Communication & Accent Reduction Blog

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What is a Power Pose? The Importance of Body Language

With their arms raised skywards, fingers pointing and chests out, the Rio 2016 Olympians showed us some great examples of amazing power poses. Thinking back on the games, it’s easy to find oneself gasping at the...

Written by Emma Serlin

5 Top Tips For Making A Good First Impression

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Written by Emma Serlin

You’re Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile

Want to make a great first impression? Smile! Never underestimate the power of a smile - after all, you're never fully dressed without one. Let's try something. Picture someone smiling. Close your eyes if that...

Written by Emma Serlin

The Seven Seconds You Most Need To Understand

Treat dictionaries and encyclopaedias as biblical texts all you like, but at the end of the day even the most impressive of vocabularies won’t make up for lacklustre body language. Research has shown that...

Written by Emma Serlin

The King’s Speech & The Serlin Method™ For Powerful Communication

I watched The King’s Speech again a couple of nights ago. Such a lovely film. When it first came out and I told people what about my work here at London Speech Workshop they would...

Written by Emma Serlin

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...

Written by Emma Serlin

The P.O.W.E.R. Key: How To Write A Speech

This week’s blog post is on the P.O.W.E.R KEY: 5 how to’s for powerful presentations and speeches. For those of you that missed it, it was the subject of the webinar I delivered last...

Written by Emma Serlin

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 longer...

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

Louisa’s Communication Coaching Journey

This weeks blog has been written by London Speech Workshop Senior Coach Theo about his client Louisa and their journey together. Please note clients name has been changed in order to preserve confidentiality. (more…)

Written by Emma Serlin

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