Private Speech Coaching
Everyone Can Be Great at Business Communication With the Right Private Speech Coach
What Can You Expect When Working with a
Private Speech Coach?
Transform your communication skills and voice with private speech and voice coaching by a licensed speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of experience.
Imagine the impact you could make with crystal-clear clarity and unshakeable confidence. Whether you’re presenting ideas, wanting a promotion, or to lead a team, a professional speech coach can help you harness your hidden authority through skilled communication.
Start your journey to conquer public speaking, strengthen your voice, reduce your accent and elevate your career today! Experience the power of what working with the right speech coach can do for you.
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Public Speaking
Private Public Speaking Classes
Our private public speaking coaching will empower you to approach any speaking engagement with confidence. You will gain the tools to manage your pitch, clarity, wording, and critical-thinking skills so you can master your voice and achieve the career progression you’ve always desired. Try our FREE lessons!
What You Will Gain from Private Public Speaking Classes
- Customized speech coaching tailored to your specific needs and goals
- Incorporation of diverse training areas such as leadership, accent reduction, interpersonal skills, and networking strategies
- Confidence and effectiveness in every speaking situation
- Mastery in the art of persuasion and leadership through skilled communication
Public Speaking for Women
Break gender stereotypes and establish yourself as a leader with personalized private coaching tailored for women. Overcome challenges associated with high-pitched, thin, and nasal voices, limited confidence, and unleash the true power of your voice to assert your authority. Try our FREE lessons!
What You Will Gain from Public Speaking for Women Coaching
- Empowerment-focused public speaking training tailored specifically for women
- Tools for enhancing various leadership and interpersonal skills
- The ability to overcome speech habits hindering leadership presence
- Better articulation and a stronger and more powerful voice for more impactful communication
Accent Reduction
Foreign Accent Reduction
Do you find yourself struggling to communicate clearly in English due to your accent? Our private accent reduction coaching is tailored to address this challenge, helping you speak with complete clarity and confidence. Don’t let your accent hold you back from seizing new opportunities in life—with our expert guidance, you can embrace more possibilities and communicate effectively across all settings. Try our FREE lessons!
What You Will Gain from Accent Reduction Coaching
- Noticeable improvement in clarity and cultural correctness in three-weeks
- Mastery of the American intonation style for enhanced business communication
- Elimination of accented speech behaviors, such as speaking too fast or monotone, to convey your message effectively
- A stronger, more resonant voice placement for natural projection and increased confidence
- Mastery of missing consonant and vowel sound
Regional Accent Reduction
Tired of your regional accent becoming a distraction in professional settings? Our regional accent reduction coaching is designed to help you speak with a more neutral and standard style of American English, allowing you to focus on your message without the interference of your accent. Whether you’re from Texas or New York, your accent reduction coach will focus on voice placement and oral resonance to help you communicate clearly and confidently in any situation. Try our FREE lessons!
What You Will Gain from Regional Accent Reduction Coaching
- Improved clarity and Standard American Intonation
- A stronger, more powerful voice placement for impactful communication
- The ability to speak with oral resonance rather than nasal, eliminating regional accented traits
- Elimination of distracting speech habits such as upward inflection on vowel sounds or excessive glides and slides
Accent Reduction for Teachers and Trainers
Unlock the potential to transform your career and earnings by becoming an accent reduction teacher and corporate communication expert. With the demand for accent reduction classes and other business communication services on the rise, there’s never been a better time to redefine your professional path. Whether you’re a speech therapist, ESL teacher, or anyone else seeking a rewarding career change, our training program equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in this lucrative field. Try our FREE lessons!
What You Will Gain from Accent Reduction for Teachers and Trainers
- The ability to offer accent reduction classes and corporate communication services, opening up new opportunities for professional growth and income generation
- An in-depth knowledge of cultural habits and behaviors that contribute to accents, enabling you to effectively address clients’ needs
- Mastery of the teaching of missing consonant and vowel sounds, along with common mistakes made by learners
- Essential business skills, including negotiation, marketing, and client acquisition, to establish and grow your own corporate communication business
Professional Development
Vocal Health for Fitness Instructors
Fitness instructors face unique challenges related to vocal health, often resulting in voice-related injuries. Safeguard your voice or the voice of your team by learning how to coach effectively by a speech-language pathologist and voice specialist with over 20 years of experience.
Learn how to coach with energy and enthusiasm while protecting the voice with our vocal health training. We can bring our expertise directly to your studio and coach your entire staff or work with fitness coaches privately to ensure the voice is safe from harm.
What You Will Gain from Vocal Health for Fitness Instructors Coaching
- Elimination of harmful habits leading to voice injuries during group fitness classes
- Optimal voice placement for safe coaching in high-intensity group sessions
- Diaphragmatic breathing techniques for sustained vocal health
- Specific warm-up exercises for vocal health before coaching, as well as techniques for managing overworked voices
Insights into voice mechanics to prioritize vocal health during coaching sessions
Interview Coaching
Approach high-stakes interviews with confidence and poise by mastering the art of successful interviewing. Learn how to prove your worth and answer questions concisely while authentically connecting with your interviewer. Our private public speaking coach will equip you with the skills and strategies needed to articulate your strengths and land your dream job or promotion.
