SHEILA VIESCA, CEO
CORPORATE PROTOCOL AND COMMUNICATION SPECIALIST
“My world is shaped by the words I speak.”
Sheila Viesca is a corporate communications and leadership trainer to top corporations and government institutions. She is also a language and protocol trainer who designed the Department of Education’s Comprehensive Language Competency Benchmark, which is now being used as the official guideline for the standard competency requirements of all personnel. She has worked hand-in-hand with DepED as the lead designer and trainer of national English programs to promote Communicative Language Teaching (CLT) in the Philippines and help advance the proficiency of educators and non-teaching personnel.
Sheila Viesca took her Bachelor in Literature from the University of Santo Tomas, Masters in Entrepreneurship at the Asian Institute of Management, and Doctorate in Applied Cosmic Anthropology at the Asian Social Institute. She took an advanced level of TESL in Toronto, Canada and pioneered Integrated Language Teaching (ILT) in workshop designs after setting up TalkShop in 2000. Adhering to the belief in the unlimited potential in any person who has the desire to invest time and effort in both formal training and informal education, Sheila designs and conducts language and personality programs for individuals and corporations that take them on a journey to continuous self-mastery.
Specializations:
- Public Speaking
- Management Communication
- Accent Training and Telephone Skills
- Conversation Expertise
- Corporate Image and Social Graces
- Grammar Mastery / Technical Writing
- Creative Writing
- Protocol Training
- Stress and Time Management
- English for Educators
- Leadership Training
- Negotiation Techniques / Salesmanship
Affiliations:
- President : Executive Toastmasters Toastmasters International (2013-2014)
- Regional Representative : Int’l English Education Research Assn. (IEERA)
- Trainer : RCMP, Rotary International
- Member : Makati Business Club
- Lector : Ministry for Liturgical Affairs, Santuario de San Antonio
- Language Proficiency Professor, Asian Institute of Management
- Proponent of Integrated Language Teaching (ILT)
Associations:
District Trainer for Luzon, Toastmasters District Council (2016-2017)
Area 14 Governor, Toastmasters Division Council (2015-2016)
President, Executive Toastmasters Club (2013-2014)
Member, Makati Business Club (2013-Present)
Member, Rotary International – Rotary Club of Makati Poblacion (2004-2016)
Member, Archdiocesan Liturgical Commission (2000-Present)