Course Description

Media Training for Beginners covers every aspect of speaking to the news media. Even if you have never been interviewed before, you can quickly gain the confidence you need to get your message across, after completing this course. TJ Walker is an internationally renowned media trained with more than 30 years of experience. He will teach you how to do four things: 1. Look comfortable on camera. 2. Prepare media messages. 3. Answer questions strategically and 4. Speak in sound bites.

After spending four hours in this course, you will learn how to be successful in any interview. You do not have to learn in front of the whole world during a real interview. The time to learn media do's and don'ts is now, before your next interview takes place.

This course will give you step-by-step instructions on how to prepare and practice for any media interview, talk show appearance or interaction with a reporter. Your homework will include conducting practice interviews with yourself using your cell phone or other video recording device. As unpleasant as that may seem, the homework will drastically reduce your nervousness for your real interview.

You do not have to do a poor or average job on media interview for a dozen years in order to be great at media interviews. You can learn the secrets right now.

TJ Walker will be sharing with you the very best secrets he has learned over the last 30 years conducting media training sessions with Celebrities, Presidents of countries, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, NFL stars, and even Miss Universes. He's trained more than 10,000 people from six contents and most were frightened and nervous before their first interview.

Now is your chance to learn top media training skills from a first-class media trainer. You will not regret signing up for this class.

President, Media Training Worldwide

TJ Walker

TJ Walker is the founder of Media Training Worldwide and has been conducting public speaking training workshops and seminars since 1984. Walker has trained Presidents of countries, Prime Ministers, Nobel Peace Prize winners, Super Bowl winners, U.S. Senators, Miss Universes and Members of Parliament.His book, "Secret to Foolproof Presentations" was a USA Today #1 Bestseller, as well as a Wall Street Journal, and Business Week Bestseller.  A frequent network news communications analyst, Walker has made more than 2000 network TV and radio appearances on CBS, ABC, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CNN, Bloomberg TV, Al Jazeera, NBC, CCTV, Fox Business, HLN, TrueTV, Comedy Central, Sirius and NPR.In 2009, Walker entered the Guinness Book Of World Records for most talk show appearances ever in a 24 hour period. Yearly, Walker has more than a quarter of a million views of his public speaking tips videos on social media platforms.Walker is also the author of "Media Training A-Z" and "Media Training Success." Walker is also the producer/host The Facebook Page "TJ Walker - Speak to Influence" a source of daily public speaking training videos, tips and inspiration. He is also a past president of the National Speakers Association, New York City.Walker is the most prolific producer of presentation skills online training courses in the world, with more than 100 separate courses. He has more than 50,000 students enrolled from 172 countries.Walker was a merit scholar at Duke University where he graduated magna cum laude. He has lectured or conducted trainings at Yale University, Columbia University and Princeton University.***“TJ Walker’s single-minded devotion to presentation has made him the #1 expert for executives seeking guidance on speaking to the public and media.” Bob Bowdon, Anchor/Reporter, Bloomberg Television“TJ Walker is the leading media trainer in the world.” Stu Miller, Viacom News Producer“The world’s leading presentation and media training firm.” Gregg Jarrett, Fox News Channel Anchor“To break through the cluttered media environment, it's important to get your message out in a clear and concise way. TJ knows how to do it and gives you the tips to succeed."

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Overview of Media Training for Beginners

    • Overview

    • Message Development

    • Answering Questions

    • Creating Sound Bites

    • Cheat Sheet

    • Looking Good on TV
  • 2

    Conclusion

    • Feedback

    • Conclusion
  • 3

    Bonus

    • Bonus TV Tips

    • Media Training Success

    • Media Training A-Z

    • Bonus Course