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 …
How does culture influence online meetings in international teams? Read More
Last week I was in Denmark, virtually of course, one of the many joys I have of online networking. I was visiting the Athena women’s network in Denmark, and not only was it a great connecting meeting, but I also took some valuable life lessons from it. The meeting was a multilingual meeting in both …
Inclusive virtual meetings in multilingual & multicultural teams Read More
From the first time I learnt about it, I was fascinated by the MiND profiling tool from MyBrain International, as it is the first of its kind to be based on neuroscience, and helps us understand our professional and personal thinking preferences. This is why earlier this year I qualified as a practitioner in Applied …
Do you consider small talk important in virtual meetings? Do you make time to build conversations, or is it just straight down to business? How do you connect to people in small talk and get beyond the obvious topics? I believe small talk is not just empty or superficial. For me it is an important …
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 …
Signposting your Presentations: transitioning smoothly Read More
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 …
Key strategies for communication stress in international teams Read More
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 …
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 …
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, …
When participating in meetings, I know that my clients, who are speakers of English as a 2nd+ language, want to sound clear, natural and professional in the way they express their views. This helps with sounding confident in English, even when speaking spontaneously, and will make sure your views are listened to and come across …