What You Will Gain from Interview Coaching
- Proven strategies to effectively connect with interviewers and make a memorable impression
- The ability to develop strong communication and business skills essential for interviews
- Mastery of engaging speech patterns to convey confidence and persuasiveness
- Elimination of poor communication habits such as mumbling, monotone speech, or speaking too fast
- Guidance on providing “Prove it” statements and demonstrating work history and accomplishments naturally
Techniques for managing anxiety and building confidence during interviews
Media Training
Become the authoritative voice of your company with cutting-edge media training techniques. Overcome nervousness and effectively communicate your brand message across various media channels, enhancing your value as a spokesperson for your organization. This is tailored media training suitable for large or small companies, business owners, and individuals.
What You Will Gain from Media Training
- The tools to enhance your presence and impact across all media platforms
- Strategies for delivering clear, confident, and inspiring messages as the voice of your company
- Strong, rich vocal tones for confident media presence
- Coordinated speech and breath for fluid, controlled, and confident delivery
- How to write clear and concise copy
- Confident body language techniques for on-camera presence
- The ability to eliminate distracting filler words and deliver messages with clarity and effectiveness
Interpersonal Skills Training
Unlock the art of social navigation with our interpersonal skills training. Whether you struggle with engaging colleagues, expanding your social network, or simply initiating conversations, our coaching is tailored to address your specific needs. Our goal is to empower you with the mastery of people skills, enabling you to make memorable first impressions and effortlessly connect with others. Say goodbye to social awkwardness and hello to newfound confidence as our training positions you to become socially savvy and poised in any setting.
What You Will Gain from Interpersonal Skills Training
- More interesting and likable melody patterns for engaging communication
- The elimination of monotone, mumbling, fast-paced, or nasal-sounding speech habits
- The ability to speak confidently from your ideal pitch range with stronger and richer vocal tones
- Mastery of diaphragm breathing to manage nervousness and anxiety in social situations
- Strategic body language to convey confidence and approachability
- Effective follow-up questioning techniques to demonstrate genuine interest and active listening
- Enhanced spontaneous conversational skills through proven strategies
- Cognitive strategies to boost confidence and improve social interactions
- Physical techniques to manage nervous energy effectively
The Benefits of Working with a Private Speech Coach
1. Programs are custom designed to meet your unique needs. It is common for clients to want a combination of reducing accent with a public speaking class or to include interpersonal skills training. Whatever your communication skills are, together we will build a class for achieving your goals.
2. Coaching by Elizabeth Peterson, M.A., CCC-SLP licensed speech-language pathologist with over 20 years of experience. She has been clinically trained for voice and speech mechanics as it relates to business communication.
3. Books and materials authored by Elizabeth Peterson and supported by evidence-based research and clinical experience.
4. We work for you. Scheduling is provided based on your availability.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is typically covered in a comprehensive public speaking class?
A comprehensive public speaking class covers a variety of topics that can revolutionize how you speak before a group. A good public speaking class should teach a strategy on how to speak in a style that sounds interesting with good inflection and vocal variety with the right amount of speed. Body language is an important component because the number one question asked is, “What do I do with my hands”? Overcoming nervousness should be addressed with a variety of useful strategies. Most importantly how to use visual aids effectively which if done right, can turn you into an amazing storyteller which your audience will appreciate. A good public speaking class will often include practice in giving speeches so you can experience hands-on coaching as well as how to develop persuasive and informative speaking skills. Most importantly, the training should be fun and every participant should feel safe to take risks in that teaching environment.
Will a public speaking class make a difference in my ability to speak confidently?
Absolutely, yes! A good public speaking class will provide structured training and personal coaching to help you to build confidence, improve your delivery, and manage nervousness. With regular feedback and tailored techniques, you’ll learn how to present more clearly, engage your audience, and feel more at ease in front of any crowd. At Speech and Voice Enterprises, will equip people with physical and cognitive strategies to develop highly confident, polished and effective speakers.
How can I reduce my accent?
The first step in successfully reducing your accent is to speak English in the American cultural style and not from the style or the rules of your first language. To speak English with cultural correctness is to speak with American intonation. The rhythm and melody style of a language is known as intonation. Every language and cultural group have their own style of intonation. It is not possible to reduce a foreign accent and learn missing sounds without speaking with American intonation and the new habits that go with this skill, first.
Do accent reduction classes change English enough to notice a difference?
Yes, accent reduction classes are designed to successfully reduce an accent. The good news is, reducing an accent is not as hard as learning a new language. Accents are not removed and there will always be some identifiable cultural distinctions remaining however, English can be spoken clearly and with more confidence. It is very possible to learn how to speak English with the American rules and discontinue the rules of your primary language. It is possible to improve mispronounced sounds and learn new consonant sounds. The goal is for English to sound clear and culturally correct. With practice, understanding accented habits and willing to apply new habits, an accent reduction class may be a good investment and there should be noticeable improvement with your English pronunciation within a few weeks.
What is media training, and how can it help me?
Media training prepares individuals to effectively handle interviews, press conferences, podcasts and other media interactions such as the ever-powerful social media market. A good media training will teach you how to communicate your message clearly, stay calm under pressure, and build rapport with your audience. With a comprehensive media training, you will learn how to present yourself confidently and handle challenging questions. In fact, it is our goal for you to look forward to your media opportunities and enjoy yourself while in the moment.