A couple of weeks ago I received an interesting call from the BBC. It went something like this…’Hello, this is Tony from Newsnight’, ‘Hi’, I said, ‘this is Emma from London Speech Workshop’. So far so good. ‘Well’ said Tony, ‘I’m calling because I don’t

There have been exciting changes at LSW in recent months. The biggest news is all of our programs are now offered to clients in a private one to one format. I decided to do this because we have found that this really is the most

So The King’s Speech has scooped up all the BAFTA’s and it gets me to thinking about how this film made on a small budget with a young director, about a man who finds his voice, has captured the imagination of the world. Why is

The fear of speaking publicly, or Glossophobia, affects three out of every four people. But what is it about speaking in front of others that is so frightening for us? How does an everyday thing, such as speaking, become a challenge? It’s not just everyday

This week, London Speech Workshop was featured in The Times. I was asked to give an elocution lesson to journalist Helen Rumbelow, and to discuss Kate Middleton’s interview debut in her first public speaking engagement. It was an interesting task, analysing the vocal tones of

Something I have been thinking about alot this week, is the psychological effects of good and bad communication. When we speak, it is about as human and integral to us as humans as it gets. It is our way of transmitting our thoughts to the

This is the first post for the business that I started two years ago – London Speech Workshop. I wanted to write you a little introduction to tell you about what we do here at LSW, how we help people and how the work has