FOR SLPS INTERESTED IN JOINING OUR COMMUNITY OF CORPORATE SPEECH TRAINERS
FOR INDIVIDUALS OR COMPANIES WISHING TO IMPROVE THEIR WORKPLACE COMMUNICATION
WE ARE CORSPAN
The Corporate Speech Pathology Network
CORSPAN is an international organization of Speech-Language Pathologists who specialize in communication assessment and training for businesses and professionals.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to provide information, resources, networking, and client referrals to our members, while also promoting corporate speech pathology as a service to the public.
PRESIDENT'S NOTE:
BOB McKINNEY
Our organization is a growing community of certified Speech-Language Pathologists who work with professionals to achieve their workplace communication goals. We pride ourselves in our ability to connect with both clients and colleagues, and we would love to hear from you. To our members, we offer professional development, networking, resources, and a sense of community, and to our clients, we offer connections, training, empowerment, and advocacy. Welcome to CORSPAN!
CORSPAN MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
Barbara Christensen
Speech Advantage, LLC
www.speechadvantage.com
Barbara Christensen, Owner of Speech Advantage in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, has been a CORSPAN member since its founding in 2000. Barbara has been providing accent modification training for the past 20 years, wrote her training software, and is passionate about sharing her knowledge with the next generation of corporate SLPs. She is responsible for Speech Advantage LLC, where she sees accent modification clients, and Accent Freedom, the accent modification training software she developed in 2013. “The future of the corporate SLP field is going to get more exciting!”. Barbara feels “the world is learning to work more online versus in person, and we can easily provide training through internet-based learning.”
Barbara was the inaugural secretary and also served in the roles of president-elect and president: “By far the greatest value from being a CORSPAN member has been the people I have met and learned with along the way. Some of these folks have become my very best friends!”
Barbara says she “loves meeting people from all over the world, helping them with more effective communication, and then hearing about their successes due to their new communication skills.” She also enjoys helping new corporate SLPs by sharing experiences and ideas and is excited to be soon offering a “How to offer accent modification training to your clients” webinar.
Barbara enjoys spending time with her family (especially the grandkids), her dog, and friends in her free time. She enjoys traveling and has the goal to travel with her business to provide accent modification training worldwide!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
MARCH 2021
March 28 (Sunday) -- "Being Brighter Brained for Business"
Expert Presenter: Dr. Catherine Conlin
.1 ASHA CEUs available