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Accent Modification and Diction

  
Intensive Pronunciation Training for Foreign-born Professionals:
Foreign-born professionals and executives coming from out of town, new H1B visa holders and others will receive three consecutive days of intensive, individualized instruction in American English pronunciation. This is a 24 hour class over 3 days plus two months' telephone skill maintenance follow-up. All classes are to be held in Chattanooga TN.
Next class: January 11 - 13, 2010 ( a special Sunday - Tuesday class)
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Upcoming class: April 7 - 9, 2010 - ONLY TWO SPACES LEFT!

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Professional Diction and Grammar/Regional Accent Modification :
This course would be appropriate for those wanting to modify regional accents. Regional accents or "country speech" , as well as local expressions and grammatical differences may be a problem to speakers in some occupations or situations. A course of six sessions of individual instruction are available upon request. 8 hour class.

"Katie, thank you for your help and especially your knowledge and skill. I was seeking to improve my speech pronunciation for Toastmasters and you delivered. You heard things that I didn't realize needed improving. You were able to individualize learning tools that fit me and my learning style and that is making it so much easier to concentrate and work on the areas I need improving. I feel very lucky to have come to you. Not only did I receive what I was looking for but even got bonuses for speech topics and presentation. I will be glad to talk to anyone about your services. And PS: the idea about a book is great. Thanks."
Latta Johnston
Retired YMCA Camp Director
Member of Toastmasters International
lattaj@comcast.net


Grammar at Work:
People judge others by their communication skills. This one-hour session covers common grammar changes that can improve your employees' professionalism when they interact with customers. This session can be expanded to cover professional telephone skills on request. This session is available per corporate request. 1 hour class .

Individual Executive Coaching on Communication:
Whether the issues are coaching for upcoming presentations, sales communication, accent modification, persuasion, delegating, listening skills, diction, lip-reading or other verbal communication concerns, this coaching offers choices between intensive full-day, half-day, or hourly individual sessions. Early morning appointments are also available. When requesting this program, please explain both the communication issue involved and your time frame. This practical class is customized for the needs of the busy executive!
Only a few 2009 openings still available for this!
Contact us at info@BusinessSpeechImprovement.com to discuss your goals as soon as possible!


"Thank you very much for working with my employee. After only one session, I heard a really noticeable improvement in the rate and clarity of his English pronunciation. Your focus on work-related communication and individual assessment of speech needs certainly makes a difference! After ten months, his pronunciation remains improved. If I have other employees who would benefit from your services, I will contact you."
Director, media sales organization

Unfortunately, I have seen MANY hiring managers simply pass up on EXTREMELY talented candidates because they did not want the "hassle" of having to repeat themselves or otherwise exert themselves in the area of communication. If you could share one thing with professionals from other countries, please let them know that their written and verbal communication skills are absolutely just as important as their credentials. Too many foreign candidates believe that their expertise alone will win the day. The goal for them is to master their communication skills to the extent that a hiring manger perceives them as fluent with a pleasant accent. Anything less won't cut it. I really think that your course is valuable!
Tom Blanco
Consultant at Thomas M. Blanco Career Planning

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 Why should you take classes in communication skills? Increase your value to your employer, or plan for future career growth.  Be more comfortable talking to others, whether at work, when giving occasional speeches, or meeting new people for business or pleasure!

  Tips on offering communication training to employees:
Most non-native employees who have difficulty in communicating are very aware of this fact. They just do not know how to improve their pronunciation! They are usually quite relieved to be offered training. When offering this training, explain that you are doing so because the employee is very important to the company, and you want to promote his or her career growth.

Some companies prefer to offer their employees a choice of several communications-related courses, such as pronunciation improvement or public speaking, and let the employees decide which course each person prefers to take. Other companies explain how the given employee's poor communication affects the company's operations, and ask him or her to take a specific class.


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