Leadership communication skills
Engagement Communication for Leaders
This course provides the skills C-Suite business leaders, ministers, and civil servants responsible for critical communication require to clearly communicate; from social media to TV, radio and journalist interviews.
Day one covers defining audiences, and harnessing soft power (persuasive/diplomatic skills) so participants understand what good looks like.
Day two covers the skills required for confident media interviews,and is delivered by our highly skilled broadcast journalists.
Up to 12 people. This is a two-day course which can be delivered in-person or virtually.
To find out more please email [email protected] or enquire below.
Presentation skills
Public speaking
This course is aimed at those who are required to deliver interactive, interesting presentations to a diverse audience.
The course covers how to understand and engage your audience effectively, how to achieve your delivery goals and to understand ‘what good looks like’.
This course is filled with practical workshops which are filmed for later review, aimed to challenge, and hone your skills, working within a collaborative and supportive environment.
Up to 10 participants. This is a 1-day course.
To find out more please email [email protected] or enquire below.
TV Presentation skills
This course is designed for C-suite executives, senior leaders, ministers and ambassadors who are either required to present live on television or be interviewed by professional journalists and crews.
It provides the opportunity to practice presenting in our professional TV studio, working with teleprompters and to experience both friendly and hostile questioning scenarios.
This course can be personalised to cover particular situations or interviewing formats.
Up to 3 participants. This is a 1-day course and can be delivered 1:1 on a half or full day format.
To find out more please email [email protected] or enquire below.
Live Stream
Live steam has fast become the delivery platform of choice amongst businesses. This course teaches leaders and communications professionals how best to present on this platform.
The lack of audience visibility and interaction can feel intimidating and presenters need to work on both body language and verbal engagement techniques such as intonation.
Up to 3 participants. This is a 1-day course – can be delivered 1:1 on a half / full day format.
To find out more please email [email protected] or enquire below.
Interviewing skills
Producing Professional Interviews
Many companies are finding that their leaders need to produce professional quality interviews, or pieces to camera, to be distributed across the business or to outside agencies.
This course will educate your team in how to record professional quality interviews on a smartphone, including interviewee setting, lighting and audio considerations. Attendees consider interview research and interview planning to produce best outcomes. Practical workshop sessions allow participants to work on their new skills in a collaborate and supportive environment.
Up to 6 participants. This is a 1-day course – can be delivered 1:1 on a half / full day format.
To find out more please email [email protected] or enquire below.
Delivering Professional Interviews
This course is designed to empower your team and build confidence in planning as well as delivering clear, concise messaging during interviews.
Attendees will develop an understanding of the craft and methodology of effective spokesperson techniques in relation to media communications, taking into consideration the different approaches required, depending on interview delivery platform, build an understanding of types and styles of questioning techniques and discuss technical requirements of a studio interview situation – understanding the importance of lighting, quality audio capture, background etc.
This course also has a practical element which includes use of practice sessions to increase confidence and to try out differing approaches to understand what for each individual works best in a mutually supportive environment, rehearsing how to use bridging techniques when handling challenging topics and reviewing filmed sessions with playback from broadcast standard cameras, audio and lighting set ups, working on both peer as well as tutor feedback, to refine and improve approach.
Up to 6 participants. This is a 1-day course – can be delivered 1:1 on a half / full day format.
To find out more please email [email protected] or enquire below.
Professional ‘Down the Line’ (remote) Interview Techniques
This course is aimed at attendees who are required to join a live TV interview from a remote location, a skill even more crucial post pandemic, when interviewees will often be asked to join from home or remote office, rather than face to face in a studio. Listening to the programme questions as well as previous media packages before joining the programme live can be daunting and requires specialist skills, all covered and practiced on this course.
Up to 3 participants. This is a 1-day course – can be delivered 1:1 on a half / full day format.
To find out more please email [email protected] or enquire below.
Radio Interview Techniques
Radio can be a challenging media environment where interviewees do not have the benefit of body language to reinforce their verbal messaging. This course is aimed at allowing attendees to understand some of the subject specific vocabulary and to feel confident in a professional radio studio setting. We will practice reacting to both hostile and less combative questioning approaches, with the importance of tone of voice and researching content covered.
Up to 3 participants. This is a 1-day course – can be delivered 1:1 on a half or full day format.
To find out more please email [email protected] or enquire below.