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Our Online Accent Reduction Course Will Have You Speaking American English Like a Native

2 Comments / Accent Reduction, American Accent, Get rid of your accent, Online Speech Training

Do you ever feel like people don’t understand you? Perhaps they ask you to repeat? Or maybe they’re understanding you but you don’t feel like you’re making an incredible connection? Everyone needs to improve their speech–native & foreign-born speakers alike. If your goal is to be an A-list actor and you need to have no …

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How to Be Assertive Yet Warm

4 Comments / Assertive, not aggressive, Be concise, Body Language, Branding, Communication Skills, Confidence

Do you need to assert yourself more? Perhaps you don’t speak up for yourself. You let your ideas, however brilliant, go unsaid. Or possibly you do assert yourself, but you come across as aggressive. Or rude, even. Neither of these is helpful at all for your career or your relationships. So if you’re sitting around …

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How to Sound More Confident

1 Comment / Be concise, Body Language, Confidence, Executive Presence, Improve the Sound of your Voice, Slow Down Your Speech, Verbal Brand

There’s nothing like a lack of confidence to hinder your success in relationships and at work. Not knowing what to say, the shaky voice, the passive wording, the fast-talking; all add up as a wedge between you and success. And you know the confident people? The folks who exude executive presence and have people eating out of …

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How to Stop Being Interrupted

Leave a Comment / Be concise, Communication Skills, Conversational Skills, Eliminate Filler Words, Establish Strong Relationships, Executive Presence

Are you being interrupted frequently? Does it happen in many of your meetings? Being interrupted is not fun, and it can make you feel insignificant and like your words have no meaning. But this doesn’t have to be. You can learn the techniques to keep from being interrupted. If you’re only being interrupted once in …

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How to Be Calm in Meetings

Leave a Comment / Communication Skills, Eliminate Filler Words, Executive Presence, Networking, Slow Down Your Speech, Speak Better

Do you find yourself under a bit of stress at work? Are you not exactly performing at your best during those times? Do you sometimes have difficulty getting your point across in high-stakes situations? If you said, “yes,” you’d be like 94% of the working population who report high stress at work according to a …

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How to Remember Names & What to Do When You Don’t

2 Comments / Conversational Skills, Establish Strong Relationships, Executive Presence, Making Small Talk, Networking, Verbal Brand

Do you remember faces but forget names? Have you ever avoided saying “hello” to someone because you forgot their name? I mean, literally, turned your head to pretend you don’t see that person, so you can avoid having to admit you forgot their name? We all feel gawdawful about it when we forget people’s names. …

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What do Influential People Know That You Don’t?

Leave a Comment / Communication Skills, Persuasion, Relaxation, Sound Amazing

You have influential people in your life, right? They are some seriously smooth operators. People just do what they say without any questions. They speak and folks are magnetized. What do they know that you don’t? Straight off the bat, they know how to be relaxed in high-stakes situations and how to convey concise messages. They weren’t …

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How to Be a Better Presenter in 9 Easy Steps

13 Comments / Communication Skills, fear of speaking, How not to suck at public speaking, How to Speak Better, make presentations interesting, Persuasion, Public Speaking

How did that TED Talker do it? How did she entertain me and change my ideas so quickly and easily? I was swept off my feet by her charisma and easy style. The time passed so fast, and I was hanging on to her every word. Now I’m a believer in what she’s selling! What …

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How to Network for Success–A Comprehensive Guide to Networking

9 Comments / elevator pitch, Establish Strong Relationships, Networking, talk so people listen, Uncategorized

Networking brings you success in your life. The better you are at networking, the more successful you’ll be in all areas of your life. Many things can stand in the way of being an excellent networker and we’ll deal with them here today. Some people just don’t know what to say when they meet someone …

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How to Get People to Like You in 9 Easy Steps

8 Comments / Body Language, Branding, Conversational Skills, Establish Strong Relationships, Making Small Talk

We all know that person to whom everyone gravitates—the guy who makes everyone laugh, leads conversations, and tells suspenseful stories. He somehow gets everyone to like him! He’s like a people magnet. Everyone wants to be around him and be like him. He’s sought-after for jobs and projects. Did you think every charming & charismatic person …

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