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3 Ways to Improve Your Networking Experience
The time has come for your anticipated networking event. For the lucky few, this event is a hearty joy ride, an opportunity to share your energy and passion, and make genuine connections with people...
Published: November 28, 2022
How To Overcome Imposter Syndrome: 12 Tips
How many times have you thought “I could’ve done that much better” after giving a presentation or leaving a job interview? There are lots of potential reasons for underperformance—but the one we give the...
Published: January 21, 2022
Our Pursuit In Becoming B Corp Certified
At London Speech Workshop we have always been passionate about empowering people to be the best, authentic and kind communicators they can be and to unleash their voice. Every day we see first hand...
Published: January 17, 2022
Empowered & Real: Communication for a Brave New World
Yesterday I was sitting in my front room, with the cat climbing up the curtain behind me and my five-year-old son singing in the room next door, holding an important meeting with the Managing...
Published: December 23, 2021
How To Enunciate Better & Stop Mumbling
Mumbling is when you don’t speak clearly or loudly enough, and it can be difficult for whomever you are speaking to, to hear your words and understand what you are saying. It’s a common...
Published: May 14, 2021
Let’s Toast To New Beginnings… & Empowered Communication In 2021
Wow. What a year it's been. We have been preaching and practising making lemonade from lemons from the beginning of this crazy year, and while this practice has at some times been challenging, I...
Published: December 31, 2020
7 Black Innovators You Should Learn From
The current Black Lives Matter movement and protests in America and indeed across the world have impacted so many people, and spurred reflections on what is and what is not okay in today's modern...
Published: June 19, 2020
Lockdown Life: I’m Nervous On Camera But Led Daily Zoom Vocal Warmups
I’ve always enjoyed vocal warmups. My favourite class at drama school was voice, partly because I seemed to be quite good at these classes, and partly because I always felt so good afterwards. They...
Published: June 4, 2020
Should I Take An Accent Softening Course?
Should non-native English speakers drop, change or soften their accents? Your first instinct may be an indignant “of course not!” And in a way, we agree. But as with many things in life that...
Published: May 2, 2020
What is our approach during this time of disruption?
There is no doubting this is one of the oddest and in many ways most alarming times most of us have experienced. But as a resolutely positive person, I am fully committed to finding...
Published: March 18, 2020