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Your testimony is the key to the doors you've been waiting on.

A done-with-you coaching experience for the purpose-driven founder, leader, or changemaker ready to tell their story powerfully and authentically — so you can break through, reach your specific goals, and serve the clients and customers your business, non-profit, or calling was built for.

Share Your Testimony

Your testimony is your strategy.

The story behind your work is what opens the doors.

This is for you if…

  • You're doing the work — but the right people aren't finding you, and the doors you need to open stay shut.

  • You know your story is the bridge to your audience, but you don't know how to tell it without sounding rehearsed or self-promotional.

  • You've poured yourself into your business, non-profit, or calling, and you're ready for it to actually reach the clients and customers it was built for.

  • You're ready to share how you overcame — so others are moved to overcome too, doors open, and the people who need your story finally find their way to you.

You don't have to stay quietly in the background. Your testimony is the key. Let's put it on screen — powerfully, authentically, and in your voice.

The Offer

The Testimony Effect Experience

Coaching with DeLora Lambert, MFA — filmmaker, producer, and storyteller — built around your real goals. Together we'll map the audience you need to reach, shape the message that moves them, and walk step-by-step from first draft to a finished video you can put to work the moment it's done.

"Your testimony isn't just a story. It's the key that opens the doors you've been waiting on."

01

Find Your Testimony

Together we name what you've overcome and shape it into the message your audience needs to hear — clear, true, and aligned with the doors you're trying to open.

02

Gather Your Proof

We'll choose the people, places, and tangible proof points that give your story weight — photographs, results, testimonials, the rooms and moments that shaped your work — so the right people see themselves in it.

03

Set Up Your Scene

I'll coach you to set up your camera, lights, and on-camera presence so you show up the way you actually are: grounded, professional, magnetic. I provide the tools and walk you through them in a friendly, no-jargon way.

04

Your Finished Professional Video

A polished, professional video that empowers your calling, reaches your specific clients and customers, and earns the attention your business or non-profit deserves.

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Inside a Live Coaching Session — Setting Up Your Camera, Step by Step
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DeLora Lambert, MFA — Filmmaker, Producer & Storytelling Coach

Your Guide

DeLora Lambert

MFA · NYU SCPS Graduate Certificate in Digital Video Editing · 20+ Years Producing Narrative Shorts

DeLora Lambert holds a Master of Fine Arts and has produced on corporate, indie, student, and military film productions for over 20 years. The narrative shorts she has produced have won awards at film festivals, and she has tutored countless students in the craft of video editing. She brings that same production rigor and storytelling instinct to help purpose-driven founders, leaders, and changemakers tell the stories that move their work forward — because your testimony, how you overcame, is the most powerful marketing, ministry, and movement-building tool you have.

"I don't just produce films. I teach you the Testimony Effect — so your story opens the doors your work was built for."

Work With DeLora

We're Launching Soon

Ready to open the doors?

Share your story now and be the first to know when we open the doors. DeLora personally reads every submission.

Your story is safe with us. We'll never share your information.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Do I need any filmmaking experience?+

Not at all. The Testimony Effect is built for first-timers. I walk you through every step — from finding your story to setting up your camera — in plain, encouraging language.

What equipment do I need?+

If you have a smartphone, you have enough to start. I'll guide you through any additional simple, affordable tools (lights, a tripod, a small mic) and exactly how to use them.

How long does the process take?+

Every story is different. Most clients move from first coaching call to finished documentary-style video over a series of focused one-on-one sessions, at a pace that honors your life and your voice.

What kind of stories is this for?+

Founder stories, mission-driven testimonies, non-profit origin stories, brand stories, and any story you need to tell to reach the clients, customers, donors, or community your work was built for.

Is this one-on-one or a group program?+

This is a done-with-you group program with one-on-one support along the way. You work directly with DeLora alongside a cohort of fellow storytellers — so you get the benefit of community and the personal attention you need to bring your story to life.