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How The Serlin Method™ For Accent Softening Was Born
Before I set up London Speech Workshop I had never heard of Accent Softening. So I was even more surprised when I realised that for many non-native speakers, the experience of having an accent...
Published: April 4, 2016
4 Reasons Pauses Are Great For Communication
Pauses are crucial to good communication These aren’t nebulous empty pauses, but little breaks, which signify a unit of thought. You can think of it as a musical phrase which is part of a...
Published: March 3, 2016
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. As much as we would like to think it is not...
Published: February 29, 2016
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...
Published: February 19, 2016
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...
Published: September 25, 2015
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...
Published: August 21, 2015
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...
Published: August 11, 2015
Authentic Speech: What Does It Mean And Why Should You Care?
We all know what inauthentic communication looks and sounds like. Whether it’s a politician from an elite background trying to mimic a Northern working class accent to “get on the voters’ level”, or...
Published: July 23, 2015
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. ...
Published: June 23, 2015
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...
Published: May 21, 2015