that settle pre-event nerves and greatly improve presentation skills. She is equally comfortable with our veteran moderators as she is with beginners. I would highly recommend Marisa if you need to improve your stage presence as a speaker or a moderator for both in-person and virtual events.

We had a good story to tell, but knew we needed some coaching to sharpen how we told it and we were receiving an onslaught of interest from the media. Jennifer Burke and Pivotal Media taught us how to use media interest as a platform to convey our story in a meaningful way. Both the group session and the one-on-one practice session were incredibly valuable. She got beyond concepts and gave us true practical tools and approaches to take that had an immediate impact in how my team communicates.

I’ve seen her prepare senior executives for media interviews, conferences and other important engagements with a comfort and confidence that puts everyone at ease. Media training is sometimes a difficult thing to convince people to allocate enough time and budget for, and there are plenty of people in the industry who do an average job. Marisa isn’t one of them. Every time she’s spent time with an executive of mine, they’ve left wanting additional sessions and coaching because they find it so helpful. Aside from her coaching and training skills, Marisa is just a wonderful person to work with. She’s efficient, kind and incredibly well respected by everyone she interacts with.

comfortable way of presenting hard to digest information and somehow makes palatable the cringe-worthy process of watching oneself on-screen to learn from practice sessions!! My executives went into their broadcast shoot comfortable, confident, and well versed in the messages that Marisa helped us to devise - and I think it really came across on-screen. I’ve worked with many media trainers in my 15 years in the biz and you should know that Marisa is the best I’ve worked with. The broader team already knows how great she is from past work. She makes our jobs far easier by masterfully imparting her skills to others!

differing organizational and cultural contexts. The leadership group was effusive, and feedback excellent. This adaptability sets Marisa apart from her competitors. I continued to engage Marisa's services in the many years since with the same outstanding results. She's my go-to partner for all media and communication skills training.

interpret our niche market into layman’s terms, and help carve out our messaging. Our spokespeople are now fully primed for opportunities and I’m excited to be on this journey with her.

just an hour's session with her, and found that even the most skeptical leaders walked away from her training feeling like it was a great use of their time. I cannot recommend Marisa enough for public speaking and interview training!