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Emma de la Poer - Speech and Communications Specialist
Specialist Speech & Communications Training
" I felt confident, self-assured and in control."
Anna Bogue (April 2024)
Introduction
How we look, sound and act in front of others can make a huge impact on how others perceive us in our personal and professional lives. Whether you’re planning to attend an interview, speak in public, make a presentation or act on stage, I can prepare you to perform, communicate and influence your audience to the best of your ability.
Welcome! I teach communication and performance skills to adults and children, building confidence, communication and presentation skills – all whilst having great fun! My students learn to deliver with vocal clarity, projection and expression. I will work with you to discover how different words, intonation, body language, movement and stance can affect and reinforce your message.
Once learned, these skills will remain with you for life.
All my courses are bespoke and tailored to my clients’ individual needs. I specialise in one-to-one coaching and group workshops, conducted in person or online. I use video and audio recording throughout my sessions so you can see your progress and develop your confidence more quickly. You’ll be amazed at your progress!
Depending on your requirements, my courses focus on a mixture of the following areas:
My lesson and techniques will help you prepare for and radically improve:
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Public speaking
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Presentations
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Interviews
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Meetings
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Wedding and funeral readings and speeches
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Personal day-to-day presentation
My Specialist Service
Bespoke and tailored training focusing on:
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NLP and breathing techniques for relaxation.
Learning to control breath for resonance, power and projection (intercostal diaphragmatic breathing).... more info
Finding your voice... more info
Articulation & diction for clarity... more info
Project a vocal image... more info
Control vocal pitch, pace, pause, power, tone and projection... more info
Using your voice, body language, gestures, eye contact and powerful words to move and influence... more info
LAMDA or NEA examination boards to further communication and performance skills. Coaching towards Public Speaking, Interviews, Reading for Performance, Verse and Prose, Acting Devised and Mime examinations as well as certification in these areas. ... more info
Testimonials
Graham Nutt - Wedding Speaker
“Lessons with Emma were most beneficial. She was friendly and made me feel relaxed about the daunting task of making the Father of the Bride speech. She gave me the confidence to stand up in front of 150 guests. Lessons were conducted in a relaxed way, but nevertheless we always worked on specific tasks on how to deliver a good speech.”
Anna Bogue - Funeral Speaker
I contacted Emma because I needed some professional coaching with a poem I’d been asked to read at a memorial service. When I’ve read in public before I’ve typically left any practice to the last minute and have often felt overwhelmed by nerves while performing.
Contacting Emma was truly the best decision. I recorded a before and after rendition of the poem. Initially, Emma introduced me to some vocal exercises and neurofeedback techniques, which are methods of calming nervousness. Emma’s informed and supportive approach was very confidence building. She helped me with the phrasing and pace of the poem and how to project the resonance of my voice using my diaphragm and the correct posture to achieve this.
Her professionalism, enthusiasm and positive encouragement were invaluable. My reading went incredibly well, and I actually really enjoyed my performance. I felt confident, self-assured and in control. I would highly recommend Emma to anyone who is needing to perform in public. Her support and expertise allows the performer, we all have lurking in the dark, to move into the light and shine !
Emma de la Poer ALAM LVCM (Hons)
I am a versatile, LAMDA-trained British actor, presenter and voice coach. Having performed on stage and screen, I know first-hand how nerves can diminish a performance. As a teacher, I have helped hundreds of students find their voice and confidence, and I’d like to do the same for you.
Television and Theatre
I appeared in many TV shows, including Mrs Dalloway, Soldier Soldier, Brazen Hussies and Horizon. On stage, I have played roles including Miss Havisham in Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations, Lady Gilpin in Hands Across The Sea by Noel Coward, Dolly in Still Life by Noel Coward, and Shelia in Alan Ayckbourn’s Relatively Speaking.
Voice and Presentation
I have taught Drama and Speech & Drama within schools since 1998, specialising in elocution, movement and body Language. During this time many of my students have gained drama scholarships and outstanding LAMDA results in Public Speaking, Verse and Prose, Acting, Reading for Performance and Devised Performance examinations.
Professional Development
I hold three LAMDA Gold Medals: Acting & Verse & Prose: ALAM (1995); AVCM Hons (1999); and LVCM Teaching Diploma (2000). My continuing professional development includes a wide range of LAMDA workshops: Stanislaviski (2007); Brecht (2007); About Sonnets (2009); Oratory and Rhetoric Speaking in Public (2009); Communication 2009); Commedia Dell ‘Arte & Masks (2009); 19th Century Literature in Performance (2011); 20th Century Literature in Performance (2011); The Actor & the Text (2011); Performing Shakespeare (2011)