It doesn’t matter if you’re a news anchor, a weatherman, field reporter, or the host of a talk show. People watch people. Viewers respond to personalities – no matter what platform they find them on. My proven techniques get viewers responding to you. I work with talent all over the world in all kinds of “live” or pre-taped hosting, presentation and news formats. If you’d like, I’ll coach you and your co-anchor together – or the entire on-air team on your show!
I think of myself as your personality producer – a coach who provides you with my tried-and-true tricks of the trade based on many years of successes and failures on the air. I provide insight, experience and expert analysis. I will push you forward one step at a time. As I push, I refine and I inspire and I develop. Every on-air person is different. I exploit those differences to produce you into your own, unique, authentic personality. I won’t force you to be someone you’re not! I’ve heard thousands of times,
“Hey, it’s my face out there!”
And yes it is! I get it. I’m not going to turn you into a clown or tamper with your credibility. What I am going to do is challenge you to take some risks – to slowly move beyond your current comfort zone. Once you’re there, you’ll begin to find the teleprompter nothing more than a nuisance.
HERE ARE MY STARTING POINTS:
- I push you out of you comfort zones ever so slowly.
- I remind you over and over, “I have your back.” If something doesn’t work, tomorrow’s another show.
- I give you permission to experiment without fear of failure. Some things work. Some things don’t. The more things don’t go as planned on-the-air early on, the less afraid and more skilled you become at handling “in the moment” situations.
- I teach you how to interact with your co-hosts on camera. It’s not as easy as it looks.
- I allow you to laugh without fear you’ll lose your credibility. Laughter is emotion. Viewers are drawn to emotion on TV. They want to be “in on the joke”.
In addition, I’ll work with you on these twelve areas you must master as you evolve into a personality:
- Flirting with the camera
- Being “in the moment”
- Going off prompter
- Taking Risks and Seeing Rewards
- Mixing It Up With Real People
- Telling Compelling Stories
- Telling Compelling Personal Stories
- Going There
- Allowing Moments to Play Out
- Mastering Multi-Talent Interviews
- Give & Take
- Genuinely Liking Your Co-Hosts
