Effective communications, we’re all told, require having a really great message. But what makes a message anyway? So many times, this is a loaded word in strategy sessions or communications conversations because everyone has a different understanding of what a message is and how to use them. Fundamentally, we should all agree that messages are not […]
Bess Winston provides executive presentation and public speaking training and coaching to business professionals throughout North America. She prepares executives and public officials for media interviews, speeches, presentations, legislative testimony and other special events. Bess’s background includes prior agency experience at Ogilvy & Mather, GolinHarris, and Powell Tate. She also served as Director of Public Relations for the Ministry of Finance in the Cayman Islands. For many years, she was a senior adviser to U.S. Representative Bobby L. Rush, serving successively as Press Secretary, Deputy Chief of Staff, and Acting Chief of Staff. Bess holds a bachelor’s degree in History from Tufts University and a master’s from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.