Communication & Accent Reduction Blog

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How To Manage Post-Pandemic Public Speaking Anxiety

Pre 2020, public speaking and presentation skills were largely centred around physical delivery - maintaining eye contact with your audience, taking up space on your stage, adapting your content according to the reaction of...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Ask For A Raise (And Get It!)

Bringing up the subject of money at work can feel intimidating to most people, but it's important that you don't let this stand in the way of earning the salary you deserve. As with...

Written by Emma Serlin

Mastering The Queen’s English

So, this year marks the Queen's Platinum Jubilee. It therefore seems a good time to look at one of the most iconic voices of the last 70 years, both for us Brits, and for...

Written by Emma Serlin

Father Of The Bride Speech Guide

This one's for the dads who have likely been looking forward to this day for their whole life! And yet, now that the day looms closer - you're probably feeling the pressure as the...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Write And Deliver A Groom’s Speech

The moment has finally arrived. As you gently tap your glass, inviting the room to quieten down so that you can profess your undevoted love to your other half, you may be feeling the...

Written by Emma Serlin

6 Tips For A Best Man Speech

Pressure is often high for the best man or woman’s wedding speech. You’ve never given a speech before, and suddenly everyone is expecting you to be funny, confident and creative. Ultimately, remember that the...

Written by Emma Serlin

5 Wedding Speech Tips

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Written by Emma Serlin

3 English Pronunciation Tips for Dutch Speakers

The Dutch language is spoken by about 20 million people worldwide, as well as 21 million who speak its descendant Afrikaans. Being so closely related to English on a grammatical level, Dutch speakers don't...

Written by Emma Serlin

Zelensky vs Biden: A Powerful Lesson In Communication

The range of emotions felt as we’ve watched Volodymyr Zelensky speak via Zoom to parliaments across the world over the past few weeks, is vast. There’s no question that the Ukrainian President is speaking from...

Written by Emma Serlin

7 Ways To Build Connection Within Your Virtual Team

As we find ourselves in a different kind of hybrid working world - going into the office more regularly but with many meetings, presentations and networking events still held virtually, it's so important to...

Written by Emma Serlin

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