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We record realistic interviews to give you real practice
Hello, we are Media friendly which was founded in 1998 by Andrew Carapiet, a former BBC Health and Local Government Correspondent, and Moya Fillmore, a Communications and Marketing professional with over fifteen years experience working with the Public Sector and the Healthcare Industry.
This background has given us a real understanding of public sector issues and requirements, and has enabled us to provide the best training possible to Health Authorities, PCTs and NHS Hospital Trusts, Local and Regional Government, Charities and Housing Associations.
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But this wealth of experience in the public sector should not overshadow our abilities and experience with the private sector including Financial, Consumer, IT, Telecoms and Pharmaceutical companies. With our team of experienced BBC journalist trainers, Media Friendly has the expertise to help your organisation.
We have a range of courses covering Media Training, Crisis Media Management and Public Relations. We customise courses to meet the exact needs of each client. Training includes both theory and practice and depending on requirements includes:
- Dealing with the press both proactively and reactively
- Developing interview technique through role play
- Keeping control in interviews
- Identifying your key messages
- Getting your good news into the media
- Press release writing
- Preparing for and handling a media crisis
- Planning overall media strategy
- Press conferences, Press statements and Q&A sheets
We offer a range of regularly scheduled open courses which you are free to book yourself onto. However, there is never any harm in talking to us first to find out what will best suit your needs.
Flexibility is our corporate philosophy
— Emma Kilvert, Media Relations Manager, University of Wolverhampton
- We tailor courses to your exact needs
- We can schedule courses at short notice
- Training can be at our offices, at your premises or at a studio/facility local to you
- Course can be: full days, half days, groups, one to one, evenings or weekends
- All of our trainers are BBC experienced journalists
- Our rates are highly competitive.
Please call us on 01628 474 154, use the contact or quote forms below.
You will usually be speaking to Moya, feel free to connect with her on LinkedIn.
Upcoming Open Courses
- Effective Press Release Writing WorkshopCourse Info24 Feb 2012We teach you how to write press releases that force journalists to take notice and publish your story.

- Public Speaking and Presentation Skills CourseCourse Info27 Feb 2012This course is equally useful for business leader and communicators as for media interviews or statements.

- Advanced Media Skills WorkshopCourse Info28 Feb 2012A challenging one-day workshop for experienced delegates develops interview technique.

- Train the Trainer - Media TrainingCourse Info29 Feb 2012Extend your media training budget by enabling your internal trainer to train others in your organisation.

- Media Boot Camp for PR ProfessionalsCourse Info1 Mar 2012Course for PR professionals who want to enhance their media handling skills both proactively and in crises.

- Introduction to Practical Social MediaCourse Info2 Mar 2012This course gives you an understanding of social media concepts and how to use them in your pr strategy.

- Advanced PR Skills TrainingCourse Info5 Mar 2012-6 Mar 2012Two day course for experienced PR professionals, concentrating on press releases and crisis driven media.

- Media Law And Crisis Media For PR PersonnelCourse Info7 Mar 2012This covers the fundamentals every communications department needs to understand including crisis media.

- Premium Crisis Media TrainingCourse Info8 Mar 2012Real life, real time, realistic, we build the day course around two probable, challenging crisis scenarios.

- Proactive PR WorkshopCourse Info9 Mar 2012One day course covering ways for you to get more coverage and work more proactively with the press.







