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HOW TO PREPARE FOR A MEDIA INTERVIEW
Have you ever turned down
a media interview because
you felt overwhelmed
by the preparation,
or you were nervous
about the reporter's questions
and the huge viewing audience,
or you struggled
to find the words to express
what you wanted to say?
Or maybe you've done
a media interview
and it didn't go so well?
DR. MARIA ON SPEAKING, LLC
CAN HELP!
A Doctor Coaching Doctors Speaking
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WHY DOCTORS SHY AWAY
from Media Interviews
Do these scenarios keep you from speaking with the media?
Internist:
“I didn’t realize we were live!”
Hospital Administrator:
"I've had to pivot
to unexpected topics."
Pharmacist:
“My sound bite was taken
out of context.
The reporter had
a particular picture
he wanted to paint.”
Internist:
“We had to reshoot
the same question three times
because of buses
and honking cars.
The young reporter also
kept asking me
the same question over and over.
I finally asked what response
she was looking for.
I had to explain
why I couldn’t say that.”
Family Practice Doc:
"I had to hold my Great Dane
out of the Zoom frame
by pushing on his head
without showing
my outstrectched arm."
Neurologist:
”I was on
an evening radio call-in show.
There were no callers!
It seemed like the host and I
were simply chatting
with no one listening.”
THE BENEFITS OF SPEAKING
You are the expert! By speaking to the media, you strengthen your position as a medical authority.
You increase the visibility of your practice or department.
You will attract patients who could benefit from your special medical skills and talents.
You have the opportunity to present sound medical information to the public.
Why You SHOULD SPEAK TO THE MEDIA!
MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH CONFIDENCE
Get More Confident When Speaking With The Media
If you are a professional in medicine or the life sciences who has done no media interviews or just a few, my course and coaching will help you come across as poised and knowledgable without all the anxiety.
Don't panic when the media call! Don't decline the interview! There are steps to handling the interview with skill, and Dr. Maria ON Speaking, LLC can help you.
IMAGINE
THE GREAT FEELING
of speaking with confidence!
"Everyone at the office high-fived me, the chairman sent me a 'well-done' email, and my landscaper tipped his hat to me and told me how moved he was by my TV interview." -- a neurologist in Pittsburgh.
CHOOSE WISELY
Which would you choose?
YOU COULD...
Feel confident about presenting important medical information with skill and poise.
Attract the patients you can help.
Look your best.
Sound your best.
Position yourself as the expert with colleagues and the public.
#ForTheWIN!
OR YOU COULD...
Shy away from opportunities to promote yourself, your practice, and your specialty.
Leave the public dangerously uninformed about important health and medical information.
Face media interviews unprepared, without a message, and get burned.
Use the wrong words, leaving the media and the public confused.
#ForTheFAIL
MEDIA INTERVIEW PRACTICE
is the secret sauce!
How would you feel
if you could practice
in a safe space?
You'll get that from
Dr. Maria ON Speaking, LLC!
You'll get...
...the freedom
to make mistakes
before it "counts."
...encouragement, support,
and pointers.
...written and video notes
after each coaching session.
GET AN OFFICIAL APPLICATION
FOR THE COURSES at
Dr. Maria ON Speaking, LLC
How Media Savvy Are You?
Email me for the free quiz: DrMaria@DrMariaOnSpeaking.com
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