International Classes in Los Angeles, CA

How can you navigate small talk towards deeper, more significant topics? How do you gracefully exit from monotonous or unwanted conversations? How do you organically grow your professional network? In this online webinar, we’ll explore how to feel more confident and engaging with strangers and how to forge deeper relationships with existing personal...

Tired of looking for the perfect role to showcase your acting chops? Then why not create your own? In this 6-week workshop, you will learn to do just that. Through a series of weekly writing exercises, this class will teach actors how to use the storytelling skills they already possess to write monologues, sketches, scripts, and screenplays for themselves...

Use social media to promote business in a smart and balanced way. Using design imagery and a clear tone of voice, you can create and share content that engages audiences while building brand love.

No matter what line of business you’re in, being able to clearly communicate your ideas is a critical part of becoming a success. Whether you’re presenting a project or just taking a meeting, knowing how to think on your feet and effectively express yourself is key to connecting and collaborating with your peers. In this workshop, you’ll learn...

New students must take the English as a Second Language placement test before registering for ESL classes. The test takes approximately 2.5 hours and includes: a narrative writing sample, an expository essay, listening comprehension, reading comprehension, grammar, and vocabulary questions. Please Note: Classroom location listings are also posted...

Our Online Dialect Training class will train the actor to master dialects for stage and screen. Each 5-week session focuses on one specific dialect or accent. Examples are: Standard British (RP), Cockney, Irish (Belfast & Dublin), Scottish, Australian, American Southern (two distinct states). A phonetic approach is used to strengthen the ear and...

Better communication skills (with colleagues and clients) can give an organization a huge competitive advantage Not only does it help build a positive working environment with fewer grievances and less staff turnover, but it will result in greater efficiency, more creativity and improved problem-solving. This Business Communication course is designed...

Here, we learn to focus more on others’ needs, rather than on their own solutions (UB4me). Consistent focus on others and a keen ability to understand their situations will lead to more accurate and productive conversations and communication. Identify, research, and understand your audience to increase efficiency and demonstrate expertise; and...

In this course students will understand the different methods of communication and how to make the most of each of them. Course Objectives For the better part of every day, we are communicating to and with others. Whether it’s the speech you deliver in the boardroom, the level of attention you give your spouse when they are talking to you, or...

Integrated Marketing Communications is designed to ensure that the information received by a customer or potential customer for a product or service is consistent.  This concept includes simultaneously marketing through many online and offline marketing channels. Online marketing channels include any interactive marketing campaigns or programs,...

Here, we will learn how to “sell” your ideas to others based on the benefits of acting on them to introduce and reinforce the use of Action-Benefit Statements to motivate the audience. We will go over the value and practice of using language that is understandable and that speaks to the recipients’ interests. Using calls to action (CTA)....

Figure out how to be your best when the pressure’s on. The ability to connect with others in an authentic way is the key to being a great speaker – and it carries over into the success of your business and personal life.  This four-hour workshop is limited to 8 attendees who will get live expert coaching as well as video recording and playback...

Presence isn’t something you give yourself but something you earn from those who come to respect your right to speak and your ability to lead. It is a combination of behaviors and attitudes that presents a sense of confidence, commitment and authenticity. Through videotaped exercises, this program helps participants evaluate their style and explore...

Expressing yourself, your wants, and your emotions with regard to others. Saying no. Setting boundaries. Giving someone feedback. Checking in a regulating yourself and your emotions. Assertive communication is the most desired communication style: how do you build this when you find yourself playing small in relationships, career, and personal matters?...

Students will improve their communication skills with other people in their workplace. The course is interactive, fast-paced, fun, and full of tips and techniques you can use immediately. Learning Objectives: Upon successful completion of the Business Communication Styles and Techniques: Use different interpersonal communication styles and Techniques...