Media Training

Here is the tricky part where it becomes somewhat counterintuitive: even when you are talking about a serious and depressing subject such as a crisis or a massive flood, should you be smiling? Wouldn’t you look like a massive, uncaring idiot? Here is the thing about television: if you have just a little bit of…

Do not look at the camera when you are being interviewed. Some of the worst advice out there in media training is, “ Look at the camera and ignore the reporter”. Now, there are exceptions and I will go over them but in general, you want to look at the reporter who is talking to

What should you do when you have committed a huge blunder while giving a PowerPoint presentation or a talk? For starters, you have to make a quick assessment. Is it noticeable to anyone else? Sometimes you can make a blunder and realise that is not what you wanted to do but no one else has

If you have given enough powerpoint presentations, at some point you are going to have problems. I hope it does not happen to you but I think guarantee that it will happen eventually. A bulb may burn out, your laptop might run out of power, something might not be compatible, or maybe a slide will