Hello everybody, I’m Victoria Rennoldson, Communication and Culture Coach, and welcome to this week’s post. You can choose to watch this by clicking ‘play’ on the video above, which also has subtitles. Or, because I know that many of you, just like me, like to listen to podcasts when you’re out and about, you can […]
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How do your emails sound? What does your reader hear when they open your emails? How do they interpret it through their ears? Here is something interesting: your emails always have a tone of voice, whether you are intentional about it or not, whether you think you are hiding your real feelings about the topic,
When you give presentations, the way you signpost and transition from one section of the presentation to the next will help your English communication sound professional, structured and confident. The signposting and transitions are like the wardrobe for your content, giving a framework in which to ‘hang’ your key messages and give them support. They
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Do you experience communication stress? Today is National Stress Awareness Day, raising everybody’s awareness of the effects of work stress and strategies to address it. There are many different expressions of stress, and I know that my clients sometimes experience communication stress. What do I mean by this? If you have English as a second
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One of the areas that my clients find challenging is communicating effectively in English when there is no visual element, for example, when on audio-only calls and when the video is switched off. Specifically, the lack of cues to help interpretation, such as facial expressions and body language, can make it harder to connect and
Before I start my programmes with my clients, I focus on clarity. Clarity includes understanding exactly what somebody wants, needs and why (wants and needs may be very different!) and helps to answer the question I am often asked: What’s my English level? The ‘why’ explores their vision of success for their English communication and
Is ‘sorry’ a word used just as an apology for when you have done something wrong? One of the fascinating things about the word ‘sorry’ is that it has many shades of meaning in British English. It is not just a way to apologise, and the meaning can depend on context, the relationship with the
Do you know how your habits can work for and against you? Earlier this year I learned quite a bit about habits, when I was qualifying as a practitioner of applied Neuroscience for personal development with MyBrain International. I found it a fascinating area, and it really helped me challenge my own unhelpful habits and
You open the email, see the first few words, and you immediately stop reading. Why? The greeting sounds cheesy and is probably spam. So, how do you write an opening to your English emails, so they sound appropriate and connect with the reader from the first moments? Here is my guide to starting your English
How do you feel when you are asked to present or do public speaking in English? Excited? Stressed? Confident? Nervous? Uncomfortable? Blocked? Being able to present well is a key skill for business people, and yet some experts estimate that as much as 77% of the population has some level of anxiety regarding public speaking.1 However,
