17 Responses

1. PEC
   Paul Furey at PEC is great – we send all our consultants to him as part of their development.

   His web site is http://www.pec.org.uk
   Phone: 07000 234 678

   regards

   Maggie

2. Media
   Try the Red Hot Media GRoup in LOndon

   Bill

3. Press communication trainer with journalist experience
   Please contact (with my regards) Bob de Groof – independent trainer in Communication. He is a brilliant trainer and strong personality plus for press communication is is of high value to know that he has been working as journalist himself and so has very practical experience in this work.
   His e-mail: bobdegroof@village.uunet.be
   +32 3 666 55 64

4. Training on dealing with press
   I attended a Marketing Skills Workshop arranged by the Business Unit of our local TEC (as it was).We had an excellent session on Press Relations from a consultant called Richard Romain. He can be contacted at Mustard Group Limited 01732 873 881. http://www.mustard-group.co.uk and email:infor@mustard-group.co.uk

5. Andrew Watson from MW Communications can provide the training th
   This provider trains and coaches in communication and media skills. He trained some of our staff in December with great results and feedback.

   Full Details
   Andrew Watson
   8 Beaconsfield Villas
   Brighton
   BN1 6HD
   Tel 01273 540335
   Fax 01273 540356
   E-mail awatson381@aol.com

6. One-day workshop
   When I was a new administrator at Macomb Community College, I participated in a day-long program. We were put through a series of scenerios after which TV, radio and news professionals provided feedback. Some of the hands-on experiences included an interview with a news reporter who put his twist on a news story, dealing with press during a crisis with several microphones in your face, radio interview (with some tough questions, of course), and TV interview. It was an enlightening day.

7. Dealing with the press
   Television and Radio Techniques Ltd should be able to help you. Contact Samantha Carr, The Studio, 4 Leeds Road, Sheffield S9 3TY Tel: 0114 242 4341.

   They provide media training either at their own studio or at any suitable venue.

8. Media Counsellors
   We had very good experience last year with David Wheal of Media Counsellors. Tel: 0118 – 988 – 0244 or 0207 – 665 – 6620.

9. The only place you need to go to
   The most fantastic company I know is Communication & Media Training . All have worked in the media and they have a team of excellent facilitators and trainers.

   http://www.cmt-london.co.uk

10. Training available
    HumanResource Solutions in Edenbridge run Media Training courses they can be contacted at info@humanresourcesolutions.co.uk by phone 01732 864747
    Jennifer Bowden or Anne O’Hare will help you.

11. Dealing with the Press
    Neil Jones is the man for the job. As well as being a first class trainer he also manages several emergency response contracts for oil industry majors and is a respected journalist editing magazines such as Communicators in Business the magazine for the British Association of Communicators in Business. His contact number is 01561 362562.

12. The Fabulous Brian Morris
    I’d recommend BAFTA award winning journalist Brian Morris and his team experienced TV and newspaper journalists. They focus on developing the skills and confidence to turn hostile interviews into opportunities to get positive messages about your organisation across. Their events recreate the pressures of the media scrum. They’ll work at your own site, conventional training venue or even in major TV companies’ own production studios, with real camera teams, lights etc. Powerful stuff. Contact info@nts-group.com

13. Dealing with Press
    I am Staff Training Officer of a Charity. We are holding Media Training – Getting the Message Across, with Directors and Senior Managers using Guide Dogs for the Blind. They use trainers plus two journalists and come into your organisation to deliver it.They are quite reasonably priced considering that 4 trainers are involved in total. Our training takes place next week – will be able to give feedback then.

14. Look Locally
    As an ex-police officer and training manager with the police, my suggestion would be to contact their press office and find out who they use, It will be different in each Region but believe me the training is good (as it needs to be)

    You seem to have plenty of advice already.

15. Training for the media
    Hi. Try http://www.mediacityresources.com. Dominic Maxwell Batten is the contact and they provide a range of CD-ROMS and have many years experience in this area.

    Regards

    Nick Bentley

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17. Try Malcolm Love
    Malcolm was a journalist and producer. (He has produced John Humphrey’s). He runs excellent courses and can coach. Try ellul@aol.com or phone 0117 9043678