Colin Kelly with advice on how to get the most out of a relationship with a PR agency. At Comsteria, we believe the best results come from combining outsourced agency support with investment in your own skills. Contact us today to discuss what we can do for you.
Comsteria's media trainer Colin Kelly with advice on a neat and tidy way to 'put the brakes on' and stop talking when you're giving an interview. Don't user use this..it would get annoying if you did it on every answer, but used sparingly, this is a good technique to help end an answer strongly and get a key call to action across.
Hello, and welcome to another episode from Comsteria's Powerful Communiation podcast for PR and communications professionals. We know lots of small business owners enjoy listening to this podcast as well - you are all very welcome and thanks for the encouraging feedback some of you send across. You can get in touch with us anytime - just email admin@comsteria.co.uk Many of us are getting set up for a new season after a break or at least a quieter period over the summer. It's a good time to revis...
We've realised media training has a particular 'reputation' in some sections of society. Many of the participants on our courses say things at the end of the day like 'I actually quite enjoyed that' or 'I didn't think that would be so much fun', or 'I was dreading that but it was actually really good'. We think this is because some providers use a 'break you down and build you back up' approach, where the 'breaking you down' bit is particularly brutal. We don't do this. Our media training is saf...
If your organisation is leaving people hanging after they apply for jobs - you need to take action! Poor HR = Poor PR! Find out more about the work we're doing to help every organisation communicate with power. Visit www.comsteria.co.uk
We need people to experiment with new technology such as ChatGPT, MidJourney and the rest but there's much more to artificial intelligence than creating videos and pictures that freak people out with how realistic they are. Technology is not entertainment. It's a tool we use. And we can learn lessons from our friends in farming and the way they've used technlogy wisely over the last 100 years or so. Here are my 4 principles for AI in pr and comms. I hope they help and if you'd like more no nonse...
I kep hearing clients say they 'don't have time' and yet many of those same clients tell me that over the last few months they've been experimenting with AI at work. So where did the time come from? And could you use this same approach to free up time for other important activities?
Rule Number 1 - only pick fights you can't lose. Rule Number 2 - learn to recognise when you're dealing with a winner. Some advice from Comsteria's Colin Kelly.
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Your message, with clarity and personality. Comsteria's mission is to help your organisation communicate with power. Find out more about all our training, consultancy and creative services in our 2024 brochure.
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Here's something you can try if you're facing questions from a hostile audience. Comsteria's media trainer Colin Kelly shares a quick tip that can get you out of a tight spot and balance up a negative line of questioning from journalists or your own staff. Find out more about our #powerfulcommunication training, Visit Comsteria online at www.comsteria.co.uk
What impact are your attitudes towards AI having on your team?
Colin Kelly is back on the Powerful Communication podcast from Comsteria. Grab our new training and creative services brochure , with full details of our courses and content creation. Should we talk about 'National Health Service' instead of 'NHS' all the time?
A quick chat about 2 of the best communicators I've ever encountered. There's so much you can learn from Iona MacGowan and Sam Sulek if you're interested in digital media content creation, general marketing and anything around engaging an audience. Brilliant.
The Celtic manager referred to a reporter as a 'good girl' when he walked away from a post match interview yesterday. Why don't PR and comms profesionals get involved when things like this occur? Can't they see the potential for reputational damage? Easier all round of course if men improve their attitudes but it should't take national newspaper headlines the following day and an outcry from women's groups for the BUSINESS to realise this shouldn't have happened. Stop deifying football managers ...
Replace the word 'legislation' with the word 'guidance'. Send your completed MP3 recording to colin@comsteria.co.uk
Another horror story you can learn from.
If you're involved in thought leadership in any way, you ought to be aware of the dangers of false assertions. Here's Comsteria's Colin Kelly with more. Looking for new ways to get your message across with clarity and personality? Ask about our Presenting With Confidence prsentation skills training. www.comsteria.co.uk
Comsteria's media trainer Colin Kelly reacts to CEO of Centrica, Chris O'Shea's latest interview here he reveaed his salary last year was £4.5 million. Are you able to be sp upfront about your earnings? What are the pros and cons of sharing this in an interview? Have a listen.
Here's a quick look at what went on during our media training webinar yesterday. A couple of participants made some excellent progress. Think we can help you? Get in touch - colin@comsteria.co.uk
Colin Kelly from Comsteria calls for a grown up conversation around mental health and an end to what he calls 'an unholy mangling of the English language'. Every year, Comsteria helps more than 200 organisations communicate with power. Get in touch and see what we can do for you. www.comsteria.co.uk
This is an issue many organisations are facing at the moment. But there's a lack of understanding around why many staff are reluctant to come back. In this episode, Comsteria's Colin Kelly explains how many employees have been left feeling after the COVID pandemic and cost of living crisis and how you need to better understand what's going on in their heads. There's also some advice regarding what you could do to try and change this situation - and the key - we believe, is in forming communities...
Comsteria's Powerful Communication podcast helps communications professionals and small business owners navigate today's fast moving communications world. Today, Colin Kelly discusses how you might implement an internal working group to discuss the role of artificial intelligence in your organisation. To find out more about Comsteria and the work we do, visit our website.
Comsteria is back for 2024 helping businesses like yours communicate with power. From media training to crisis comms, smartphone video production, writing workshops and podcasting, we are here to support you with every aspect of your corporate communications activity. In this podcast, our media trainer and Managing Director Colin Kelly explores the growing phenomenon of YouTube 'audit' videos where people turn up with phones, cameras and drones and film as much of your business as they can and t...
When you're introduced at conferences or on podcasts, make sure you give a positive first impression. You don't need to use your actual job title and don't include abslutely everything you've ever done when the host asks for your biography. https://www.comsteria.co.uk
Every business needs a value proposition, a USP, an edge over its competitors. Could the promise of marble tables do it for Pizza Express? I'm not convinced.
