Communication & Accent Reduction Blog

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Live Your Brand Values And Use Business As A Force For Good

Many organisations create and then communicate their brand values to their staff and customers. Some take it further and make big promises with audacious goals. They may gather press to announce their vision… And...

Written by Emma Serlin

Q&A with Emma – What are your resolutions & goals for 2020?

Thanks for sitting down with me. I know that you're a great believer in planning ahead and I know that you've spent time recently setting a vision and actionable goals for the year ahead...

Written by Emma Serlin

Naomi’s Journey With A Communication Coach

This week is the first of a new kind of blog, where we share news from our coaches as they tell us about of the eureka moments and highlights with their clients. It's Isobel's turn...

Written by Emma Serlin

5 Tips For Overcoming Presentation Nerves

Your stomach is queasy, your palms are sweaty, and your mind has gone blank about your opening lines. It's the bog standard, presentation heebie jeebies kicking in. If this sounds familiar, how about some...

Written by Emma Serlin

How To Speak Eloquently

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Written by Emma Serlin

From Christmas Scrooge to Santa Rouge

How to turn grotty exchanges into delightful connections with six simple tips Christmas should be a time of cheer, but so often things come up that can turn us more into a Christmas scrooge....

Written by Emma Serlin

My Six Tips To Hilary Clinton To Be A More Powerful Communicator

Like many of us, I have been enthralled by the unfolding events of the American elections, and of course, as the director of London Speech Workshop, I can’t help but take a communication perspective....

Written by Emma Serlin

London Speech Workshop Remembers Alan Rickman

Two weeks since Alan Rickman’s death, and the world is still feeling the ongoing ripples of sadness at the loss of such a formidable talent. We thought we’d add to the recognition with a...

Written by Emma Serlin

Summer news round-up

Autumn’s coming on thick and fast, no two ways about it. But before we fully embrace it, we’d like to offer you a look back at a couple of the top stories on accents,...

Written by Emma Serlin

Harley Street

After an interesting and eventful Summer, we are restarting this blog with renewed vigour. This piece is a round up of news from the last six months. Firstly, we are opening our second London...

Written by Emma Serlin

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