IDMoore Consulting

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Introduction: I focus my classes on teaching my clients their essential role as communicators. To be communicator you must take total responsibility for being understood. I teach 'to' talk to people not 'at' them. I'm a people person. I treat my clients as equals and make myself open and accommodating during the teaching process. I direct and instruct my clients through a very humanistic process, of listening and observation. I bring energy, focus and an infectious positiveness to my clients. My clients leave my sessions with clear achievable goals, confidence to actualize them, and support that doesn't end once the session ends. One of the tactile joys of my job is writing on a white board. Just the act of writing out my ideas to be shared in an objective way, with my clients, empowers me and lets me know I've joined the honorable profession of teachers. I love meeting and working with people. I love ideas and the sharing of many different thoughts. I enjoy listening to peoples stories and offering feed-back as to how they have done more with their lives than they sometimes think. I traveled a lot in my youth and learned much of my philosophy about life, from people in many different lands. I still see my life as a sojourn and teaching affords me the opportunity to visit another land through the eyes of my clients every day.

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Judith M.

Jul 18, 2011

Ian has helped me to focus more and in a positive way. Because of him I am now Twittering in my profession.

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What education and/or training do you have that relates to your work?
I'm studying linguistics and the origins of language. I'm also studying Teaching best practices. I read on average three books a week, which includes poetry, fiction and non-fiction. Currently I'm reading "The Shadow of the Sultan" about the Sultan of Zanzibar and who was also the Sultan of Oman. It's a fascinating history of a little know person and place in the world. I've been reading about the controversy of 'who wrote Shakespeare'. I love Shakespeare's plays and poems, I've learned a number by heart. But I've been exploring many of his contemporaries of the 16th century. A rich and excellent literary mystery.
What types of customers have you worked with?
I help my client build confidence in speaking English. I provide exercises and conversational discussions that elicit from them their ability to communicate in a clear authentic way. I'm personally involved with working with my clients who range between beginners to advanced speakers of English. I not only teach them English but I also discuss the acculturation process that their going through, even if they don't realize that it's happening to them. By understanding the culture shock that their going through, they begin to take the burden off of themselves for what they think is bad about their ability to learn. I teach calm, confidence and consistency.
What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?
Look for someone who you can feel open and honest with. I offer a free first class consultation, so that we can get to know each other and see if we will feel comfortable working together. Having tutor/teacher is like going to a doctor of attorney, it's essential that you can feel safe and supported around that person. Study another language requires that you open yourself up and expose your weakness's so that the tutor/teacher can help you face your challenges. That's a very vulnerable situation to be in. Therefore it's critical that you feel completely safe with your tutor, because then you can learn rapidly.