Media Training with a Difference!...

• How do you come across on the radio or television? Two different mediums requiring different approaches.
• What does your vocal tone convey? Do you hate hearing yourself speak? Do you get your point across in a way that encourages people to really hear you?
• How ready are you to speak fluently about your company/policies/products? A board meeting is one thing, a television interview under pressure is quite another!
• How do you deal with nerves?
• Damage limitation might be the first time you face the press, how will you turn that into a positive force?
• What is your body saying about you while you speak? Are you leaking conflicting messages? Do you know how you appear to others?
• Why does what you wear matter on the radio?
• What can we read from your eye movements? Where should you look?
• How much movement is distracting on television? What clothes are not clever on TV?
• What messages are you giving out on radio just by your speed of delivery or ability to be expressive?

If you want to experience the bustle and impact of a large studio with lights and cameras and floor managers, then stop reading now and go and find somebody else. That of course can be valuable, but we believe that while that is definitely something to deal with, the real nub of interviewing is the relationship you set up between yourself, the interviewer and the public. When the chips are down, you need to be able to say what you want, the way you wish to despite the person opposite you!

What if that person asking you those searching questions was Peter Sissons? A broadcasting journalist of such vast and unique experience would be worth training with. During his broadcasting career spanning over 40 years, Peter has and has grilled many an unsuspecting politician! What Peter does not know about being on live television and dealing with interviews is not worth knowing! Talking Voice can now bring you that opportunity!

We will set up filming, away from the television studio, somewhere to suit you, to allow you to practise - yes practise - two different types of interview.
a). The interview where the client is asked to promote their product/company - a free rolling style, pleasant interview!
b). The interview where you have been called upon to defend the product or company against adverse publicity

The morning will be taken up addressing the content and your unique delivery style. Janet will work with you on speech and performing skills relating to close - up television and radio interviews. Under her guidance, you will have a chance to discover how you sound and look and sharpen up your fluency. Details matter in media.

In the afternoon you are introduced to the rest of the team - the cameraman and, if you have opted for his interview, Peter Sissons. The rest of the day will take you through the interviews while filming the process and offering feedback. At the end of the day you can take away a dvd of your interviews or you can ask for an edited version later. This way you have something concrete to relate back to.