The Great Imitation Challenge
Master the style of your favorite native English speaker in 21 days! Don't have one yet? Discover it when we start next.
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Course overview
Is your spoken American English leaving you behind in your career and life?
Learn the secrets of public speaking by imitating one of your most admired native English speakers so you can have the professional and personal life you dream of having. Yep, that's right! Let The Diamond Method™️ frameworks elevate your speech until you feel like you belong in the room.
✨ The first 10 people to enroll get a FREE VIP Pass that includes 3 BONUSES:
✔︎ VIPs receive 30 extra minutes of coaching daily, which means there's more time for you to get personal feedback from Jill.
✔︎ VIPS maintain lifetime access to all the recorded workshops so that you can revisit The Diamond Method™️ frameworks at any time in the future.
✔︎ VIPs can join us backstage 10 minutes early to see the behind-the-scenes action and sneak in some private conversation with Jill.
✔︎ BONUS for the first 10 to enroll: You'll get a private 30-minute session with Jill after the challenge finishes so she can point you in the best direction for future speaking success (a value of $250 alone)
✔︎ BONUS for the first 10 to enroll: You'll get The Gold VIP Bag filled with resource material, important definitions, rules, additional practice sheets, and more.
✔︎ BONUS for the first 10 to enroll: Tell someone you know to join the cohort using your name, and you'll get a second 30-minute private session.
Who is this course for
01
You're a seasoned professional who speaks English as a second language fluently, but you know you've got another level of skill in you.
02
You're frustrated when asked to repeat yourself. You lose sleep over presentations. Or, you just feel like something is missing.
03
You have dreams for yourself that require you to have greater confidence, clarity, and ease when speaking English.
Key outcomes
Model your preferred native English speaker through imitation
When it comes to acquiring proficiency in a second language, copying the sounds and speech patterns of native English speakers is your best bet for achieving success and tackling your fluency challenges. Join The Great Imitation Challenge™️ and model your way to success!
Experiment with the 6 frameworks inside The Diamond Method™️
Have you been working on your American accent without the results you desire? Join The Great Imitation Challenge™️ and experiment with applying thought chunking, emphasis, rhythm, melody, diction, and flow so that losing your accent becomes secondary to mastering your speech.
Dissect your (and your peers') speech and build an incredible ear for English
Having an intellectual understanding of a foreign language is different from speaking with amazing skills. You need to become the speaker and listener at the same time. Join The Great Imitation Challenge™️, fine-tune your self-awareness, and become that amazing speaker yourself!
Feel rewarded by your hard work resulting in enhanced English-speaking skills and confidence
When you put in the time required for success in The Great Imitation Challenge™️, your hard work will lead you to deeper conversations and greater opportunities. The end of the challenge is just the beginning of many more rewards to come.
What’s included
Live sessions
Learn directly from Jill Diamond in a real-time, interactive format.
Lifetime access
Go back to course content and recordings whenever you need to.
Community of peers
Stay accountable and share insights with like-minded professionals.
Certificate of completion
Share your new skills with your employer or on LinkedIn.
Maven Guarantee
This course is backed by the Maven Guarantee. Students are eligible for a full refund up until the halfway point of the course.
Course syllabus
36 live sessions • 52 lessons • 23 projects
Week 1
Jun
2
Challenge Workshop 1
Jun
2
VIP Session 1 (By separate invitation. Register now!)
Jun
3
Challenge Workshop 2
Jun
3
VIP Session 2 (By separate invitation. Register now!)
Jun
4
Challenge Workshop 3
Jun
4
VIP Session 3 (By separate invitation. Register now!)
Jun
5
Challenge Workshop 4
Jun
5
VIP Session 4 (By separate invitation. Register now!)
Jun
5
Optional: Office Hours 1
Jun
6
Challenge Workshop 5
Jun
6
VIP Session 5 (By separate invitation. Register now!)
