Joanna Crosse Non-fiction
Guardian Angels for Children
&
Find Your Voice
World Rights Available
Guardian Angels for Children is a children’s handbook, with some cool pictures, lots of stories, and simple exercises to help kids relate to their guardian angels and the devas all around them.
There are 22 chapters on a range of subject matters from the Angels of Love and Happiness to the Angels of Homes and Place, Life and Death, Pets and Nature.
Related titles by Joanna Crosse (see below for full list):
• A Child’s Book of Angels Barefoot Books, 2000 (Published in 5 languages)
• Angels to Watch Over Me Element Books/ Barnes & Noble, US 1998
Find Your Voice
Fulfil your Potential through Clear Expression
World Rights Available
Joanna Crosse is an internationally recognised voice trainer, facilitator and coach both inside and outside the media, having worked for 30 years in the field of National and Regional TV and Broadcasting as a presenter and news reader, as well as in print publishing. She is the voice and presentation coach for the ITV News network and trains for the BBC, GMTV and C4.
Joanna is the author of four published books, and having been on opposite sides of the microphone, she knows what the media wants and how to give the best interviews.
She is also a regular media trainer for Random House authors, and has spent many years as a media trainer for the Police.
Her work as a voice coach has shown over the past decade there are simple ways to transform your voice – literally – on all levels. She has worked with thousands of individuals many of whom claim the work has opened up new doorways of opportunities and expanded their personal growth. Joanna has not only helped people visibly and audibly improve in the professional broadcast arena but has helped many people overcome speech problems such as stammering and poor pronunciation.
She has been encouraged by many people to write a new book on simple ways to use our voice and be heard. Find Your Voice is the result.
For more information about her and her work, see her website: www.metamedia.gb.com; also see Testimonials below.
Find Your Voice is an inspirational guide containing practical examples and exercises designed to help anyone from any walk of life improve their communication skills and raise their game.
The Concept Our voice is an expression of who we are. Finding our voice is not just a physical concept. It is about discovering who we are as a person and what our mission is in life. The book will show how to overcome the psychological blocks that can stop us from finding our true voice.
Success means different things to different people. In this age of celebrity more people than ever before want to find their moment of fame. As the media diversifies and expands there are countless opportunities to do just that whether through websites such as MySpace and Youtube or on one of the countless TV reality shows like X Factor or Big Brother.
But there is a myth that somehow we need to be someone other than ourselves to get there or to find success in our chosen field. Joanna Crosse has discovered through personal and professional experience that being yourself is the key to guaranteed success. She shows us how easy it is to empower ourselves through clear and effective communication.
One of the aims of this book is to debunk the myths about voice and presentation skills and provide a simple guide to improving communication in all walks of life, looking at practical ways to improve our voice and the message we want to deliver.
Each section will be illustrated with inspirational true life examples of how people from schoolchildren to well known celebrities have achieved what they wanted through the power of their voice.
SELLING POINTS
• can be marketed as a Book, Audio CD and DVD
• will appeal to a wide audience from the broadcast professional, to the company executive, to the individual who wants to use their voice in a more productive way
• accessible to all - the book could be read by anyone from teenager to octogenarian!
SOME TESTIMONIALS
“Joanna is an inspiration. Combining her extensive knowledge and experience of journalism and newsrooms with infectious enthusiasm and a highly perceptive approach, she has a significant and tangible effect in all the training she delivers.
Jo understands the pressures, fears and difficulties most journalists face in today’s busy newsrooms. She can evaluate people quickly and help them devise their own action plans for improvement. The self-awareness and confidence she builds in people is exceptional and resulting in professional and personal development and significant increases in performance.
It’s a delight to work with Jo. I can’t recommend her highly enough.”
Emma Clifford, Training and Development Manager, ITV News Group
“Joanna Crosse has recently worked for GMTV as a presenter trainer and voice coach. Her wide-ranging skills and experience in the broadcasting industry make her the ideal trainer for us and we have seen significant improvement in the on-screen performance of those who’ve worked with Joanna. She is particularly effective at unlocking individual potential as well as bringing sound practical skills to her work on scripting, voice production and body language.”
Helen McMurray, Head of Presentation, GMTV
“Joanna has helped me support numerous staff by providing training and coaching in customer service, communication, presentation and writing skills as well as confidence building and voice coaching.
Her approach is wonderful. Following training or coaching with Joanna I have seen staff increase in confidence and self esteem and have seen others come to understand themselves better which has led to improved performance and work life balance.
When my industry colleagues ask me for details of training contacts, MetaMedia is top of my list.”
Julie Purnell, Human Resources Manager, ITV
“Joanna has given my author the confidence to tackle interviews. The media training was absolutely tailored to his needs. We were both pleased with how much better he came across in the media as a direct result of the training.”
Charlotte Bush, Divisional Publicity Director, Random House Publishing
“The rapport she builds up with people she’s working with is quite extraordinary. Joanna’s able to take experienced people and demonstrate to them, through her own experience and knowledge, where they may be able to improve the work they’re doing.”
Steve Egginton, Managing Director, Worldwide Media
PUBLISHED TITLES BY JOANNA CROSSE
• Speak Out A & C Black, 2004 ( A guide to the Media & Communication Skills)
• A Child’s Book of Angels Barefoot Books, 2000 (Published in 5 languages)
• Angels to Watch Over Me Element Books/ Barnes & Noble, US 1998
• Encyclopaedia of Mind, Body, Spirit and Earth Element Books/ Barnes & Noble, US 1998
