1. Take a breath before each phrase or sentence, and let it out as you speak. 2. Go as slow as you need to in order to comfortably and easily say what you want to say. Go as slow as you need to in order to complete a phrase, or thought group, in one breath. Be sure...
Accent on the hourglass
Accent on direct communication If you know that someone's English communication skills are not strong enough, could an accent reduction program be the solution? It could, but accent reduction could be just part of the solution. Maybe you should not put the accent on...
Lose my accent
Can I lose my accent? Can you lose your accent? You can lose your accent with our program. Really? I can lose my accent? Well, I wouldn't say that you can lose your accent. Everyone has different purposes and different goals when it comes to improving English language...
Accent on the next slide
Accent on presentations So you know about the next level. Everyone wants to get to the next level. Everyone wants to go to the next level. But what about the next slide? How do you get to the next slide? How do you go to the next slide? Those are good questions. To...
Manager’s tone of voice follow-up
Although tone has to do with how our voices sound, the words themselves can sometimes have a tone. In this way, the words that you choose combine with your tone of voice to affect how you come across when you are speaking. So, again, how we say something is just as...
Manager’s Tone of Voice
A manager asked me to speak to a couple of his employees to find out what they think about how he communicates. In speaking to these two employees, I uncovered a minor problem which had to do with tone and how the manager comes across occasionally. Here’s what we...