Jun
7
Challenge Workshop 6: Special Weekend Hours
Choosing Your Guru
Let's kick off The Great Imitation Challenge™️ by choosing the native English speaker whose speech you plan to master.
Choosing Your Passage
It's time to find your favorite part of your Guru's speech. Imitation mastery is about quality and not quantity, so get this part right. 4-5 sentences or as many as 100 words.
Learning The Diamond Method™️ Frameworks
It's time to dig into the 6 speaking frameworks that will help you master your Guru's speech.
Part II: Get Inside Your Guru's Head: Observing Thought Chunking & Emphasis
It's time to spend some time observing how your Guru uses The Diamond Method™️ Frameworks in their speech. This will get you inside the head of your Guru as you begin to take on their speaking style.
In this lesson, you'll learn about the relationship between Thought Chunking and Emphasis and then observe how your Guru uses them together.
Observing Your Guru's Rhythm & Diction
In this lesson, you'll learn about the relationship between Rhythm and Diction and then observe how your Guru uses them together.
Observing Your Guru's Melody & Flow
In this lesson, you'll learn about the relationship between Melody and Flow and then observe how your Guru uses them together.
Part III: Feel Your Guru's Courage
You've got an intellectual understanding of how your Guru applies The Diamond Method™️ to their communication, don't you? Now, it's time for you to imitate their speaking style through their words. In this step, you'll worry less about the "language" and more about the application of the frameworks.
Week 2
Jun
9
Challenge Workshop 7
Jun
9
VIP Session 7 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
10
Challenge Workshop 8
Jun
10
VIP Session 8 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
11
Challenge Workshop 9
Jun
11
VIP Session 9 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
12
Challenge Workshop 10
Jun
12
VIP Session 10 (By separate invitation only)
Jun
12
Optional: Office Hours 2
Jun
13
Challenge Workshop 11
Jun
13
VIP Session 11 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
14
Challenge Workshop 12: Special Weekend Hours
Feeling Your Guru's Courage Thought Chunking & Emphasis
In this lesson, you'll start imitating your Guru's thought chunking and focus words.
Feeling Your Guru's Courage Rhythm & Diction
Now it's time to go back to those multi-syllabic words you identified in the speech and imitate the rhythm and diction.
Feeling Your Guru's Courage Melody & Flow
You're coming to a great moment in your imitation practice. Keep up the hard work as you use the observations you made last week to imitate your Guru's Melody & Fow.
Feeling Your Guru's Courage Putting It All Together
This will be the last module where you imitate your Guru while speaking with them at the same time.
Feeling Your Guru's Courage Reading Their Passage As You
How has your Guru influenced the way you speak English? That's what you're going to learn now.
Part IV: Find Your Guru's Magic Drafting Your Speech
Are you feeling successful now that you've applied The Diamond Method™️ frameworks to your Guru's speech? It's time for you to imitate their speaking style and apply the frameworks to your thoughts and words. Are you ready to feel the magic? Let's do this!
Week 3
Jun
16
Challenge Workshop 13
Jun
16
VIP Session 13 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
17
Challenge Workshop 14
Jun
17
VIP Session 14 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
18
Challenge Workshop 15
Jun
18
VIP Session 15 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
19
Challenge Workshop 16
Jun
19
VIP Session 16 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
19
Optional Office Hours 3
Jun
20
Challenge Workshop 17
Jun
20
VIP Session 17 (By separate invitation only.)
Jun
22
Final Challenge Workshop 18: Special Weekend Hours
Finding Your Guru's Magic Applying Thought Chunking & Emphasis
It's time to write your script in a way where you recognize the pauses and focus words.
Finding Your Guru's Magic Applying Rhythm & Diction
In this module, you'll learn something new about rhythm, so be sure to go through each activity.
Finding Your Guru's Magic Applying Melody & Flow
It's time to apply intonation and flow to your speech. Ready for the hard part?
Finding Your Guru's Magic Revisiting Your Guru
It's time to go back and listen to your Guru's speech to find any last-minute magic.
