You Just Talk Diplomacy
Represent your country in English — with precision, nuance and composure.
Diplomats don't need more English.
They need exact English.
In diplomacy, the difference between "we note with concern" and "we condemn" is not vocabulary. It is policy. English that is merely fluent is not enough when every word you say is attributable to your government.
You already work in English. You read the cables, you sit in the meetings, you understand the briefings. What is harder is saying precisely as much as you intend to say — and not one word more. Expressing firmness without hostility. Leaving a door open while appearing to close it. Registering disagreement in a room where the temperature must not rise.
You Just Talk Diplomacy is built for that narrow, demanding register. We do not teach general English with diplomatic vocabulary attached. We train the specific skills the work requires: the measured phrase, the deliberate qualification, the intervention delivered under time pressure, the answer given to a journalist who is not asking in good faith.
And we train what most programs ignore entirely — the corridor. Agreements are reached at receptions, in the margins of a session, over coffee between plenaries. That conversation is unscripted, fast and social, and it is where relationships that outlast any single negotiation are built. It is also the English no textbook prepares you for. It is exactly what the You Just Talk method has always taught: speaking in real time, without translating, without a script.
Who this program is for
Career diplomats and foreign service officers. Consular and trade officers posted abroad. Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel preparing for an English-language posting. Officials assigned to multilateral missions and international organizations. Military and civilian attachés.
This is an advanced program. It assumes you already work comfortably in English and want to sharpen the instrument, not build it.
You Just Talk Diplomacy Immersion Schedule
4 days a week · 4 hours per day
In-Person or Live Online
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
4:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Registration: $100
Monthly Tuition: $3,890
Books: $199
Private Classes 1:1
Registration: $100.00
Private Classes per Month: $5,590.00
Cost of Books: $199.00
Two ways to begin
Individual officers start with a placement interview.
Ministries, embassies and consulates can request a program briefing and a written proposal.