and dealing with a public speaking nightmare during the run of that show. One night in the middle of my…

What do you do when you have a fundamental disagreement with someone who is deliberately argumentative? Can you have a substantive discussion? What are some techniques you might employ to engage or disengage successfully? Connect with Izolda Book a Discovery Call Are You Answering a Question? I’d love to hear from you! Leave Me A…

We hear a lot about how confidence is a crucial aspect of being a successful public speaker. Certainly, it’s important. But there are other factors in play that will make or break your presentation. Whether or not you’re a Creative, you’ll need to know how to present about what you do. Confidence plays a role,…