I started Media Skills Training in 1998 after 12 years as a television news and talk show producer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through my business, Media Skills Training, I coach top executives and professionals on how to be more effective when speaking to the media or making public presentations. I am a specialist in message development, presentation skills, media interview skills, and crisis communications.

My book Give Your Elevator Speech a Lift! (Book Publishers Network, June 2006) is a step-by-step guide through my proven process for creating a winning elevator speech. Following these steps helps eliminate the verbal clutter when answering the question “What do you do?”