In media training, one of the most important lessons you can learn is the value of finding your own voice. Recently, I saw a post from a presenter trainer promoting her services. She spoke with precision, every word placed as if it had been measured against a ruler. The delivery was reminiscent of the Queen’s Speech: formal, deliberate, and entirely disconnected from the real human rhythm of conversation. It was polished to the point of sterility.

This kind of presentation might seem impressive on the surface, but it doesn’t work for television, online video, or live speaking. Audiences connect with people, not performances. If your style is overly rehearsed, every sentence perfectly clipped and polished, you risk coming across as cold and inaccessible.

Finding your own voice is not about discarding professionalism — it’s about bringing your personality into the way you speak. Your voice should carry your experiences, your sense of humour, your pace, your natural quirks. When you speak like yourself, people believe you. They feel they are being addressed directly, not spoken at from behind a glass screen.

This is the real skill of media training: to take what makes you you and turn it into something that feels effortless, even in high-pressure situations. The most engaging presenters sound like they’re talking just to you, not delivering a lecture to the masses. When you find your voice, you not only keep your audience listening — you give them a reason to come back.