Abolish the Term 'Native English Speaker' w/ Christine Mullaney

What exactly is a native English speaker? What biases are formed due to this term?

Meet Christine Mullaney!

Christine is a TEDx Speaker, Podcast Host of Connected Communications, a Public Speaking and Presentations Coach. She started Speech and Drama classes when she was 7 and trained in the Classification of Speech. She has had the incredible opportunity of working globally in over 20 companies, on 5 continents. For more than 15 years, she worked in a variety of sales management, teaching and training roles with some of the highest ranked English language and Speech & Drama colleges in Ireland, co-founding ELT Ireland along the way. 

Christine's mission now is to help her clients transform their first language skills and experience into influential International English. She loves helping high achievers double and treble their opportunities for promotion with the power of strategic communication - whether you’re new to cross-cultural communication or just want to step up your boardroom game. She also helps her clients become phenomenal presenters and her goal is to see to it that the term "native English speaker" is abolished! She plans on launching a panel discussion on languages, accents and bias in the near future.

Christine also hosts the Connected Communication Podcast, where she explores how much of communication is nature and how much is nurture.

Listen as Christine shares her clients' experiences, the biases formed by English speakers and how these mindsets can shift.

Key Points:

- different biases created by the term “native English speaker”

- how to have inclusive communication

- how the rhythm of speech affects brain priming

- moving parts of your mouth differently changes your enunciation

- challenges faced by those who work in English-speaking companies

- advantages of being bilingual in this global economy

- Language proficiency vs Communication competency

- tips and strategies for persuasion during a sales pitch

- audience analysis with the SCARF Assessment

- appealing to emotion vs appealing to reason

- how to emotionally self-regulate

- the 4 pillars of awareness
- the distance bias challenges in hybrid environments
- is it necessary to get rid of your accent?

...and so much more!

Connect with Christine:

Website: https://www.languagecouragecoaching.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christinemullaney/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/connected_communication/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConnectedCommunicationPod
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChristineMulla
Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/connected-communication/id1678060305

Additional Resources:

FREE 5 Golden Rules of Articulation on Christine’s website

The SEEDS model of bias by the NeuroLeadership Institute (https://neuroleadership.com/your-brain-at-work/seeds-model-biases-affect-decision-making/)

Listen to the Podcast, subscribe, leave a rating and a review:
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/abolish-the-term-native-english-speaker-w-christine/id1614151066?i=1000626177566
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7hxDum9HnmNWhRCOoCuglL
YouTube: https://youtu.be/v3Vxh_Tp0-w

Connect with me:
Email: [email protected]