EXECUTIVE SPEAKING TRAINING IN BADEN, SWITZERLAND, NEAR ZURICH
Make the Stage Intensive
A Live Delivery Lab for Leaders, Experts and Founders
A strong message is not enough. The room has to feel it.
Bring one real talk. Deliver it, receive precise feedback, adjust it and deliver it again, until the room can experience your authority. Make the Stage Intensive is for leaders, experts and founders preparing for a real high-stakes speaking moment: a leadership presentation, town hall, keynote, panel opening, client presentation, investor pitch or important interview. Across two 90-minute online sessions and a five-hour in-person live delivery lab in Baden, Switzerland, near Zurich, you work on how the room actually experiences you: voice, pace, pause, emphasis, eye contact, physical presence, audience connection and grounded authority.
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Where the work happens
You may already know what you want to say. Make the Stage focuses on how you deliver it.
Your message is the starting point. Voice, pace, pause, presence and connection shape how it lands in the room.
- 01 Message
- 02 Voice
- 03 Pace
- 04 Pause
- 05 Presence
- 06 Connection
- 07 Impact
The aim is to help the room experience your authority more fully.
The shift that changes the room
You already know what to say. This is about how the room experiences it.
We work with your voice, pace, pauses, eye contact and physical presence, so your message can land with more authority and connection.
- Explaining Influencing
- Memorising Owning the message
- Speaking at people Creating connection
- Filling every silence Using pause and pace
- Performing confidence Grounded authority
The Make the Stage experience
Prepare with intention.
Practise in the room.
Deliver with impact.
One real talk moves through three stages. You prepare it, test how it lands, then deliver it again with greater intention.
90 minutes
Find the point
Clarify your audience, the stakes and the central idea your talk needs to land.
You leave with A clear direction and personal delivery priorities.
90 minutes
Test the delivery
Speak an early version. Work on your opening, voice, pace, pauses and key moments.
You leave with A working talk and a focused rehearsal plan.
5-hour lab
Make it live
Deliver in the room. Receive precise coaching. Adjust, rehearse and deliver again.
You leave with One real talk rehearsed and delivered with more authority and connection.
Investment & return
One real talk. Eight focused hours. A different experience in the room.
Bring the speaking moment that matters to you. Leave having practised it, tested it with an audience and made deliberate choices about how you deliver it.
- 01 A talk you have delivered and refined One real presentation rehearsed through feedback, adjustment and redelivery.
- 02 Individual insight into your presence Precise coaching on voice, pace, pause, movement and audience connection.
- 03 A way to keep improving Your delivery priorities and a practical method for preparing future talks.
"I still can’t believe I did it. When I walked on stage, I was nervous, but I left proud, even elated, because the words flowed and I delivered with authenticity. This experience showed me something important: when I prepare, I can truly shine. The partner feedback, the 2-minute practice rounds, and Shivangi’s coaching built my confidence step by step. Nine months later, every time I step up to speak, I still carry the confidence and presence I built through the programme.”
- Ler Miao Miao, Senior Director, Air Trunk
Frequently Asked Questions
Still have questions? Take a look at the FAQ or reach out anytime. If you’re feeling ready, go ahead and apply.
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No. Make the Stage is a live delivery lab for leaders, experts and founders who already have a real professional speaking moment ahead. Rather than teaching generic public speaking theory, you work on one actual talk through delivery, precise feedback, adjustment and redelivery.
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The five-hour in-person speaking lab takes place in Baden, Switzerland, near Zurich. The Intensive also includes two 90-minute online working sessions before the live lab.
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No. Bring a real piece of speaking you need to develop. It can be rough, incomplete or already in use.
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Make the Stage is designed for leaders, executives, experts and founders preparing for high-stakes moments such as leadership presentations, town halls, keynote speeches, panels, client presentations, investor pitches and important interviews.
The important thing is that it is real and relevant to you.
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The first session focuses on the audience, context, central idea and the response you want to create.
The second session tests an early version of the talk and begins the work on voice, pace, pause, emphasis and delivery choices.
Both sessions take place before the in-person day in Baden.
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The five-hour session in Baden is the heart of the programme.
You will deliver your talk, receive precise feedback, make a deliberate adjustment and deliver it again. We work on voice, physical presence, movement, eye contact, audience connection and the moments that need to land.
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The main focus is delivery.
We may refine wording or structure when it affects how the talk lands, but most of the work is on how you use your voice, body, energy, pace and presence in the room.
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Yes.
Make the Stage is designed for leaders, experts and founders who need to speak with authority and influence, whether or not speaking is their profession.
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You will leave with:
One real talk tested and rehearsed
Clearer choices about voice, pace, pause and presence
Feedback on how the audience experiences you
A stronger understanding of what helps your message land
A practical way to continue rehearsing and improving
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The investment is CHF 999 plus VAT per person.
It includes two 90-minute online sessions and one five-hour in-person speaking lab in Baden.
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The online-session recordings will be available for learning. The in-person practice is designed to be experienced live.