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A friend was telling me about a story that was told to her by her grandmother. The day of her engagement was also the day that George VI was crowned. There was a large party at the Cafe Royal to celebrate the coronation and her engagement to my friend’s grandfather.

I was just talking to an anthropologist who said that in biblical times and places, they had village elders who were experts in dialects and shibboleths. They would know after a couple of sentences whether or not the people or person at the village gate was friend or foe.

I was talking to a female friend last night – an engineer in aeronautics, about the changing face of the female leader in industry. Up until a few years ago many female leaders rose to their positions at the top, fuelled by the energy of the dispossessed.

Nowadays our perceptions have changed radically. Regional accents are sort out and used for the “honesty” they impart.

For effective communication skills, you need to be in good voice, try doing these exercises before giving your next presentation or speech.

All voice exercises involve using the breath. It is best to do breathing exercises during breaks when working.

Everyone has the right to speak and we should never be put off saying anything because we think that we’ll be judged by our accent.

Jackie Kennedy was the product of a public school that produced girls with ramrod straight backs and crystal clear diction. In the sitting and speaking stakes, Rose Kennedy won hands down.

Simple techniques that we use in our voice training programmes enable you to concentrate at once on what you want to say not how you’re saying it.