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The Design of Communication podcast is about how you can become a confident communicator as a design or creative professional, sharing career strategies, language tips, and communication tec...
Delivering bad news is one of the most difficult parts of being a design or tech leader. When we deliver bad news we can receive backlash an...
Good relationships with your colleagues, your managers, your clients and those around you can make all the difference in your career and ove...
Many times we think we need to move to an English speaking country to improve our English. After my own experience of studying languages, st...
The time has come where I want to get to the next level. What you have been doing to improve your communication skills and fluency might hav...
A big part of the job interview is to show case your strengths. Your goal is to demonstrate your strengths and experience that is most relev...
Have you ever delivered a presentation at work to colleagues, clients or stakeholders and as soon as you finish, you are asked questions tha...
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. When it comes to communicating our ideas, speaking concisely is a frequent challenge for most spe...
When it comes to delivering a talk or presentation, the closing is one of the most difficult parts. It’s the last thing that your audience h...
If you have been dealing with no’s and rejection recently, you are not alone. My inbox has been filled with messages from professionals from...
No one can or should do this alone. Today I am interviewing Rosie Yeung, President and Founder of her own company, Changing Lenses. Rosie is...
365 days... 52 Episodes... 78 countries... 1000’s of downloads and one year of The Design of Communication! Today is an extra special day an...
Stage 1 - Unlock your language Stage 2 - Enhance your communication Stage 3 - Build your professional skills Stage 4 - Skyrocket your career...
A lot of the time we think becoming more confident in English means spending more time speaking the language - speaking more with native Eng...
Why is it so difficult to make new vocabulary words stick in our brains? The working memory is crucial when it comes to learning and acquiri...
If you have had an interview in English before - you've probably been asked this question. How do you handle challenging situations? Coming...
You can have all the qualifications and experience in the world, but still feel inadequate and insecure in your ability to make a contributi...
Living and working abroad is a unique experience that shapes who we are and enriches our lives. Today I am interviewing Laura Nicole Brown,...
Not only do first impressions count… they last. We only get one chance to make a great first impression. According to research that window i...
Why do we sometimes forget our words? Why do we feel pressure when speaking in English? Why do we freeze up and our mind goes blank? Do you...
Many times we can feel like a different person in English. I am often told by Designers and Tech Professionals that they don't feel as smart...
Make or do? Say me or tell me? Lie down or lay down? After coaching 1000’s of students with all different levels and language backgrounds, y...
This is such a simple question. Probably the first question that you ever learned English… And it’s one that was probably drilled into you....
Disagreeing with someone can be difficult. Whether you are disagreeing with someone about their preferred pizza toppings… Or how much time y...
Customer journey, ideation, put a pin in it... What are they all talking about? If you are working with global teams and in the tech industr...
This is one of the hardest things for people to say and it’s something that is so simple… These two letters cause a lot of issues for us. Th...
To speak fluently we need to be able to produce the sounds, words, and sentences and interact- so have a conversation in the language. Doing...
Language learning changes us.It changes how we see the world and interact with it. So much so that our brains get rearranged as we learn new...
We work hard to improve our language and communication skills. When I first learned grammar and studied languages, I thought it was very rig...
You have probably been told it is really bad to translate when you are learning English or a foreign language. There has been plenty of vali...
Change is inevitable. But when you suggest change, you are likely to be met with pushbacks. Most of the time we might even be on the same pa...
When to use formal or informal language? It can be hard to know if the language you are using is appropriate? Am I being too formal? Do I co...
I find myself having a very familiar conversation with many adult English language learners from across the world. They want to know their E...
How can you speak up and build confidence as a woman - especially in male dominated industries? Do we really have to fake it until we make i...
Understanding emotion in another language can be pretty complicated. Even in your own life it can be difficult to gauge a situation or what...
Our language is incredibly powerful. The language we choose to use changes how others view us. It’s so powerful, in fact, that a single word...
Not everyone enjoys the social aspect of learning a language and communicating with others. The thought of meeting strangers to speak with t...
Today is an extra special episode because I’m going to be talking about what Fluent Speakers Academy is all about, what is it solves for des...
What does it take to become a confident English speaker? The good news is, we can learn to project confidence using our voice, body language...
Being charismatic is a characteristic that many leaders strive towards. It is usually easy to identify when someone is charismatic. They hav...
For many, the ultimate dream for second language learning is fluency. But it seems, no matter how long we learn a language, we unable to ach...
You can be using English every day in your role, for many years... but still feel like you are not making any progress. Sometimes, we have t...
I am sharing some of the highlights from this year as well as some of the lessons we can all learn from going forward to 2022. I discuss the...
It's the most wonderful time of the year... Yes, Christmas has come early! Today I am talking about some British Christmas traditions and so...
When we are not face-to-face, and speaking to others through conference or telephone calls, communication does not flow in a natural way. Wh...
Small talk is one of those things we either love or hate. Some of us hate the idea of exchanging pleasantries and find small talk pointless,...
As useful as feedback can be, usually, we are reluctant to give it. When we give critical feedback, many of us worry that it comes across as...
When you arrive in the UK or speak with British friends you might be surprised by some of the vocabulary and phrases that you hear. British...
We all know how important it is to have clear communication. But how can we communicate our process and ideas without a communication breakd...
When it comes to staying motivated, I've learned a thing or two about why we struggle to stay consistent with our learning. I’ve spoken befo...
Today I am speaking with Sandi Small, a British accent expert who works closely with American Actors to utilise the British English speech &...