Meet Marc Fest
Former Knight Foundation VP of Communications who has transformed how 2,000+ nonprofit leaders communicate their missions
— Marc Fest
Transforming Communication, One Conversation at a Time
Clients consistently praise Marc Fest's EST with comments such as "total game-changing work" and "seriously one of the best trainings I have ever received" EST helps professionals excel in fundraising, partnership building, idea pitching, and other strategic goals, elevating their persuasive communication skills in just one training session via Zoom.
Marc is a German-American communications professional and entrepreneur whose career spans journalism, technology innovation, and corporate communications. He previously served as Vice President of Communications for both the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and the New World Symphony, where he developed deep expertise in helping mission-driven organizations communicate effectively.
As a technology innovator, Marc pioneered the concept of "metabrowsing" with his platform Quickbrowse.com, which attracted 30,000 users and $500,000 in angel funding.
Today, Marc is the founder of EST (formerly ElevatorSpeechTraining.com), MessageHouse.org (a free messaging toolkit used by thousands of organizations worldwide), and Elvay (an AI-powered persuasion tool).
Marc is the author of "Elevator Speech Training" and "The Message House Method".
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Email: contact@est.io
Phone: (202) 548-7000
Marc personally responds to all inquiries and enjoys connecting with fellow mission-driven professionals.