This workshop is exclusive to CharityComms medium and large member charities with an annual turnover of £2 million and above.
This event is now fully booked. Please email events@charitycomms.org.uk to be added to the waiting list.
About the Workshop
This hands-on communications workshop is packed with insights and insider tips on what news producers want from a story. Facilitated by experienced media trainers and journalists, we’ll explore effective media engagement through three different scenarios. We also introduce strategies for you, and the spokespeople you support, to be effective when undertaking broadcast interviews on behalf of your organisation. There’ll be plenty of time for attendees to share and reflect on their positive experiences and frustrations when it comes to media engagement, as well as pair and small group work, and a range of practical elements including full radio interview simulations for some attendees.
Who’s this event for?
- Press/comms officers who may be required to brief senior staff members ahead of media engagement as well as potentially undergo interviews themselves
- Senior staff members who may be required to undertake interviews on behalf of their organisation
Before you book, please note:
- This workshop is for CharityComms medium and large charity members with an annual turnover of £2 million and above.
- If you are a small charity member with an annual turnover £2 million and below, please book here so you can take advantage of the small charity discount.
Outline for the day
Stage 1: Introductory full group workshop
- Achieving impact by telling the right story about your organisation: a practical exercise on the most powerful order of telling
- Effective communications – 5 key principles: pair work on getting your language right and group work on the power of the personal
Stage 2: Small group role play for all delegates
- Roundtable radio programme: aim to put the earlier workshop input into practice
- Plenary – what’s been learned? Action points for improved communication
Stage 3: Delivering key messages – preparing to convince your audience
Groups share their take on one of three topics:
- Why charity CEOs earn their salaries
- Why our charity is not wasting money on admin
- The real world impact and positive difference that charities are making to their beneficiaries (based on the Charity Today report)
Stage 4: Full group workshop on taking control in interviews
- Strategies for taking the initiative and handling challenging questions
Stage 5: Group splits
- Group 1 prepare for recorded interviews with support from one trainer
- Group 2 work with second trainer
- Exercise – the power of the specific: in small groups individuals work on illustrations to show the effectiveness of their organisations – which are then shared and discussed
- Plenary: What’s working? What can we learn?
Stage 6: Group splits.
- Interviews (Group 1)
- Key presentation skills principles (Group 2)
Stage 7: Full group – interview playback
- Discussion
- What’s working?
- What can be improved?
Stage 8: Full group plenary
- Action points – personal and organisational
About Inside Edge
Inside Edge is highly experienced in supporting the development of effective communication strategies for a range of organisations. Clients in the past 12 months include charities, FTSE 100 companies, campaigning organisations and research institutes in the UK, across Europe and in the Middle East. The two trainer model maximises expert input and the range of learning activities and simulations when managing relatively large groups.
Trainers:
- Chris Jameson has extensive experience as a senior BBC network producer and reporter. For over a decade he worked at BBC Radio 5 Live on a range of programmes and as a reporter based in Japan. He has produced several major set-piece broadcasts for the network and his programmes have won several Radio Academy Sony Awards.
- Tony Prideaux is an experienced journalist, teacher and communications specialist. As a reporter, he has worked extensively with the BBC and in commercial radio. Tony has undertaken training in colleges and universities and has held management positions within education and business.