Meet Marc Fest

Transforming Communication, One Conversation at a Time

Clients consistently praise Marc Fest's Elevator Speech Training with comments such as "total game-changing work" and "seriously one of the best trainings I have ever received" (browse the over 500 similar testimonials). Marc helps professionals excel in fundraising, partnership building, idea pitching, and other strategic communications goals.

Marc is a German-American communications professional and entrepreneur whose career spans journalism, technology innovation, and corporate communications. He previously served as Vice President of Communications for both the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the New World Symphony, where he developed deep expertise in helping mission-driven organizations communicate effectively.

As a technology innovator, Marc pioneered the concept of "metabrowsing" with his platform Quickbrowse.com, which attracted 30,000 users and $500,000 in angel funding. His technological contributions earned him U.S. permanent residency through the "extraordinary abilities" pathway, recognizing his impact on web technology innovation.

Today, Marc is the founder of ElevatorSpeechTraining.com, MessageHouse.org (a free messaging toolkit used by thousands of organizations worldwide), and Elvay (an AI-powered persuasion tool).

Marc is the author of "Elevator Speech Training" and "The Message House Method". When not coaching clients, he enjoys posting occasional short stories about his Everglades farm life at mf.ly, where he has lived since 2011.