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Getting Started with Our ClearlySpeaking Academy Courses

Welcome to ClearlySpeaking University! There are a few "housekeeping" tasks to complete before you start your course.   Please take the time to complete these lessons: Action Items Performance Expectations Developing a New Habit Resources

Voice Branding

The Way You Sound Matters

A series of preliminary steps to master your authentic communication style.
Discover the 12 Characteristics of Human Voice. Learn how to express what you value through your speech and evaluate how well you are achieving that.

Accent Modification

Be Understood: The Ultimate Guide For Speaking Fluent English (a 12-Part Course)

Crush Your Presentations with Fluent Speech! Become the Best Sounding Speaker Ever When You Take This Online Course! Before you start, be sure to complete “Getting Started” to set goals and prepare for your course.

Accent Modification

The /th/ Sound

This lesson will help you master the American English /th/ sound. Before you start, be sure to complete “Getting Started”  to set goals and prepare for your course.

Accent Modification

The Multiple Personalities of the American English /t/

What no one ever tells you about American English that will improve your ability to speak! Before you start, be sure to complete “Getting Started”   to set goals and prepare for your course.

Accent Modification

The Most Popular Vowel Sound

This sound is so important to learn because we use it a lot in American English.  It's the  schwa sound and present in every unstressed syllable. Before you start, be sure to complete  “Getting Started” to set goals and prepare for your course.

Voice Branding

How to Eliminate Those Pesky Word Fillers

Word fillers come in many shapes and forms.  The more common ones are “like,” “um,” “you know,” but there are many others, too.  All of them have one thing in common, they distract your listener from your message.  Eliminating them will give you a smooth, natural flow and will keep your listener listening to you! Before you start, be sure to complete  "Getting Started"  to set goals and prepare for your course.

Voice Branding

Million Dollar Voice

We're super excited to see you here!  It is truly an honor to help you develop your speech and voice.  This course will help you get a speaking voice that is confident and strong.  As you already know, a strong voice will give your audiences the impression of being trustworthy and credible.  We've intentionally created lessons that are bite-size and easily digestable.  Please keep in touch with us if you have any concerns, feedback, etc.   Before you start, be sure to complete  "Getting Started"  to set goals and prepare for your course. Enjoy! 

Voice Branding

How to Slow Your Rate of Speech

We're so glad that you are here!  Get ready to slow down your rate of speech so that your audiences can understand you.  As you already know, if your audience can’t understand you because you speak too quickly, how can you make your points, be influential or even be trustworthy?  That's what this course is going to help you do…slow down, sound more relaxed and be understandable. You'll have so much more impact, too!  Before you start, be sure to complete   “Getting Started”   to set goals and prepare for your course.

Voice Branding

How to Eliminate Glottal Fry

Glottal fry (vocal fry) is a scratchy, rough sounding voice that is distracting and perceived negatively. Learn how to eliminate it in this course. Before you start, be sure to complete  "Getting Started"  to set goals and prepare for your course.

Voice Branding

How to Eliminate Uptalk

Learn to eliminate Uptalk to sound confident and credible using three simple steps. Before you start, be sure to complete  "Getting Started"  to set goals and prepare for your course.

Voice Branding

Crafting Concise Messages

How To Confidently Craft Concise Messages In Response To Questions So That Your Audiences Listen Before you start, be sure to complete  "Getting Started"  to set goals and prepare for your course.