Communication & Accent Reduction Blog

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Received Pronunciation: Is There A Right Way To Pronounce Words?

Words are the great facilitator of our communication. When we use words sloppily therefore, we are undermining our position as communicators. (more…)

Written by Emma Serlin

Three Steps To Brave Communication

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I have lived through this horror. I...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Use Gesture To Your Advantage

Jamie Chapman, one of our Principal Coaches shares with us a story of one of his clients’ fantastic transformations that landed her the dream job. “When Rachel came for an Elocution and Effective Communication...

Written by Emma Serlin

6 Techniques to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety

Glossophobia, the fear of public speaking, is greater than the fear of death for 75% of us. It affects everyone from CEO to student, manager to marketer. Too many of us are filled with...

Written by Emma Serlin

LSW’s communication tips for each Labour Leadership candidate

With the Labour Leadership contest hotting up with as many surprises, plot changes and startling character developments as a heart-thudding novel, we thought it was time to put the spotlight on the four contenders...

Written by Emma Serlin

Authentic Speech: What Does It Mean And Why Should You Care?

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Written by Emma Serlin

Your Accent Challenge: Overcome It By Focusing On 4 Key Ideals

  Accents can be a challenge. Even if you are a fluent English speaker, you may find an accent to be a bump in the road towards being the best communicator you can be....

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Eliminate Negative Internal Voices

“The more a person allows the critical voice to affect the way they speak, the more they retreat inwards, away from good communication.” Last week I ran a workshop in Glasgow for a very...

Written by Emma Serlin

What Is Convergence?

Have you ever been speaking to someone with a different accent, and found yourself changing the way you speak to sound more like them? (more…)

Written by Emma Serlin

Authentic Communication At Work

Last night I went to a talk on authenticity in the work place. Some of it was good, and some really good. And unsurprisingly, given the subject matter of the talk, the moments that...

Written by Emma Serlin

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