How the Heck Do You Talk About Yourself? with Helen Jonsen

Feb 28, 2026

Online event

"How the Heck Do You Talk About Yourself?" – Crafting Your Author Story with Helen Jonsen

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

How the Heck Do You Talk About Yourself?

Crafting your author story for conversations, book tours, podcasts, and panels (as well as grant, residency, and scholarship applications)

with Helen Jonsen

Saturday, Feb. 28th 10am-11am

$15 Members

$25 Non-Members

Be prepared for any opportunity. Helen Jonsen will help you captivate your audience, become a dynamic speaker, improve yourmessaging, and be confident in any settling so you can enjoy the process.

You will learn:

· better communications techniques

· to clarify your mission message

· to hone your personal stories

· to craft your passion statement

· how to conquer the stage or the mic

· to prepare for & ace an interview

· on-camera vs. on-mic best practices

What other authors are saying:

"Helen was brilliant at explaining the nuances of interview techniques, helping me to anticipate questions and craft answers that got my message across....Thanks to Helen, I felt confident and prepared--and ended up actually enjoying the interview! I highly recommend her to anyone who finds him/herself in front of a camera or behind a microphone." – Barbara Dee, best-selling MG author

Meet Helen Jonsen

Helen Jonsen is a strategic media adviser, speaker, veteran broadcast journalist, public affairs strategist, and the founder and chief storyteller at helen jonsen media. As a language architect, she guides individuals and organizations to hone their messaging and their spoken communications to drive impact and strengthen their advocacy. She is the creator and host of the This Kaleidoscope Career podcast and media vertical, and author of the forthcoming book This Kaleidoscope Career: Empowering Women to Build Unconventional Careers and Redefine Success, published by DeGruyter-Brilll. She is also a children's book author of The Magic Christmas Sleigh, and Santa's Leprechaun, and serves on the board of the Hudson Children’s Book Festival.