http://www.mediaskillstraining.com Media Skills Training Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:24:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today Tiger Woods came out! He's not perfect after all. Of course we all knew that. We have been making sport of trying to prove it every since he became the best at what he does. Does he owe us every sordid detail of his private life? ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/crisis-communications-tiger-is-human-after-all/ Today we learned through the Seattle Times that the billboards fished out of Elliott Bay last summer were part of an elaborate hoax brought to us by the P.R. team for Ivar's restaurants. It left me a little disappointed and then I got steamed! If you are going to have a ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/public-relations-stunts-oh-ivar/ Does anyone really listen to these automated phone calls?  As soon as I hear that it's a recorded call I hang up.  Now I still don't have caller ID, so maybe I'm the only one on the planet who picks up on a robo-call.  But every time I mention to ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/public-speaking-robo-calls-angst/ The world woke up to a stunning announcement today. President Barak Obama was awarded the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.  Regardless of whether or not you agree about the choice, there is no question that one person has changed the global conversation.  In a relatively short period of time he has ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/public-speaking-one-makes-a-difference/ I read the news today, oh boy! If you read Danny Westneat's column in the Sunday Seattle Times you would have learned that the UW School of Communications removed most of the landline telephones from the building. Just a couple of admin lines remain. Think about that for ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/speaking-skills-there-go-the-phones/ If you have ever considered engaging media as a way to communicate with your customers or the general public, you will want to check out Nancy Juetten's blog this week. She has been featuring tips from some of the best media trainers around. Today it's my turn and I've given Nancy ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/media-training-tips-from-the-experts/ It happened yesterday for the first time, at least the first time I was aware of it. Someone walked out of my presentation in protest and frustration. And it happened so quickly it has taken me a little while to understand how and why is happened. I ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/speaking-skills-dont-offend-your-audience/ When preparing people for media interviews, it's key to help people find their own words and phrases to communicate their ideas to reporters. I don't tell people what to say. I help them discover new ways to communicate using their own words, usually rearranged in a more compelling and ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/media-training-playing-with-words/ I joined the social networking scene about a year ago with beefier profiles on LinkedIn and Biznik. My Facebook pages went up just a few weeks ago and already I'm feeling a little fatigued about it all. It's been fun connecting with friends and colleagues I haven't seen or ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/facebook-fatigue/ Ahhhh! That's the sound of a baseball fan beginning to breathe again. The season started yesterday. Griffey is back in an Mariners' uniform and there he was hitting a homer in his first game! The stars are aligned and for today it feels good to be an ... http://www.mediaskillstraining.com/baseball-griffey/