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How to Choose a Media Trainer

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Media Training


Media Training: Get Heard By Those You Most Want to Reach 

Even in a networked world, media gatekeepers have concentrated power to beam your message to stakeholders....or not.

How can you get your message across regardless of the quality or stance of media gatekeepers?

It's all in what you say and who carries your message.

Numerous studies confirm that informed news consumers put highest credibility on expert sources, nonprofits and academics.

Are your organization's content experts prepared for media interviews?

Media outlets need more women sources for their stories, especially in business, science and technology.

When women carry your organization's message, chances increase dramatically that your message will make it into the news story.

Are your women prepared to speak authoritatively to the media?

Media training is not about what reporters  ask. It's about what you say.

Media training is essential for everyone who carries your organization's message to the media of all types. 
    · Board members
    · Committee chairs
    · Regional managers
    · Content experts  
    · Researchers
    · Analysts 
    · Academics
    · Professionals with authority borne from experience
In partnership with Jane Jordan-Meier, an internationally recognized media trainer who helped found Australia's Media Skills Network, Wilson-Taylor now offers the premier model for media skills training.

This approach relies on proven executive training techniques.  It blends those techniques with real-life practice and critique in a safe setting with working journalists
    · Equip content experts with failproof tools for handling any kind of media inquiry
    ·  Avoid being misquoted or quoted out of context
    · Tailor your message for multiple audiences simultaneously
    · Handle interviews with confidence
    · Build invaluable relationships with traditional journalists and new media practitioners
Want to learn more?  For a white paper on how women are best positioned to
carry your organization's message through the media to your audiences, e-mail