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NEW! Taking the Stage® Helping BC Women Achieve a Leadership Presence
Women’s Enterprise Centre is proud to launch Taking the Stage®, an exciting new program that helps business-minded aboriginal, immigrant, youth or women entrepreneurs across BC learn how to achieve a dynamic leadership presence. If you feel uncomfortable in situations where the spotlight is focused on you or you just aren’t sure how to fully project your leadership qualities, then this program could be exactly what you need.
Taking the Stage® will help you to become a strong, confident leader by teaching you to speak with strength on any ‘stage’— from boardrooms to meeting rooms, from town halls to phone calls. Taking the Stage® consists of groups of 6 to 10 women who meet for four dynamic monthly sessions led by a volunteer facilitator in your community. These four video-based learning modules serve as the basis for rich group discussion and strong networking opportunities. The sessions cover:
•Choosing to Take the Stage: Focuses on achieving a leadership presence. You will learn to adopt a new, braver mindset: one that enables women to stand out and be heard.
•Unlocking the Power of Your Voice: Shows women how to develop the strong, confident voice of a leader. You will discover how to get your points across without sounding shrill, defensive, or tentative.
•Creating a Leader’s Script: Explains how to create a clear message – whether giving a presentation at a trade show or making a phone call. You will learn how to avoid apologetic and self-deprecating expressions and to communicate using strong words of a leader.
•Achieving a Powerful Presence: Shows you how to achieve a strong, leadership presence through eye contact, pace, body language, and voice To watch the video demos click here.
Taking the Stage®, developed by a Toronto-based company, The Humphrey Group, was previously only available to women in large corporations. Thanks to their generous support, special project funding from Status of Women Canada, a network of volunteer facilitators, and the help of community sponsors, we are pleased to be able to offer this program to BC women in 2010 and 2011. To listen to past participants and to see the global reach of Taking the Stage® click here.
Space is limited, apply today! Application deadline for first intake is August 15, 2010
