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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
What first impression is your voice making?
You’ve spent hours working on your presentation, paying attention to every detail…the words, the research, the quality of the handouts, even the outfit you will wear. Your goal is to make a great first impression on your new client, and you’ve thought of everything—or have you? What about your voice? In an effort to be […]
A 3-step process to change your bad habits
This is iSpeak Clearly’s fourth and final article in a series on mindfulness and mindful awareness of speaking. The first three articles can be read on the blog, beginning here: https://ispeakclearly.com/2018/06/12/mindfulness-and-communication/ How to Create New Speaking Habits In last month’s newsletter on mindful awareness and change, I discussed the general steps for making changes to […]
Change bad habits using mindfulness skills
This is iSpeak Clearly’s third article in a series on mindfulness and mindful awareness of speaking. Find the first article here. In my last post, I discussed how you can learn to become aware of your speaking habits and how you communicate. You must pay attention, on purpose, in the present moment, so you […]
What do a NYC food tour and public speaking have in common?
This is iSpeak Clearly’s second article in a series on mindfulness and mindful awareness of speaking. The first article is available here. Recently I had the good fortune to go on a food tour in NYC with a friend. We made our way from one eatery to another, savoring the unique characteristics of each […]
Mindfulness and communication
This is iSpeak Clearly’s first article in a series on mindfulness and mindful awareness of speaking. We speak all day, everyday. But how many of us are mindful of our communication—what we say, how we say it, and its impact on others? Principles of mindfulness can be applied to communication to help us develop […]
Do you sound like you are in charge? The power of your voice.
Do you struggle to command authority in the corporate setting? Does your voice communicate confidence? Does it command attention and respect? The power of your voice My captivation with the series The Crown and the upcoming wedding of Prince Harry has everything royal—along with anything close to it—catching my eye. That includes the former Prime […]
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