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Leadership Communication
Make Great First ImpressionsLearn Social Skills Necessary for Leadership RolesLearn Engaging & Persuasive Communication SkillsSpeak Clearly. Communicate With Confidence. Achieve Success. -
Public Speaking
Overcome Your Fear of Public SpeakingDemonstrate Job Interview ConfidenceAdvance in Your Career ConfidentlySpeak Clearly. Communicate With Confidence. Achieve Success. -
Accent Modification
Modify Sound PronunciationImprove Grammar & VocabularyDevelop Professional Presentation SkillsSpeak Clearly. Communicate With Confidence. Achieve Success.
Our Services
We offer personalized, individual coaching and customized corporate classes for professional development, continuing education credit, and personal enrichment. Training can be conducted on-site or web-based.
Leadership Communication
Learn how to develop skills to speak clearly, use body language to enhance your message, be more persuasive, and demonstrate the social skills that will attract others.
Public Speaking
Learn how to develop a voice that can be easily heard, better understood, and engages the listener with emotion and enthusiasm. Reduce the use of verbal fillers such as um, uh, and like, and use your words, your voice, and your body language to tell your story.
Accent Modification
Learn how to modify sound pronunciation to reflect Standard American English, improve your vocabulary, and project your voice. Develop professional presentation skills, incorporating vocabulary specific to your profession.
How We Help
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Specialize in meeting the communication needs of each client
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Provide information and tools to achieve your speaking goals
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Use a mindfulness-based approach to initiate new habits
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Offer individual coaching and corporate classes
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Provide on-site or web-based training
About iSpeak Clearly
iSpeak Clearly specializes in accent modification, leadership communication, and public speaking training. We offer individual coaching and corporate classes for professional development, continuing education credit, and personal enrichment.
iSpeak Clearly is a Long Island-based communication consulting company. Anne Marie Strauss is the president and a licensed New York State Speech-Language Pathologist. Anne Marie brings more than 20 years of experience in speech-language pathology and education.
Our Blog
Do you ever get the feeling you’re not being understood?
There is a new tourist attraction in New York City called the Vessel. It’s a honeycomb-like structure, with 16 floors, 154 staircases, and 80 landings, and it is open to the public for our climbing and viewing pleasure (and it’s free). On a recent visit, I was determined to cover every inch, but with so […]
Never enough time to pursue your professional goals? Try ‘mindful moments’ to create the time.
Growing up, there was always time in the summer to lay on the grass and place my undivided attention on the clouds floating above. I would watch them change in size and shape, imagining the clouds into everyday objects…a loaf of bread, an apple, a pizza…(I enjoyed food!) But for adults, there is rarely time […]
Want to speak more confidently and concisely? Eliminate phrases like, “In all honesty…” and “Actually…”
Summer is officially here, and so is golf season. My game continues to improve, thanks to lessons with an expert and practice, practice, practice! I like to take advantage of every opportunity to tee up with business associates, friends, and family. But there is a different kind of tee-up many of us do—verbal tee-ups—that may […]
The Power of Your Voice: Loudness
This is iSpeak Clearly’s final article in a four-part series on the power of voice and vocal health. In last month’s article, I wrote about giving power to the female voice. In this article, I’ll discuss how to make sure your voice is heard. Have you ever struggled to read the menu in a dark […]
Giving Power to the Female Voice
This is iSpeak Clearly’s third article in a four-part series on the power of voice and vocal health. In the last article, I wrote about how impressions, both positive and negative, are formed from the quality of the speaker’s voice. In this article, I’ll discuss giving power to the female voice specifically. During a recent dinner […]
The Power of Your Voice
This is iSpeak Clearly’s second article in a four-part series on the power of voice and vocal health. The first article, about caring for your voice to maintain vocal health, can be read here: https://ispeakclearly.com/2019/01/31/voice-first-impression/ Is there an actor who captivates you, regardless of his or her role? Or an instructor who makes even the […]
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