Shelly Carlson, enhances the services provided by Professional Skill Builders by expanding individual and training services emphasizing the development of vocal and verbal skills for business people, essential skills in an increasingly global economy that depends on the telephone for communicating.

Shelly Carlson, a communications specialist, coaches executives and leaders to develop and refine his/her communication skills. Ms. Carlson’s emphasis is the development of vocal and verbal skills and effective and evocative writing techniques.

Shelly uses the tools she learned and used as a professional actor to develop concise, effective writing skills, a strong, interesting voice and a standard, incisive command of language for the international arena. Shelly works with the whole person: body language, gestures, alignment, pitch, tempo and accent of the voice and appropriate emotional responses.

Shelly is a professional voice artist, actor, and writer. She has voiced hundreds of radio and television commercials and frequently delivers keynote speeches on topics such as Executive Presentations, Foreign Relations, and Accent Reduction. Corporate clients with whom Shelly has worked include AT&T, Amoco, USG Corporation, General Motors, Sears, Ameritech and Walgreen’s. She works with clients throughout the United States as well as around the globe.

Shelly trained at The Juilliard School and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Illinois Wesleyan University. Ms. Carlson is an active member of Actor’s Equity Association, the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Radio and TV Artists.