The Core Curriculum

There are six core learning Modules, plus a comprehensive library of bonus sessions that helps you become a powerful speaker.

6 Powerful Modules

  • I. Power of Preparation

    • Audience Analysis: Learn the importance of understanding your audience and how to conduct an effective audience analysis, enabling you to tailor your message, language, and delivery to effectively connect with your specific audience.

    • Preparing Your Content: How to conduct focused content research. How to distil content into relevant, impactful messaging that resonates with your audience. How to test content applicability and focus on the highest value-add.

    • Preparing Yourself: Discover strategies for thorough preparation, including researching your topic, organizing your content, and creating a compelling message that resonates with your audience.

  • II. Power of Positioning

    • Storytelling principles: Understand the art of storytelling and how to craft narratives that captivate your audience, evoke emotions, and convey your message effectively.

    • Framing techniques: Discover how framing can shape the perception of your message and influence the way your audience interprets and responds to your ideas.

    • Beginning and ending your speech: Learn and practice the techniques to establish connection with your audience right from the start till your memorable end.

  • III. Power of Persuasion

    • Ethos, pathos, logos: Master the persuasive techniques of appealing to credibility (ethos), emotions (pathos), and logic (logos) to influence and connect with your audience on a deeper level.

    • Cialdini's 6 principles of persuasion: Dive deeper into Cialdin´s six principles of persuasion and learn how to apply them ethically to influence and persuade your audience.

    • Emotional Resonance: Learn about the interplay between universal emotions and intrinsic needs that we share as humans. Enhance your narratives and make them resonate on a deeper level with your audience and inspire them to take action.

  • IV. Power of Presence

    • Body language: Explore non-verbal communication cues and techniques to convey confidence, authenticity, and charisma through your posture, gestures, and facial expressions.

    • Eye Contact: Master the art of engaging with your audience through eye contact. Learn how to use eye contact to build rapport, demonstrate sincerity, and maintain the attention of your listeners.

    • Voice and Diction: Develop your vocal skills, including intonation, projection, and articulation, to effectively deliver your message with clarity, impact, and professionalism.

  • V. Power of Person

    • Authenticity and self-expression: Learn how to tap into your authentic self, unleash your uniqueness, and express your ideas with conviction and passion.

    • Executive Presence: Delve into the core elements of Executive Presence: confidence, communication, and charisma. Foster authentic connections by using appropriate language, and exhibiting active listening skills to establish credibility and authority

    • How to be Charismatic: Learn to foster genuine connections through mindful communication, active listening, and the art of being authentically engaging. Charisma isn't just about charm; it's about establishing credibility and authority by resonating with your audience on a deeper level.

  • VI. Power of Presentation

    • Managing Stage Anxiety: Familiarize with a mental model to reframe stage anxiety and choose from a variety of techniques to address physical and mental stage anxiety symptoms.

    • Stage management: Address stage nerves, manage stage presence (in person and virtual) and learn how to effectively utilize the stage to enhance your message and engage your audience

    • Executive Presence: Delve into the core elements of Executive Presence: confidence, communication, and charisma. Foster authentic connections by using appropriate language, and exhibiting active listening skills to establish credibility and authority

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  • "The signature speech will be like arms and ammunition for me - whenever I want I can use it. It's not just that though, it's also given me a lot of scope to reflect and a lot of scope have to understand why I'm doing what I'm doing."

    Cohort 1 Participant & Global Leader

  • "Shivangi's prompts are doing a great job in forcing me to unearth responsive stories from the past. It’s amazing how the seemingly ordinary can become extraordinary!"

    Cohort 1 Participant & Entrepreneur

  • “You are a role model and showed strong leadership and empathy on stage at the TEDx Talk in Basel!”

    Bettina Gebhardt, Managing Director bei Kontx Kommunikation GmbH

  • “My work with Shivangi has been transformative. The depth of the work that she and I have done over the last year goes to the heart of how I think, perceive, and act.”

    — Senior Executive, top 3 Global Pharmaceutical Organization

  • “Shivangi’s ability to create a safe learning environment in which we could have candid conversations on delicate issues was transformational to the functioning of my management team. Thank you!”

    — VP Marketing, Fortune 100 Conglomerate

Who teaches Make the Stage?

Make the Stage is led by Shivangi Walke, TEDx Speaker, Executive Coach and Leadership Master trainer. Shivangi has trained, and coached leaders and leadership teams in over 40 countries for organizations like Google, Airbus, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Syngenta, Roche, and Pfizer. She has inspired thousands of people globally through her non-profit Thrive with Mentoring and through her keynotes and speeches, most recently at TEDx Basel, Switzerland.

What you’ll learn in MTS is based on over 25 years of leading, training and coaching experience, not theory. Train personally with the industry leader who has successfully transitioned from  corporate to establish her own commercial and non-profit ventures based on her speaking and influencing skills.

Shivangi speaking at TEDx Basel

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