Field notes on media interviews, presentations and executive presence, from Jess Todtfeld. 179 pieces so far; here are the newest.
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Note cards make you read and scripted slides make you turn your back. Here is the Setlist Method: one page of large main ideas you glance at, so you keep your place and still talk to the room.
Read the articleThis blog collects articles by Jess Todtfeld on media interviews, presentations, crisis communication and executive presence. Jess is a former ABC, NBC and FOX producer and a Guinness World Record holder. Each article opens with a short answer, then a practical technique for your next interview or presentation, and shows when it was last updated.
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Deflecting by org chart feels precise and reads as evasion. The audience sees one organization, one logo and one person refusing to help.
Most people build a talk starting at slide one and end up with a data dump. Outline the middle first and the rest writes itself.
Three columns on a sheet of paper turned sideways, and an answer structure that survives the edit. This is the part of media training people actually keep using.
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