Outspoken: Why Women's Voices Get Silenced and How to Set Them Free

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Are you done with the mansplaining Have you been interrupted one too many times Dont stop talking. Take your voice back.

Womens voices arent being heardat work, at home, in public, and in every facet of their lives. When they speak up, theyre seen as pushy, loud, and too much. When quiet, theyre dismissed as meek and mild. Everywhere they turn, theyre confronted by the assumptions of a male-dominated world.

From the Supreme Court to the conference room to the classroom, women are interrupted far more often than their male counterparts. In the lab, researchers found that female executives who speak more often than their peers are rated 14 percent less competent, while male executives who do the same enjoy a 10 percent competency bump.

In Outspoken, Veronica Rueckerta Peabody Awardwinning former host at Wisconsin Public Radio, trained opera singer, and communications coachteaches women to recognize the value of their voices and tap into their inherent power, potential, and capacity for self-expression. Detailing how to communicate in meetings, converse around the dinner table, and dominate political debates, Outspoken provides readers with the tools, guidance, and encouragement they need to learn to love their voices and rise to the obligation to share them with the world.

Outspoken is a substantive yet entertaining analysis of why women still havent been fully granted the right to speak, and a guide to how we can start changing the culture of silence. Positive, instructive, and supportive, this welcome and much-needed handbook will help reshape the world and make it better for womenand for everyone. Its time to stop shutting up and start speaking out.

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This helpful guide, filled with Rueckerts sage advice, will be a great resource for any woman struggling to find or express her voice. Publishers Weekly Rueckerts own literary voice is encouraging, supportive, and cheerful, and its hard to imagine anyone who wouldnt benefit from her advice. In a sea of self-help books for women, this one stands out both for its unique perspective and its concrete recommendations. A practical and fascinating guide to liberating the female voice as a key to liberating the self. Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)

Author Bio

Veronica Rueckert is a Peabody Award-winning communications expert. At Veronica Rueckert Coaching, she delivers keynotes, conducts workshops and works with clients to help them discover the full power of their voices and bring joy to the act of speaking. She was a founding host of Wisconsin Public Radio's statewide news magazineCentral Time, senior producer and contributor onPublic Radio International'sTo the Best of Our Knowledge,and host of the arts and culture programThe Veronica Rueckert Show. She currently leads media training and national media outreach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.