Powerful Communication Podcast

Unnamed sources have an important role to play when it comes to exposing wrongdoing, whistleblowing and corruption.

But they've become overused in much of our media and run rampant online with no controls or accountability.

Worse, they give rise to the myth that there's a secret elite of connected 'insiders' that know more than you and me. 

It's time we called out this nonsense and made sure unnamed sources and people who quote them are held to a higher standard. 

Comsteria's Colin Kelly delivers Linkedin traning and is getting asked this question A LOT!

Here's a quick explainer. 

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It's time the poltical podcast chataratti realised just how out of touch they are.

We've got several important advantages over our competitors. 

Obviously, we've youth on our side. Training and consultancy is a full time business for us - we're not doing this on the side while working for someone else or enjoying a semi retirement.

We live and breathe this every single day. And our knowledge of the media is based on how it is now, not how things were 25 years ago.

And as Colin Kelly explains in this episode of the Powerful Communication podcast, our priority is building you up and making you feel confident when you're dealing with the media, rather than trying to impress you with war stories about how powerful newspapers used to be.

We work with small businesses, large multi-nationals, charities, government agencies, sports organisations, individuals in the arts and many more, across a wide variety of sectors. Call us today on 0141 628 8228 or visit us at www.comsteria.co.uk to discuss how we can help you.

Here's a simple step you can take to improve your understanding of the media, which in turn will increase your confidence, hek you get over some fear of the unknown and should also highlight opportunities you can take advantage of. 

If you're part of a comms team, you could all get involved in this and share the workload. 

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 [email protected]

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 revisit a basic of good communication - the desire for honesty and transparency, especially from the leadership team.

But how honest should we really be when it comes to things like staff updates and regular briefings?

Have a listen to the hypothetical situation outlined in this episode and let me know what you could do.

There's no right or wrong of course, it's about being the best you can be, finding a balance and managing staff and customer expectations but I'm interested in how you would do that. And if it's something you'd like some help or guidance with - get in touch. I enjoy working with businesses of all shapes and sizes, in various sectors, helping put in place communications strategies that deliver the results you want.

Get in touch today to discuss what Comsteria can do for you. 

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 safe, supportive, friendly and yes, we hope, even fun.

Listen to this and get in touch if you need to know more. Call us on 0141 628 8228 or visit our website.