Interview Basics

• Body language

• Energy

• On-camera presenting

• Voice delivery, speed, and breathing

• Confidence

• Bringing out your individual style and personality

• Connecting with the subject: upbeat, serious, and everything in between

• Confidence building exercise

• Playback, review, critique, repeat

TV Interviews

• Getting used to the studio and cameras, knowing what's happening

• The purpose of an interview

• What does the interviewer want to do?

• Putting the guest at ease vs catching them off guard

• Asking questions

• Control the guest

• What do you want to do?

• Why are you giving this interview?

• Get your point across concisely, clearly and confidently

• Acknowledge, address and move on

• Do not avoid the question, we live in an era where people appreciate honesty

• On-camera interview exercise

• Playback, review, critique, repeat

Radio & Podcast Interviews

• What's going on in the studio?

• What's the difference between radio and TV?

• Building a rapport with your interviewer, always be kind and approachable

• Interview exercise

• Playback, review, critique, repeat

Press Conferences

• Bringing all your skills together

• Listening to the question, be calm, concise and confident and don't be scared to say you don't know

• Press conference exercise

• Playback, review, critique, repeat

Questions & Answers