Services 

Accent Reduction	Voice Enhancement
Business Language	Service Delivery
Corporate Language Service

Our Mission:

Voice Ergonomics® practice is committed to assisting companies establish and maintain, communication "in sync" with the pace of business in their diverse talented and multi-tasked voice
dependent workforces. 

Our expertise:

Voice ergonomics® specializes in training the mechanics of business speech, voice and language. All services are provided by a licensed speech-language pathologist. 

Business Speech - for individuals who need to improve the clarity of their professional speech in a variety of professional and personal speaking situations. 

Accent Reduction - for foreign-born and native English speakers who need to improve their use of Standard American English for clearly understood speech and professional grammar needed in professional social and personal situations. 

Voice ergonomics® - voice fitness programs to manage and minimize occupational voice stress and fatigue; prevent professional voice injury; and develop strong, healthy, reliable daily occupational voice use. 

Business Voice Enhancement - to develop a strong dynamic professional speaking voice which projects well, is easy to listen to and engages the listener in professional and personal situations. 

Business Language - to develop the ease of verbal / written language skills which enable them to communicate thoughts, ideas, and professional talents more clearly, completely and effectively on your feet, in the professional moment. 

Our commitment: 

Enabling you to establish the business communication tools and skills needed to be consistently effectively, efficiently conduct business with ease and confidence.

Corporate Benefits:

• Increases the professional productivity and the BOTTOM LINE.
• Maximizes PERFORMANCE and PRODUCTIVITY.
• REDUCES LOSS OF BUSINESS due to voice & communication related issues.
• Maximizes individual potential and builds CONFIDENCE.
• Improves QUALITY of business communication
  performance skills.
• Professional ADVANCEMENT.
• Reduces job stress.
• Facilitates personal control of business communication.
• Establishes competence-based performance criteria.
• Establishes, strengthens and maintains company-customer/
  client relationships.

All services are:

• Confidential, customized and work-related for business goals
  and objectives. 
• Provided on-site - (individual / small groups) based on the needs of the company, the individual and the work-related communication skills addressed.
• Are provided in accordance with the Standards of Practice, HIPPA, Code of Ethics and guidelines of ASHA and NC State Licensure for SLP.

Here's how we go about it.

• Our professional development services are customized to support your business communication success.

• We (a licensed speech pathologist) come to you, on-site, during business hours. 

• We begin with a communication assessment to identify communication needs and business demands. (Screenings also conducted, based on the type of customized communication program focus.) 

• Individual and groups programs are specifically customized, based on this initial information, to support business goals
  and objectives. 

• Customized individual and small group programs are conducted to maximize training outcomes and ROI. Professionals often learn best when working with others having the same or similar goals. 

• Customized components of coaching include individualized work-related vocabulary, business related and self-directed
  practice materials. 
• Monitoring of post-training progress to support carry-over of learned skills and ROI. 

• Follow-up assessments are required upon completion of program goals and objectives, along with customized independent self-directed practice programs to support on-going progress. 

• We are always available for refresher sessions and / or customized individual coaching sessions. e.g. Preparing for a special professional presentation; refresher classes for Voice ergonomics®; helping professionals keep current with changing communication needs specific to business growth and
  professional advancement. 

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Corporate Language Services:

• Identification of needed business language tools. 

• Development of customized programs.

• Assessment, development and implementation of customized Business Communication InfraStructure©2006 needs for all aspects of conducting daily business.

• Training of flexible, confident day-to-day effective, efficient use of these business language tools. 

Examples of business language coaching requested by
our clients: 

• Development of a customized Business Communication InfraStructure©2006.

• Business Communication performance metric tools.

• Written business language skills-formal and informal. 

• Verbal problem solving skills for "managing up" and
  "managing down".

• Presentation skills - organization and delivery. 

• Executive Communication for Foreign-born Professionals. 

• Interview skills 

• Conducting business tele-conferences.

• and more.... 

How are these tools used in the corporate business environment?

• For all written language. 

• For Effective Professional Verbal Problem Solving - thinking and communicating on your feet within the moment: in meetings, teleconferences, presentations, phone calls, training, the process of research and development, customer service, and more. 

• Decision-making in day-to-day business.

• The language of "managing up" and "managing down". 

• For communication using Standard American English when English is not one's first language. 

• For communication with a culturally diverse workplace and customer population. 

• For casual professional conversational situations. 

• AND....there are countless other "language" dependent business activities conducted in business every day. 

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