English T's and D's Keep saying your English T's and D's - really - just keep on, keeping on..... I was listening to one of the Olympic Bid Team youngsters talking on my beloved Radio 4 and he was recounting the advice the advice his friend and mentor, Olympic gold medalist, had given him. "If [...]
Public Speaking Help Public Speaking help needed is more common than you might think... This will sound shock you as it did me but research has found that people are more frightened of public speaking, than dying! It is the No. 1 fear! So, if this is your fear, you are not alone, in fact [...]
A Good Voice Coach Many, many years ago, I had an a very good voice coach called, Stewart Pearce. He taught me for three years at The Webber Douglas Academy of Art (alumni include Richard Boniface; Emma Chambers; Penelope Kieth; Julia Ormonde; Anthony Sher) and having studied with two Heads of Voice at RADA, I [...]
Skype Video Lessons Skype Video lessons are extremely effective and time and money saving for the student. And, the results are SO good! Doing Skype Video lessons with the computer camera focused on our faces, allows me and you, to watch very carefully where your tongue is being placed, the shape of our mouths and [...]
Speaking Clearly & Effectively Creates Self Confidence Speaking cleary & effectively creates self confidence and at last it is fashionable to speak clearly and effectively, which in turn, as my students know for sure, creates self confidence. For the last ten years or so, if I was recording an advert, I was frequently told, " [...]
Excellent Elocution for Success I love teaching excellent elocution for success. My students have transformed their lives for the better enjoyed a higher level of self-esteem and benefited from their excellent elocution for success in all areas of their life. The most dramatic transformation I have witnessed was by a beautiful, young, very tall Somali [...]