Register by March 7 to take advantage of early-bird pricing. Prices go up $10 on March 8.
Stop Performing & Start Connecting: Transform Your Stage Presence for the Ultimate Audience Response
Many professional speakers get so caught up in marketing and building their business, they sometimes forget to work on the most important thing that gets them the business — their stagecraft! The best speakers bridge the gap by consistently creating an authentic experience, so the audience sees them exactly as they intend.
Most speaking workshops teach you how to perform: “stand this way…gesture that way…put emphasis here.” But truly unforgettable speakers aren’t manufactured. They’re responsive, not rigid. Present, not performing. They don’t rely on a script; they rely on a grounded, intentional version of themselves.
This masterclass flips the traditional model on its head by offering personalized hot seats. Instead of searching for the “right” technique, we explore what happens when your intention, presence, and message are fully aligned—and when you allow the moment itself to become your collaborator.
Together, we’ll discover:
- How your internal state directly shapes your delivery
- How audiences fell your authenticity long before they analyze your words
- How to adapt in real time without losing your grounding, confidence, or voice
No gimmicks. No prescribed performance behaviors. Just the practical, powerful work of learning to communicate with your audience—rather than performing at them.
Through seven personalized deep-dive hot seats, live coaching, and real-time reflection for the full room, we’ll explore:
- Showing up grounded and centered, even under pressure
- Reading and responding to the energy of the moment
- Letting your inner voice and outer voice finally match
- Speaking from lived truth instead of technique
Whether you’re one of the exclusive members-only seven hot-seats or you’re an interactive learner, this session is a MUST for anyone wanting to level-up their stage presence and turn heads. You’ll walk away with a repeatable process—a set of practices you can return to—that supports clarity, connection, and authentic presence on your terms and in your style, rather than forcing you into a performance.
This isn’t about being a “good speaker.”
It’s about being a real one.
About Tara Sievers-Hunt
Tara Sievers-Hunt is a presence and communication coach, speaker, and applied narrativist who helps professionals align what they mean to communicate with what audiences actually experience. Drawing on her background as a professional performer, creative leader, and former college professor, Tara brings a rare blend of expertise in voice and communication, embodied stage presence, and meaning-centered storytelling to the stage. Her PhD research focused on learning psychology, narrative inquiry, and professional identity development. Her work includes personalized coaching with hundreds of leaders, speakers, and creatives across career stages, and an even broader impact through live-learning environments.
Known for her highly interactive, conversation-based masterclasses, Tara moves participants beyond product and polish into intentional lived practice—helping speakers build confidence they’ve earned, not performed. Her work centers on real-time presence: translating intention into action, reading a room, adapting in the moment, and staying grounded and connected when the stakes are high. With a gift for hearing structure beneath expression, Tara helps people identify what truly needs to shift—internally, externally, and relationally—so they leave with a strengthened capacity to trust themselves, communicate with clarity and credibility, and speak with coherence when it matters most.
Attendees are encouraged to register for our morning session Alan Berg, CSP: Get Booked, Stay Booked - Winning Clients and Finding Your Niche - 3/14/2026. An optional lunch add-on is available with both sessions.
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About Lunch
- Lunch is automatically included for seminar subscribers - you do not need to register for lunch separately.
- Lunch is included at no extra cost for people attending both the morning and afternoon session. If you are attending both sessions, do not register for lunch - we will add it to your registration manually.
Limited free tickets are available for first-time guests. Email info@nsamichigan.org for more information.