{"id":439,"date":"2020-04-09T18:51:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-professional-education\/?p=439"},"modified":"2020-04-09T18:51:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T18:51:55","slug":"understanding-and-mastering-your-tone-of-voice-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-professional-education\/2020\/04\/09\/understanding-and-mastering-your-tone-of-voice-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding and Mastering Your Tone of Voice Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-441 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-professional-education\/files\/2020\/04\/header-1-300x151.jpg\" alt=\"two women talking to one another\" width=\"330\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-professional-education\/files\/2020\/04\/header-1-300x151.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-professional-education\/files\/2020\/04\/header-1-250x126.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/center-professional-education\/files\/2020\/04\/header-1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This week on Workstation, body language expert Dr. Donna Van Natten presented \u201cUnderstanding and Mastering Your Tone of Voice.\u201d Donna shared how 38% of communication is based on tone of voice. 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