Speak Up: How to be a successful presenter and media spokesperson

Do you dread speaking to an audience even though you know your subject thoroughly? Do you get nervous at job interviews, when pitching to clients or investors, going for a promotion, giving a work presentation or speaking on a podcast or industry panel? In this free seminar, Theresa Miller will give you practical tools and tips to nail your presentations.

Theresa Miller has spent decades working as a journalist and now media trainer, coaching people across all industries – from CEOs and academics to climate campaigners, entrepreneurs and artists – to communicate confidently, clearly and concisely. In Speak Up, she shows you how to successfully share your expertise and experience with an audience – whether it’s creating an inspiring work presentation or media release, blitzing a job interview or spruiking your message on a podcast, panel, TV or radio interview.

About the presenter:

Theresa Miller has 30 years’ experience in the media. As a television journalist, she worked as a reporter, producer and presenter in Britain, Switzerland and Australia, including Sky News (UK), Good Morning Britain, CNN and the Zurich-based European Business Channel. In Australia, she worked for the ABC, SBS, Channel Nine and Channel Seven, including reporting for Australia’s Most Wanted. She is the author of two other books, Making Babies: Personal IVF Stories and a novel, The Spin Doctor’s Wife. She has written for several publications and has lectured in media at UNSW and the University of Sydney. Theresa has a BA in Journalism from UniSA and a Master’s degree in Creative Writing from UTS.

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