Finding Your Guru's Magic Presenting To The Group
Ready to show off the new you? Let's do this!
What students are saying
The Diamond Method™️ Frameworks
The Thought Chunking Framework™️
Pause to communicate confidence, facilitate thinking, and establish trust with your listeners.
The Emphasis Framework™️
Emphasize the right words in each phrase to get the engagement you need from your audience.
The Rhythm Framework™️
Stress the correct syllables in your words to ensure you are being understood by others effectively.
The Melody Framework™️
Speak with the musical patterns of American English to get the results you're after in your communication.
The Diction Framework™️
Shape the vowels of important words correctly to elevate your English and stand out with professionalism.
The Flow Framework™️
Connect and reduce words like an American to sound fluent and natural when you speak.
Meet your instructor
Jill Diamond
Jill Diamond
As a former actor and singer, Jill knows that self-expression is at the heart of every great communicator.
And when it comes to speaking a foreign language (she speaks Portuguese), she knows that speaking in public can feel intimidating, frustrating, and simply unsuccessful compared to speaking her native tongue.
That's why she's taken her life's work and created The Diamond Method™️. In just 6 easy-to-use frameworks, you'll accelerate your spoken American English and be speaking like a pro in no time.
Jill's had the great fortune of bringing her methodology to millions of professionals since 1997, and she's passionate about adding you to the list.
Want to know more about Jill? Check her out here.
And remember, the advancement of your English-speaking dreams is just one challenge away.
Schedule
4-6 hours weekly
Challenge Workshops
21 DAYS: Mon-Fri 11:30 AM-12:00 PM EST
Show up to our 30-minute workshops Monday-Friday to think quickly and implement the 6 Frameworks from The Diamond Method™️. The next challenge begins June 2nd.
VIP Access (Optional)
21 DAYS: Mon-Fri 12:00 PM-12:30 PM EST
This special offer will give you an additional 30 minutes in each workshop to accelerate the application of The Diamond Method™️. Plus, you can log in 10 minutes early to be part of our backstage setup. And because you'll be among the first 10 to enroll, it's FREE! (Normally $57)
Daily projects
30 minutes daily
To succeed at The Great Imitation Challenge™️, make sure your schedule allows you to add a minimum of 30 minutes daily to your schedule for assignments that will allow you to get the most out of our workshops.
Office Hours (Optional)
Thursdays 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM EST
Have questions or want to run something by Jill and the group? Stop by the office hours scheduled for 30 minutes each Thursday.
Special Weekend Sessions
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM EST
Meet us on the first two Saturdays and last Sunday for our extended 90-minute sessions and graduation ceremony on the final Sunday.
Free VIP Pass for the first 10 to enroll. Seats fill up fast. (Normally $57)
That Includes:
✔︎ 60 minutes instead of 30 each day
✔︎ Lifetime access to the recordings.
✔︎ Backstage pass
✔︎ BONUS 1: One private 30-minute session with Jill
✔︎ BONUS 2: VIP Gift Bag
✔︎ BONUS 3: Tell someone you know to join the cohort using your name and get a second 30-minute session.
In addition to the daily instructional videos, worksheets, and encouragement, you'll get:
ACTIVE LEARNING
Instead of just working solo watching videos and reading documents, this challenge builds on live workshops and hands-on projects so that you can feel change each and every day.
ACCOUNTABILITY
You'll be joining a community of like-minded people who want to enhance their advanced English and who will grow alongside you and hold you to higher standards than if you did it alone.
SIMPLE FRAMEWORKS
The Diamond Method's speaking tools are organized into six easy-to-use frameworks. You'll dissect them all: Thought Chunking, Emphasis, Rhythm, Diction, Melody, and Flow.
YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED LIVE
There's nothing better than having access to an expert when you are mastering a new skill. That's why, in addition to question-asking time in each workshop, there are daily office hours to have your questions answered by Jill.
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