Communication & Accent Reduction Blog

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LSW’s Founder & CEO, Emma Serlin, Analyses Communication Strategies In ‘The Traitors’

We at London Speech Workshop (LSW) are thrilled to announce that our CEO and Founder, Emma Serlin, has been featured in a series of prominent news outlets. Her insights into the role of communication...

Written by Emma Serlin

Dressing For Success: How To Make A Lasting Impression In Interviews

Understanding the Company Culture and Dress Code Before you choose your interview attire, it's essential to understand the company's culture. This can vary widely across industries and individual companies. Corporate environments often lean towards...

Written by Emma Serlin

A Year In Review At London Speech Workshop

We sat down with CEO & Founder of London Speech Workshop, Emma Serlin, to chat about her highlights and challenges she's faced over the past year, as well as how LSW is fitting into...

Written by Emma Serlin

How to Use Notes When Public Speaking Without Losing Your Audience

Watch any TEDx talk and you’ll see the speaker strolling confidently around the stage, making eye contact with members of the audience and using their arms - their whole bodies even - to add...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Improve Your Vocal Charisma

Great Vocal Charisma can really be the difference that can help you ace that talk or presentation or job interview. Being a powerful communicator is right at the top of the list for the...

Written by Emma Serlin

What Is ‘Good Elocution’?

Elocution is often associated with a certain way of speaking- known as 'received pronunciation' which is generally based on educated speech in southern England. However it's a rather dated notion nowadays, as there is...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Write A Speech – 5 Tips

Writing a speech and starting with a blank page can feel pretty challenging. Our Founder and Director, Emma created this brilliant guide using the acronym 'POWER' for creating powerful presentations and speeches called The...

Written by Emma Serlin

Warming Up Your Vocal Cords Like A Professional

The Cambridge Dictionary defines elocution as: "The art of careful public speaking, using clear pronunciation and good breathing to control the voice"   But before we focus on precise articulation and pronunciation, we must...

Written by Emma Serlin

Time To Celebrate: We’re B Corp Certified!

We're thrilled to announce that London Speech Workshop is officially a B Corp.   We’ve been working away behind the scenes and, after a challenging process, we couldn’t be prouder to share that we’ve...

Written by Emma Serlin

Sound Confident – 3 Quick Tips!

If you've got an important presentation or meeting coming up, you could be worrying about sounding confident - after all, if you don't sound confident, will people take you seriously? The way you deliver...

Written by Emma Serlin

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