MARK CAVEN offers training programs for professionals and students who wish to improve their communication skills and presentation skills. Programs are carried out 1 to 1 online, or for large groups, in person location permitting. It is a responsive curriculum, based on assessment and designed to meet the needs of each individual. MARK CAVEN is the director of PERFECT ENGLISH SPEECH. Mark studied voice in England at the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Arts, (LAMDA), the largest Speech and Drama Board in the United Kingdom, with a reputation for excellence throughout the world and focusing on the techniques pioneered by Dame Cicely Berry O.B.E.In a forty year career he has worked successfully in film, television, theatre and radio, as a performer, director, writer, and voice coach in both the UK and Canada, mastering the techniques, experience and skills to create the PERFECT ENGLISH SPEECH program. Mark is a frequent guest lecturer at The University Of Toronto, York University and other colleges. He is the author of several successful audio books on English pronunciation, and assisted in developing a highly successful series of workshops for medical staff working in the UK's National Health System to improve their communication skills. Mark has enjoyed working with people from a variety of professions from actors and lawyers, to doctors and politicians. His experience, humour, patience, and ability to keep it simple, have kept Mark in demand in the business arena, coaching many an executive and company director in the art of public speaking and presentation. In order to gain maximum benefit from the PERFECT ENGLISH SPEECH program Mark expects the same level of motivation, and concentration he himself brings to every workshop. "It is only in our commitment to try, fail, and apply the lessons learned that we can all improve."

This position is on-going...Mark is also an experienced voice artist working in all areas of the entertainment industry from commercials, documentaries, audio books, animation and corporate to Radio Drama. He most recently narrated the film BABELDOM, played nine different characters in BBC Radio 4 production of SHOW BOAT and has just completed a documentary on the CIVIL WAR in which he played General Lee, General Grant and Abe Lincoln. You could say he was at war with himself!Contact: In Canada - Sandi Sloane at Fountainhead Talent, 416-538-6888 ext 227.In UK: Emma Harvey at Harvey Voices, +44 207 9524361

Guest speaker providing workshops in Interview Skills for graduating students.

Frequent guest lecturer at the University of Toronto, Suon College, York University, Canada, and Westminster University, London, UK. Conducting workshops in pronunciation and communication with students and teachers alike.

A story/script writer on the hit children's animated series CHUGGINGTON. "This is not Thomas the Tank. These trains are hardcore!"

Audio Book titles include the best seller "The Lowdown: Improve Your Speech - American English" and "The Lowdown: Improve Your Speech - American English for Chinese Speakers". Written and narrated by Mark Caven and available on itunes.

One of the writers for the cult BBC series The Glam Metal Detectives."I like comedy where two and two makes five." Peter Richardson, Director.