In addition to my duties as the Catching Flack blogger, I conduct media training sessions for corporate executives and PR professionals. I started blogging on my own blog mainly to promote myself and my services, but when I moved over to Catching Flack I've covered a wide range of topics...
In my Best PR Blogs posts of a couple of weeks back, I included the PRWeek blog because it was everything -- fresh, lively, snarky -- that PRWeek the trade rag isn't. One of the main reasons that blog is/was any good were the contributions of former staffer Hamilton Nolan....
I'm off to do a media training today, and I thought it was a good opportunity to explain the strategy behind having executives and spokespeople go through formal media training. As the famous line from Alice in Wonderland goes more or less, "if you don't know where...
Before conducting an evaluation of any training program, including a media training program, the researcher must make two very important decisions. The researcher must decide what to evaluate and the researcher must decide how to evaluate. Deciding what to evaluate often means differentiating the various levels of impact and differentiating...
Law firms have a lot to think about: keeping clients happy, turning a profit, and marketing the firm, to name just a few. They certainly do not want to worry about a shake-up within their own organization. But while many lawyers already know how to speak to a reporter about...
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Crisis is an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs whose outcome will make a decisive difference for better or worse. Reporters come to any interview with an agenda based on the editorial demands of their employer and their own desire for high-level visibility. The newsroom is a very...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Research and Markets Adds Report: Applebee's Benchmark AnalysisC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of Applebee's Benchmark Analysis to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Maui Wowi Hawaiian Inks New Master Franchise Pact with Dubai EnterprisesC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Maui Wowi Hawaiian, a destination for authentic Hawaiian products on the mainland, announced it has expanded its worldwide corporate ohana to the...
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-19 August 2008-Aviation Week to Present Management ForumC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Aviation Week will host the Performance Metrics of Top-Performing Companies Management Forum on September 16-17, at the American Airlines Training & Conference Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Aviation Week stated that,...
SHANGHAI AFP — China plans to launch a controversial project to extend Shanghai's magnetic levitation train in 2010 after deferring it for years amid radiation concerns, reports by state media said. The project, linking Shanghai to Hangzhou, the capital of east China's Zhejiang province, appeared on a list...
A ROYAL MARINE shot dead by another British soldier in Afghanistan was the victim of inadequate training procedures which led to the "friendly fire" incident, an inquest has found. L/Cpl Mathew Ford, 30, was killed in an advance on a Taliban fort in Helmand on 15 January...
BISSAU AFP — The United Nations gave 400,000 euros (600,000 dollars) in aid to the tiny west African nation of Guinea Bissau to fight a cholera epidemic that has claimed 40 lives to date, the UN said Saturday. "The funds complement contributions by all the local United Nations...
BEIJING AFP — Beijing's health authorities distributed 400,000 free condoms in over 400 hotels in the Olympic city in a bid to raise awareness of safe sex and AIDS prevention, state media reported on Friday. The condoms were placed in rooms in hotels rated three stars and above,...
The Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada SSHRC, today appointed Dr. Gerri Sinclair, Dr. Priscilla Renouf and Mr. Fred Morley to the Council. "I am pleased that Dr. Sinclair, Dr. Renouf and Mr. Morley will be joining...
Mediatechnics Corporation (PINKSHEETS: MEDT) ispleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, Mediatechnics Systems,Inc. ("Mediatechnics"), has signed an agreement to distribute TMW Media'scomplete library of instructional media content. "We are extremely excited about working with TMW MediaGroup and Bennett Media todistribute their entire media libraries on MediaShop," stated Richard Wilson,President...
SharpBrains CEO and Co-Founder to Discuss Predictions at World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council SAN FRANCISCO -- SharpBrains, the brain fitness market authority, announces the public release of its Top 10 Brain Training Predictions for the period 2007-2015. "In an emerging and still immature market like...
Safari Books Online to Host Splash's Extensive Collection of Training Videos for Technology, Design and Business Professionals DALLAS & SEBASTOPOL, Calif. -- Splash Media LP, an Emmy Award winning innovator of digital video publishing, and Safari Books Online, a leading provider of on-demand digital libraries for technology and...
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