MEDIA TRAINING
For businessmen and women who want to improve their media presence and learn to master media interviews, we offer:
Virtual Media Training
Group Media Training
Private Media Training
Bilingual Media Training
Fast Track Media Training
Sessions are led by former CNN VP Suzanne Spurgeon. Her team includes long-time CNN Anchor Bella Shaw, bilingual reporter Yvette Fernandez, and other award-winning journalists.
VIRTUAL MEDIA TRAINING
You'll learn the basics of media relations and how to prep for media interviews through our new virtual media training sessions. We'll connect on Zoom. Available in one-hour sessions.
Book your session on-line now
GROUP MEDIA TRAINING
Full and half-day workshops are customized to your specific media needs. Choose topics from the list below. If your specific need is not addressed here, please ask us about it during your free phone consultation.
- Developing Your Messaging
- Staying on Your Messaging (Bridging)
- Avoiding Media Traps
- Learning to be a Good Story-Teller
- On-Camera Practice Interviews
- Professional Interview Critique and Correction Tips
- Camera Presence
- Non-Verbal Communications
- Speaking in Sound Bites
- Recovering from Interview Mistakes
- Relaxation Techniques
- Aesthetics of TV
- Improving Media Relations
- What to Do When the Media Gets it Wrong
- Staging a News Conference
- Social Media Best Practices
- Interview Styles
- How Prep Varies by Medium (Broadcast, Print and Social Media)
- Course Workbook or Handouts Included
- Basic Media Training and Advanced Crisis Communications Sessions Available
Our media training workshops are offered in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Chicago, Milwaukee, and wherever we are needed.
PRIVATE MEDIA TRAINING-FOR EXECUTIVES AND HIGH-PROFILE PEOPLE
For the busy CEO, celebrity or any VIP who prefers to work solo with a senior media trainer. We can focus on Crisis Communications or on any of the topics above for your private media interview training session. Sessions are confidential and only you will decide who sees your on-camera practice.
Here's an inside look at our private media training sessions...
Private media training includes follow-up by phone, email, or Zoom— up to 30 minutes. Take advantage of this service during the three months following your
on-site media training. Full and half-day sessions available across the United States and internationally.
BILINGUAL MEDIA TRAINING
To reach a diverse audience you need to know how to effectively communicate with Spanish-language media. In our group and private bilingual media training sessions you'll learn how cultural differences impact your communications. Bilingual journalist and senior trainer, Yvette Fernandez, will conduct on-camera mock media interviews in Spanish.
FAST TRACK MEDIA TRAINING
Give us 2 hours of your time and we'll help you up your media game. Available inPhoenix,Las Vegas, andLos Angeles. These in-person media training sessions include on-camera mock interviews--shot by your media trainer using an iPhone or iPad. Priced to fit every budget.
Here is what satisfied clients say about our media training:
"Attending taught me how to appear more relaxed in front of the camera and craft my message in sound bites. I have already seen a huge difference in recently taped interviews.” –Diana Jennings, Founder, "Brand You Image"
“I always avoided the media because I felt that I looked awkward in front of a camera and didn't like how my voice sounded. Suzanne Spurgeon's media training services, which blended humor, rigorous honesty, and her vast knowledge of the most effective ways to present to the media, helped me solve these problems. Now I look forward to on camera interviews, instead of dreading them.” –Robert Jonez, Realtor & Author “Asphalt Boogie”
323-899-3883 Pros@WomenMediaPros.com
Providing MEDIA TRAINING services in: Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, Denver, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Milwaukee and cities worldwide
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