OUR WORK
Our Approach
At Vox Vera, we teach you to embody your speech: to breathe, to ground, to meet the moment with courage and grace. So your words don’t just land—they live.
In the Age of AI, polish without presence falls flat. Scripts can’t listen. Robotic gestures don’t connect. Veneers may sparkle, but they don’t persuade.
We offer something deeper than tired checklists and soulless simulations: a concrete, physical way back into your body, your breath, your voice. So you speak with clarity, present with purpose, and connect with the full force of who you are.
Our practical, engaging method is rooted in timeless, intelligent craft—drawn from the stage, shaped in courtrooms and boardrooms, and taught at Stanford, Berkeley, and the University of Chicago.
This isn’t just theory—it’s lived experience that resonates. We’ve stood under the lights, argued high-stakes cases, led Fortune 50 executive teams, and guided hundreds of professionals toward lasting transformation.
What we bring is rare: classical rigor, modern connection and authenticity, real-world fluency, and the tools to help you show up—not as someone else, but as your most resonant, powerful self.
Performance Theory & Movement
Great speakers—like great athletes—perform with ease and purpose. They're grounded, centered, and able to inhabit any space with presence. We draw on established acting, dance, neuroscience, athletics, Alexander Technique, martial arts, sports psychology, and other time-tested, science-backed principles to help clients cross-train like elite performers.
We know how to use the most effective, respected methods from established disciplines to help our clients get out of their heads and into the space confidently, so that—like a top performer or athlete—you can deliver when it counts.
Patsy Rodenburg Technique
Great speakers—like great actors—breathe freely from a deep, supported place, stay connected with the audience, and land their words with honest impact.
Patsy Rodenburg's foundational voice, breath, presence, and language work is used by the world's leading actors and public speakers, and is taught at the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, and top training programs around the world. Vox Vera Founder Paul Marchegiani is the only American attorney and former Fortune 50 senior executive certified to teach Rodenburg work (PRA Certification), allowing him to bring her groundbreaking breath, presence, and speech work to the United States.
Voice Training
Great speakers—like great singers—understand how their voice works and resonates in various spaces. They warm up, project their voice with balance, and harness the musicality and rhythm of speech.
With a degree in Voice & Opera from Northwestern and a decade of combined classical voice and opera experience with the LA Opera, the San Francisco Symphony, and the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Founder/CEO Paul Marchegiani is an expert in the healthy use of the voice, helping you speak with freedom and confidence so that you can deliver in any venue.
Improvisation
Great speakers—like great improvisors—are nimble, listen actively, handle mistakes gracefully, show up honestly and fully, convey information economically, confront their fears courageously, and build consensus through "yes, and".
We've studied and performed improvisation at the highest levels for over a decade, working with The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, Impro Theatre, Second City, and Studio ACT.
Humanities & Linguistics
Great speakers—like great poets—know how to pack a punch with words, can embody all the sounds, colors, harmonics, and textures of the English language, and use the tools of rhetoric to their advantage. They go beyond semantics and use of the power of words to connect, persuade, and inspire.
We use old and new examples of great English literature, combined with science-backed linguistics tools, to help our clients use the full array of information contained within language. Whether English is your first or fourth language, we help you find comfort and joy in expressing yourself through speech.
Exclusive Assessment Tools
Great speakers—like great leaders—know themselves and their message, have the courage to bring honest humanity to their work, are curious about their professional development, and strive for greatness.
We use proprietary performance skills frameworks and assessment tools like The Performance Ladder™ and video feedback to help clients understand and contextualize the various components of a successful performance, allowing us to target our training efforts to the areas that will help our clients transform quickly.
Real World Experience
Great speakers—like great athletes, scientists, and craftspeople—test their skills in increasingly challenging contexts.
We've walked the walk at the highest levels of business, law, the arts, and academia for over 20 years, including senior executive leadership positions at Fortune 50 companies, professional performance experience in 3,000-person concert halls, prestigious law school teaching engagements, and Biglaw litigation practice in state and federal court.
We've counseled CEOs, Boards of Directors, politicians, Hollywood producers, and world-famous celebrities, and have been battle-tested time and time again. We know what our clients are up against on a visceral level, share your high ethical and performance standards, and speak your language.
