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Storytelling in business

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Explore our range of courses, covering all topic areas of writing at work.

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Emphasis is the UK’s leading communication training provider, offering specialist learning programmes and consultancy services to private and public sector organisations all over the world.

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Emphasis has been enabling organisations and individuals to make their communication work for 25 years. Find out more about our story and our work below.

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Melissa Melly

Experienced radio journalist and producer

An experienced journalist and trainer, Melissa has written series and programmes for Radio 4, Radio 2, BBC 1 and The World Service. She also has substantial experience of teaching business English, including to speakers of other languages.

For 13 years, Melissa was a producer in BBC Radio, working on shows including You and Yours, Woman’s Hour, and The Steve Wright show. Now, she is one of our busiest specialist writing trainers.

She graduated from Oxford in Classics and is fluent in Spanish.

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