In the past several years, knowledge workers have embraced technical skills and the realities of blended and remote work. For many, particularly those who are in people-centric sales roles, this new way of working has created new challenges to find ways to relate to customers, to manage their time, but also to manage their own …
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Are you looking to increase your networking power in order to drive a successful fundraising campaign? AXIOM friend and partner Karen Hinds of Workplace Success has a great LIVE workshop coming up next month that will teach you to do exactly that: Increase your quality relationships and launch a successful fundraising drive through this workshop. …
Technical words and phrases are longer and more difficult to pronounce than language used in daily conversational speech. Knowing how to say them, where to emphasize the syllables or what intonation works best can be tricky. AXIOM has a great workshop through partner CAL Learning that can help make you much more confident in pronouncing …
Linking while speaking is probably something you never even thought about. But if you are a native English speaker, you do it. Can you explain it? Probably not, but it does come naturally to many of us. Some non-native English speakers speak a language that doesn’t inherently ‘link’ (like Chinese). How can you train yourself …
Speak Smoothly by Linking – Open Workshop, Register here. Read More »
Have you ever been misunderstood because someone thought your sarcasm was serious? It could have been that they missed the intonation of your voice, or it could be that in their culture, intonation is interpreted differently. We all know English is a tricky language to learn, especially when you throw in the voice patterns that …
English isn’t just about the words you use. Like many languages, the stress people place on a word or use in sentences can alter the meaning. This can be really tough when you are learning a second language. Especially if that second language is English. With so many rules and exceptions, this is just another …
English is one of the hardest languages to learn if you are not a native speaker. There are so many rules and exceptions to try and keep straight. Forget just translating vocabulary, you also have to worry about your sentence rhythm and structure, tone of voice and grammatical flow. AXIOM friend Lauren Supraner of CAL …
Today we continue with our Accent Reduction series from AXIOM friend Lauren Supraner of CAL Learning (Cultural and Language Training) with a workshop on the proper pronunciation of English consonants and vowels. Lauren has a great 7-part series on accent reduction and pronunciation for non-native speakers in the business world.These half day workshops cover a …
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Partner and AXIOM friend Lauren Supraner of CAL Learning (Cultural and Language Training) has a great 7-part series on accent reduction and pronunciation for non-native speakers in the business world. Being a non-native speaker can be intimidating and can make it hard to communicate confidently. Lauren’s accent reduction workshops not only improve speaking confidence for …
AXIOM partner Karen Stacey of Kreative Learning Solutions is hosting a workshop on May 17 at the Harmon Golf & Fitness Club in Rockland MA. It’s called Results Roadmap – Create Your Critical Path and you can register here. What’s it about? Read on and reserve your spot now! If you know you could accomplish …
