Overview

This Specialization helps professionals develop authentic presence, confident delivery, and audience-centred communication using techniques drawn from actor training, voice, and performance practice. Learners build skills in self-awareness, inclusive communication, storytelling, and influence to strengthen trust, collaboration, and impact across workplace contexts. The courses are developed by academics and tutors from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, with no external industry partners.

Syllabus

Course 1: Finding Your Professional Voice: Confidence & Impact
Course 2: The Authentic Communicator: Building Presence and Trust
Course 3: The Impactful Communicator-Creating Connection and Influence

Courses

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8 hours 6 minutes
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Individuals have a great capacity for vocal expression but most people haven’t had the opportunity to explore and develop it. By the end of this course learners will have gained knowledge of how the voice works, had a chance to experiment with different ways of speaking, and increased their confidence in their vocal expression. This course is aimed at beginners but can serve as a useful ‘tune up’ for those who have some experience in this area or those who want to build upon prior learning. The only prerequisite is to be curious about voice in action and public speaking. Finding your Professional Voice takes the learner on a journey to discover how the voice works, how it can be optimised, their personal use of it, and how vocal impact can be developed in professional settings. The content of the course is useful to all learners who have vocal capacity. A small number of the exercises require a degree of physical capacity, those learners with physical impairment, or those who do not wish to undertake the movement exercises, will still be able to gain useful skills provided by the MOOC content.
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18 hours 54 minutes
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This course has been designed by academics and experienced tutors at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, a specialist college of the University of London. This course equips professionals and aspiring leaders with the tools to harness their unique personal traits and communication styles for greater workplace impact. Rooted in the belief that every interaction is shaped by both who a person is and how they communicate, the course centres a learner in the process of creating more authentic connections in every conversation.     Through reflective exercises, guided analysis, and practical techniques, learners will deepen their awareness of their values, motivations, and behaviours, and understand how these influence their communication style. They will learn how to:  - recognise their unique communication patterns  - develop emotional awareness  - strengthen their physical and vocal presence - communicate with clarity and confidence . Whether managing teams, collaborating across functions, or striving for more genuine communication, this course provides learners with the opportunity to build stronger, more meaningful professional relationships. They will gain practical strategies, renewed confidence, and a clearer sense of how to connect with themselves and others at every step of their career.  After completing the course, learners will be able to: CLO1. Identify and analyse their unique personal characteristics and how these influence communication behaviours in various contexts  CLO2. Investigate the role of physicality and vocal delivery in enhancing effective communication  CLO3. Explore and apply strategies to develop strong connections to materials and messages through effective communication techniques  CLO4. Experiment with and reflect on their optimal physical and vocal communication behaviors in different contexts.