Jeff Ansell

Harvard Business Faculty Member and Author

Communications counselor, Jeff Ansell, is the author of When the Headline is You: An Insider's Guide to Handling the Media (Jossey-Bass). Jeff has created a unique process for newsmakers and public speakers to be compelling communicators. Jeff's counseling enables clients to better manage crises, deal comfortably with media, and speak in a trustworthy way. Thousands worldwide have been coached in Jeff's process.

Clients include a cross section of the Fortune 500 in sectors such as financial services, packaged goods, oil and gas, airline, sports and retail. With expertise in helping newsmakers manage tough, high profile, no win situations, Jeff advised Pacific Gas & Electric in the Erin Brockovich case and trained White House spokespeople on how best to respond to media questions.

As an investigative journalist prior to his consulting career, Jeff would often dedicate a full year to investigate a single story for his reports, which appeared on TV and radio and in newspapers and magazines. For example, Jeff captured Nazi war criminals and posed undercover as a drug addict to expose doctors pushing drugs. He is a proud recipient of the Radio and Television News Directors Association Award for the Most Significant Contribution to the Improvement of News Gathering in the country and was nominated for Canada's Governor-General's Award for public service in journalism.

Wanting to build on what he learned as a journalist, Jeff moved into the world of public relations and went on to serve as senior vice president of Hill and Knowlton, one of the world's largest PR firms. After creating a media-training department for Hill and Knowlton, Jeff started his own consulting practice. Jeff is a faculty member of the MIT-Harvard Public Disputes Program "Dealing with an Angry Public," sponsored by Harvard Law School.

Annually, he teaches Harvard Business School MBA students in the "Negotiating Complex Deals and Disputes" course. Jeff's experience as a journalist has given him the practical knowledge and ability to instinctively react to his clients' most difficult situations.

Topics:

The 5 Communications Strategies to Build Trust & Influence
Master the Art of Public Speaking - Enhance your personal presentation style
Mastering Conflict
Media Strategies
Media Strategies for Crisis

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