Hart taught media interview techniques and presentation skills to Fortune 500 executives for 20 years, 14 as vice president of spokesperson training for a New York-based public relations agency, Manning, Selvage & Lee, then six years in his own consulting business, Hal Hart Communications. A University of Iowa journalism major, his post-graduate qualifications for spokesperson training included newspaper reporter, radio newscaster, TV sportscaster, trade magazine editor, corporate public relations agency vice president and client supervisor.