What You Get
Have a framework for any speaking situation.
Our training offers you the 10-step Elevator Speech Framework that you can use as a skeleton structure to master any speaking situation, including one-on-one conversations. It makes preparing for or even winging a speaking challenge as easy as painting by numbers.
Increase confidence and gravitas.
Anxiety about public speaking is natural because our brains are hard-wired to fear rejection. The training offers a systematic approach to managing your fear not by trying to vanquish it but by befriending it. In the process, you will also learn tools to “prime your brain” before entering a speaking situation.
Discover how to be most interesting.
When making a first impression, being interesting is far more critical than being informative. The unique way we go about our work is often more interesting than what we do. The training offers a framework to identify what is most interesting about your work and for communicating it effectively.
Get your listeners to trust you.
In all situations, mutual trust is crucial for people to realize the full potential of collaboration and connection. The training gives you an easy, surprising, and highly effective step-by-step approach for getting your listeners to experience a “trust boost” towards you.
Solve the challenge of having too much to say.
A common challenge our clients experience is having to convey to listeners the complexity and sheer volume of their work. The training offers a solution to this problem. It leaves your listeners looking forward to continuing the conversation with you. It even turns them into messengers to others about your work.
Create a frame of relevance and purpose.
Everyone focuses on their day-to-day work. That focus often becomes the first thing we discuss when explaining what we do. The Elevator Speech Framework helps ensure that you step back at the beginning of speaking situations to answer the question, “why does it all matter?”
How We Work, Step by Step
#1: We learn about you.
We do research about your work and your professional background to customize the training to your specific needs and context.
#2: You prepare a bit.
Preparing is as quick as answering these three short questions. If you want to prepare more deeply, simply use our preparation worksheet.
#3: We do the training.
The training comprises one or two Zoom calls. Each requires one hour and is one-on-one. Expect a fun workshop atmosphere where trial and error is OK.
#4: We follow up.
After the session, we’ll send you an email with a summary of your specific key take-aways. We’ll touch base a couple times a year to reinforce what you’ve learned.
Success Metrics
1500
clients trained
99.99
"Exceptionally" and "very useful" ratings
100
Endorsements from CEOs
500
Testimonials
App & Book
We have developed a visual focus tool called the MindSetter app to help our clients set their minds to feel relaxed, speak more slowly or avoid filler words. This tool is free to use and requires no installation. Click the button below to try it out on your computer or phone.
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Elevator Speech Training by Marc Fest distills insights from thousands of Elevator Speech Training sessions into a 60-minute read. Clients receive a complimentary copy.
Buy nowWe have developed a visual focus tool called the MindSetter app to help our clients set their minds to feel relaxed, speak more slowly or avoid filler words. This tool is free to use and requires no installation. Click the button below to try it out on your computer or phone.
Try MindSetter now
Elevator Speech Training by Marc Fest distills insights from thousands of Elevator Speech Training sessions into a 60-minute read. Clients receive a complimentary copy.
Buy now“If only all my one-hour meetings were so productive!”
Priya Jayachandran, CEO, National Housing Trust
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“Elevator Speech Training helped us translate our successes more clearly to crucial investors like Morgan Stanley.”
Julia Kumari Drapkin, CEO, ISeeChange
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“This one hour was more impactful than days I have spent in other communications trainings.”
Dan Nissenbaum, CEO, Low Income Investment Fund
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“Marc’s Elevator Speech Training was, quite simply, transformational.”
Heidi Binko, Executive Director & Co-founder, Just Transition Fund
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“I have never experienced a more streamlined, to-the-point, and helpful one-hour training session.”
Ben Strauss, CEO and Chief Scientist, Climate Central
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“Marc’s training was like hitting a re-start button.”
Gladys Limon, Executive Director, California Environmental Justice Alliance
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Marc Fest
About Marc Fest
Marc Fest helps his clients excel in fundraising, partnership building, idea pitching, and other goals. Marc is the founder of ElevatorSpeechTraining.com, a communications consultancy, MessageHouse.org, a messaging toolkit, and Elvay, an eager-beaver chatbot on a mission to help you reach your goals. He is a former vice president of communications for the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the New World Symphony. Previously, he created Quickbrowse, a web-based subscription service that enabled users to browse multiple web pages more quickly by combining them vertically into a single web page. He created Elvay despite his mediocre coding skills and without any external funding thanks to code-writing assistance from ChatGPT. Marc stood atop the Berlin Wall on the night it fell in 1989. When not coaching clients, he enjoys posting occasional short stories at www.mf.ly. He is the author of several books, including “Elevator Speech Training,” “The Message House Method,” and “Farm Stories.” As a side project, he’s trying to save the world with inthesameboat.org.
Elevator Speech Training is fiscally sponsored by NEO Philanthropy and powered by solar energy.