MichaelDrake

Media & Public Affairs

"What do you say to Americans who are scared?" In 30-plus years of crisis media training, I’ve never seen a worse answer. A true softball question, better put, “Mr. President – give us your best talking point.” Alexander should have become his new best friend for a day.

BETTER: "Our team has the best minds working on this. We are working on drugs to treat this disease, testing various vaccines, and hope to have a cure in the very near future. To all Americans I would say, Working together, we WILL get through this. Stay strong. Stay healthy.”

How to Connect With Your Audience - new video on Facebook under Presentation Skills Speech Dynamics. More at MichaelDrake.com

Find out how to overcome the biggest stumbling block to your career success - your fear of public speaking: vimeo.com/147252489.

A GREAT presentation is meticulously crafted, delivered with passion and speech dynamics, is memorable. More at MediaSkills.com

Find out what makes a presentation great, how it can move an audience, become memorable. More at MichaelDrake.com

Improve your presentation skills and make sure you are understood. More at michaeldrake.com/presentation-s…

Making a presentation In an auditorium that holds 2500, with 43 seats empty, how many people are you talking to? One.

Lose your fear of public speaking. Tips and techniques at fear-of-public-speaking.info

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