Looking for ways to increase your win rate? How many factors are in consideration when you are selling a prospect your product or service? A hundred? More? Tweaking any one of those multitudes of influencers can dramatically change your success….
According to Global Workplace Analytics, 4.3 million employees now work from home at least part-time. “Regular work-at-home, among the non-self-employed population, has grown by 140% since 2005. These trends for telecommuting are only growing and spreading as the workforce demands…
When moving to a new country, assimilating to your new environment can be a challenge. Making friends, getting into a routine, and feeling like you fit in is not as easy as it might look to some. With the growing…
Everything! In some places, accent reduction classes are actually called elocution classes. We think elocution is not only a vital tool for achieving accent reduction but also the main purpose of accent reduction. What is Elocution? The dictionary defines elocution…
After-work networking groups have become a huge part of today’s professional life in Uptown Charlotte. Happy hours, dinners, and specific industry networking events can be found daily in bars, restaurants, and meeting rooms around Charlotte every single day. Have you…
Are you feeling anxious about the upcoming holiday parties because of your accent? It is not unusual for those who speak English as a second language to feel nervous about the impending social and professional events that surround the holiday…
Have you ever had an interaction with someone whose first language is English and found it to be frustrating and cumbersome? Have you been embarrassed, annoyed, or even treated badly because you’ve had to repeat yourself a few times? You’ve…
Learning how to improve your spoken English for clear communication at work, home, and in social settings is a great way to limit the frustration of having to repeat yourself many times, or having someone misunderstand you entirely. While we…
Merriam-Webster defines reduction as “the act or process of reducing.” Merriam-Webster defines modification as “the act or process of changing parts of something.” When talking about speech therapy for accents, the two are interchangeable and simply a matter of semantics….
College Professor? Master’s Student? Teacher’s Assistant? Has your accent ever created communication complications for you on campus? Clear communication is essential in the academic world. From teaching to presenting research, to helping fellow students, an accent can create confusion where…
