media training • presentation training • pitch coaching
Prepare To Excel When It Matters The MostHigh-stakes moments — a keynote, media interview, or investor pitch — can feel daunting. They don’t have to be. With Expert Media Training, you’ll walk into these moments calm, clear, and compelling, not scrambling. For more than 25 years, we’ve empowered leaders and professionals to shine under scrutiny, speak with authority, and stay composed in the toughest moments.
Our approach is comprehensive and forward-looking, always with an eye on potential opportunities and consequences. You’ll learn to handle even the toughest questions nondefensively, deliver your message with confidence, authority, and warmth (the winning formula), and cultivate the mindset and habits that make great communicators stand out. Your training with us will be customized, interactive, and effective.
WHERE WE TRAIN:
We currently provide training virtually to clients around the world. We use Zoom, Teams, or your preferred platform. We’re flexible and accustomed to working with busy schedules and global teams.
If you prefer a self-paced option, you can explore our on-demand communication courses at lisaelia.com/courses.
To discuss your goals or design a custom program, contact us for a complimentary consultation.
Service Areas
Your training with us will be customized, but you can learn a bit about our areas of focus by clicking the links below. Our work spans everything from message strategy and media preparation to presentation and pitch training, and communication skills for leaders and teams.
PUBLIC SPEAKING & PRESENTATION TRAINING
Philosophy
We believe the ability to communicate effectively is the foundation of success in nearly every field. Knowing something and being able to express it concisely and compellingly are two different things. This is where training becomes essential, especially in high-pressure situations like speeches, presentations, media interviews, and investor and board presentations.
The best training combines education, practical application, and immediate feedback and clear recommendations for continued improvement. The journey begins with listening to you, our client, and understanding your communication goals and needs so we can help you achieve and fulfill them.
Even the most accomplished people can feel vulnerable during the training process, so our approach is encouraging and constructive. Yet, we challenge clients to reach their highest potential as communicators, whether preparing for keynotes or TED Talks, media or interviews, podcasts, investor meetings, or other high-stakes situations.
Our Training Process
The process below applies primarily to training services. Our approach to crisis communication and communication consulting differs in structure but remains grounded in the same principles of research, strategy, and precision.
RESEARCH – We begin by learning about you, your organization, your industry, and related news and events. We review relevant materials, such as presentations, media kits, investor decks, and videos, to ensure our training and guidance are deeply informed.
STRATEGY SESSION(S) – We start with one or more strategy sessions to clarify your goals, define and discuss key messages and challenging questions, and prepare for individual or group training sessions.
TRAINING SESSIONS – During the training sessions, we work with you to elevate all aspects of your communication, including your verbal and nonverbal delivery and the strength of the messages you deliver. For media training clients, we will educate you on working with the media, traps to avoid, and how to work with various media formats and types of interviewers. For investor pitching clients, depending on your experience with investors, we will educate you on what investors are looking for and how to deliver it persuasively. You’ll learn techniques to manage nerves, focus energy, and be at your best in high-stakes situations.
POST-SESSION FOLLOW-UP – After your training, you’ll receive a summary of the feedback you received during the session, video of the session, and in most cases, a year of complimentary tune-up sessions to keep your skills sharp. Our goal is to bring out each individual’s brilliance and enable them to communicate strategically, effectively, and with genuine confidence.
What Sets Us Apart
BREADTH & DEPTH OF KNOWLEDGE • BUSINESS & PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE • UNDERSTANDING & COMPASSION
Our founder and lead trainer, Lisa Elia, draws on decades of experience in communication, media relations, and executive strategy. Before founding Expert Media Training, she led a Los Angeles-based PR firm where she worked directly with national media outlets and advised clients ranging from startups to Fortune 500 companies.founder and lead trainer,
Lisa’s work combines academic knowledge, real-world media experience, and the insight gained from advising C-suite executives, entrepreneurs, athletes, and public figures worldwide. She has delivered thousands of speeches and presentations and has been interviewed by national media, giving her a deep understanding of what it takes to perform confidently under pressure and work with a wide range of clients.
Our approach is comprehensive and strategic. We address the visible and audible elements of communication—your message, voice, and body language—while also helping you understand the internal factors that shape how you think, feel, and perform. Clients leave our training with greater confidence, clarity, and command.
By helping individuals and organizations communicate more powerfully, we’ve guided clients toward opportunities that include partnerships, distribution deals, investments, television appearances, and leadership advancement. Every recommendation is made with the client’s greater goals in mind and tailored to help achieve them.
What Our Clients Say
“Lisa has been a great pleasure and has enhanced our team’s abilities from the moment we met her. With her guidance and support over a very short period of time, our team’s confidence and ability to present have grown tremendously.”
“Working with Expert Media Training was a wonderful experience. Lisa is so knowledgeable, patient and a true expert in helping you develop just the right tools to improve your presentation skills and make you shine with confidence and energy.
Thank you, Lisa and Expert Media Training!“
“I look forward to each interaction with Lisa. She takes the mystery out of presenting and arms you with simple concepts that build confidence in everyday communication while simultaneously making you aware of how you may be perceived. Her process and teachings are enjoyable and produce immediate results.”
“I worked with Lisa to develop and polish a keynote and she was a phenomenal presentation coach. Lisa created a safe, inviting atmosphere to practice and provided direct, specific, constructive feedback – ranging from strategic to tactical – that dramatically elevated both the quality of my presentation and my presence. I recommend her highly!”
“Lisa is an all-star pitch coach! She is incredibly thorough when it comes to giving feedback to enhance your presentation and spares no detail. I specifically appreciate how she’ll take the time to comb through your content and take the seat of the audience to ensure no stone is left unturned in your pitch. She is a very calming presence which puts you at ease, and is extremely generous with her time and expertise. She truly wants the best for her clients and is the consummate professional in her field.”
“I was speaking at a charity event earlier this year, and the skills I learned from Lisa allowed me to give a compelling speech to a rather large crowd which included media coverage and two State Senators.
If you are going in front of the camera, giving interviews, speaking at a fundraiser or merely giving a presentation at a small board meeting, Lisa’s experience in PR, media interviews, public speaking, and body language will serve you well. She can teach you how to be a better public speaker and how to present the best version of yourself. I highly recommend her services.”
“Lisa Elia at Expert Media Training has been instrumental in preparing our leadership team to tackle interviews across all mediums (live TV broadcasts, recorded TV, print, and digital media). Her friendly, but firm, training has helped to reshape the way we think about speaking to journalists – focusing on clear, concise answers to the journalist’s line of questioning as well as how to get our core message out to consumers even when not prompted to do so. The best part is once training is complete, Lisa doesn’t just leave you hanging. There is always opportunity for further follow-up and analysis to continue to improve our PR and media efforts.”
“It was such a pleasure to work with Lisa! I had an opportunity to pitch to some investors, but English is not my first language. One of my business friends recommended strongly Lisa to me, and she was right, Lisa is great! Lisa prepared a full list of questions that the investors may ask and went through them one by one with me to make sure I feel comfortable and confident to answer. After each session, Lisa would send me feedback to list the points I needed to practice. Lisa is very patient and I am grateful to have her to guide me through the process. It’s a great investment!”
