A (true) Winter Tale by Scottish Media Training‘s senior trainer, Devin Scobie After 30 years training just about every possible type of organisation in the UK, it was a pleasure to travel to Lahore late November to deliver three full day courses for over 40 school Principals and Head Teachers. The focus was on presentation […]
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Summer 2021 is already looking a bit brighter than the long ‘Groundhog’ days of lockdown during 2020. Although Covid will be part of our lives for years, most UK adults are now vaccinated and within a few weeks half the population should be fully protected after receiving their second jab. At Scottish Media Training
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Our USP when media training, either conventionally (those were the days…) or via Zoom since last March has been KEEP IT SIMPLE. Don’t overload participants with information – keep to the essentials – and that probably explains why we get so much repeat business. Zoom media training is the now not so new kid on
BLT ….NO…IT’S NOT A SANDWICH….. Read More »
“This is a difficult time for all businesses, but we will recover when the worst of the COVID-19 virus is behind us. We have been in the professional media business for nearly 15 years. Our team has been called on site to manage a large range of reputation and crisis management issues. From industrial fatalities,
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We cannot know for certain how much media training Theresa May has undertaken over the years, but her stilted and faltering television performances gives us the impression that being in front of the TV cameras is not a natural environment for her. Mrs May can appear flustered. Conversations do not flow. Moreover, she sticks to
MRS MAY…WHERE WAS THE MEDIA TRAINING? Read More »
“Not another bloody election…” Politics, honestly! If I had a 12-sided pound coin for every time I’ve heard that from clients in the last few weeks, I’d be retiring soon. Next month’s general election will mean most Scots have been asked to vote seven times in the past three years. And that means the chances
WHO SAYS BUSINESS AND POLITICS DON’T MIX? Read More »
2016 has been our busiest year so far and we are always amazed at the diversity of enquiries we receive. One that particularly intrigued us was from a major faith community planning a workshop as part of Inter Faith Week later this month. Scotland still has a strong faith base to its society, although fair
Scottish Media Training wins major Inter-Faith Week Tender Read More »
Mastering the media interview is a bit like having a cookbook. Find the recipe that tantalises your palate, but look very carefully at the ingredients…and then make a decision! Do you have them all, or do you need to pop into the supermarket to buy that special ingredient that will ‘make’ the dish? Or, do
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The third month into 2016 and we’re busy dealing with a dozen enquiries for media and presentation training. What’s more, already this year, we’ve trained groups of staff from BIG organisations like APS – the Association of Project Safety, had three media training days with staff from NHS Health Scotland, had our third day with The
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