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60 seconds about… urgency.

In each of his “60 seconds about…” videos, Elevator Speech Training CEO Marc Fest zeroes in on one of the issues he encounters most frequently in his training sessions.

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“This is seriously one of the best trainings I have ever received.”
Marielena Hincapie, Executive Director, National Immigration Law Center

“The training was really excellent – well-paced and fun.”
Sirine Shebaya, Executive Director, National Immigration Project

“The modeling of story examples was so helpful.”
Quyen Dinh, Executive Director, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center

“Anyone could benefit from this training opportunity.”
Bob McFalls, Executive Director, Florida Philanthropic Network

“So helpful!”
Sarah Milligan-Toffler, Executive Director, Children & Nature Network

“It was enlightening. Thank you!”
Suzanne Graham, President
Downtown Akron Partnership

“Elevator Speech Training is truly exceptional.”
Anne Evens, CEO, Elevate Energy

“Every leader of a non-profit should take this training.”
Eric Cohen, Executive Director, Immigrant Legal Resource Center

“In a short hour I went from a decent pitch to a targeted, clear, well focused ask.”
Joshua Ginsberg, President
Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies

“I had no idea so much could be done in just one hour, total game-changing work!”
Heather Ferguson, Executive Director, Common Cause New Mexico

“If only all my one-hour meetings were so productive!”
Priya Jayachandran, CEO
National Housing Trust

“Marc blew me away and I can’t wait to recommend him to my colleagues.”
Cecili Thompson Williams, Executive Director
Beyond the Bomb

“In just an hour I left with concrete ways I can be more effective.”
Rachel Micah-Jones, Executive Director, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc.

“The training gave me some really great tips on making a strong presentation of my organization!”
Ralph Williamson, President
Faith Organizing Alliance (FOA)

“Honest feedback is critical and I definitely got that! Thank you!”
Lindsay Harper, Executive Director, Georgia WAND

“My elevator speech was improved *at least* 100% in the fun hour I spent with Marc.”
Kyra Shields, Bright Cities Program Director
Healthy Babies Bright Futures

“I highly recommend this training.”
Jojo Annobil, Executive Director, Immigrant Justice Corps

“In just one hour with Marc, I was able to develop usable talking points.”
Debra Cronmiller, Executive Director, League of Women Voters of Wisconsin

“This one hour session was more impactful for me than the hours, days, weeks that I have spent in other communications trainings.”
Dan Nissenbaum, CEO
Low Income Investment Fund

“This was a well-used hour.”
Andrea Ponsor, CEO
Stewards of Affordable Housing for the Future

“I loved Marc’s approach, the direct and efficient real-time feedback, and the confidence-boosting energy.”
Sarah Shanley Hope, Executive Director, The Solutions Project

“In just one hour Marc helped me greatly increase the impact of my delivery.”
Nancy Parrish, Executive Director, WAND