Video Testimonials

Worked really well

Rebecca Gillick, a senior communications executive at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), has booked many face-to-face training courses with Media First. Here she discusses how her delegates en…

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Bespoke training

Katie Scott-Kurti, Head of Reputation and Communication at the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), discusses how Media First has helped her organisation by delivering a wide range of bespoke c…

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Authenticity

Paul Rooke, Executive Director at the British Coffee Association recognises the value of training by videoconference as an opportunity to get to grips with the technology and to experience this different style…

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A natural

Parveen Yaqoob from the University of Reading wanted to improve her interview technique and come across sounding more natural. This videoconference based training gave her the opportunity to practice radio and…

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Control

Global commercial director at Cotton Connect, Amol Mishra, gained a lot from the training and found it really helpful. It made him think about the way he positions himself, his pace when speaking, the messages…

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Getting your point across

NUS President, Larissa Kennedy learned an an incredible amount and feels much better prepared following her 121 videoconference training session. She sees the techniques aimed at getting her point across and ke…

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Relatable

NUS-USI President, Ellen Fearon, enjoyed learning new media techniques, particularly around message preparation and ensuring key points are relevant and relatable to the audience.     Media First are media an…

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New perspective

CEO of Yolt, Nic Weng Kan found that the training brought an unexpected angle and a new perspective on how to approach being interviewed by different media that he's not naturally a consumer of.    Media Firs…

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Fantastic experience

Sarina Kiayani, a senior public affairs officer at Dogs trust appreciated the advice from highly experienced journalists. A really useful experience where her and her colleagues learned some great skills and ha…

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How do you persuade a reluctant media spokesperson? What can you do if a journalist refuses to move on from a tricky area? Can you use a message too often during a media interview? These are some…