Professional/Business Services

Sandy offers professional/business training in the following areas:

  • Presentation Training
  • Keynote Addresses
  • Accent Modification
  • Speech Writer Consultation for working with unique dialects and accents
  • Professional/Medical School Interviews
  • Telephone Training

Presentation Training and Keynote Addresses

Every training session is tailored to meet the unique goals of the group or individual. All coaching sessions will include:

  • Composing and conducting your script
  • Getting to know your audience
  • Using salient anecdotes to illuminate your topic
  • The art of storytelling
  • Tools for speech and voice clarity
  • The power of body language
  • How to overcome stage fright and translate it into confidence
  • Making the most of Q and A
  • Dealing with “that person” in the audience
  • Weaning yourself from PowerPoint

Accent Modification Training

Accent Modification for speakers of English as a second language, or people with strong regional accents. One-on-one or small group trainings will include:

  • Detailed analysis of speech and voice patterns
  • Training of inflectional patterns for naturalness and confidence.
  • In-depth articulation training for conversation and public speaking

Be sure to also see: We Don’t Have an Accent in the Northwest – or do We? KPLU’s I Wonder Why?, December 1, 2011.

Speech Writers’ Consultation

For clients with unique dialects or accents. Sandy will work with speech writers to provide detailed suggestions for enhancing a speakers’ strengths, and
downplaying pronunciation challenges. The consultation will include:

  • Detailed phonetic analysis of a client’s speech and vocal patterns
  • A written report to the speech writer detailing the client’s speech strengths and challenges
  • Suggestions and examples on how to phonetically balance a the presentation or speech for optimal, articulate, confident delivery.

 Professional/Medical School Interviews

Trainings are one-on-one and will include:

  • Defining individual interview goals
  • Researching your future employer/medical school
  • Researching your interviewer (where possible)
  • Learning tools for speech and voice clarity
  • Learning the art of storytelling
  • Interviewing posture and nonverbal communication

Telephone Training

A friendly, clear, articulate conversation over the telephone inspires confidence in the listener. Trainings will include:

  • Tools for enhancing voice and speech
  • Tools for sounding friendly even when you don’t feel it!
  • Approaches to maintaining energy in the voice
  • Do’s and don’ts when talking with hard-of-hearing clients
  • Strategies for being organized without sounding hurried
  • Tools for making sure that your clients hang up feeling confident