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The College Kid Whose Awesome Speech Went Viral 27 Aug 2013 | 09:27 am
Nick Selby is a sophomore at Georgia Tech University. He was invited to give a speech to incoming freshmen earlier this month. His job was to get them excited about Georgia Tech and its engineering pr...
The Opening Line That Alienated An Audience 26 Aug 2013 | 09:02 am
“I was asked to speak for 20 minutes. I have a lot of notes here, so we’ll see how far I get.” That’s how one speaker began her remarks at a presentation I recently attended. Her opening made me brist...
Summer Break (And A Special Offer) 19 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
I’m tired! It’s been more than five months since I took my last week off—and that week, while joyful (my wife and I welcomed our first child), was hardly relaxing. So this week, I’m going to unplug, g...
The 11 Best Advanced Media Training Tips 15 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
Since starting this blog in August 2010, we’ve published dozens of advanced media training tips. Many of them have gotten buried over time, so I’ve gone back and selected the 11 posts that remain as u...
The “You’re Fired!” Heard Around The World 14 Aug 2013 | 02:58 pm
AOL’s CEO, Tim Armstrong, fired someone late last week. Corporate CEOs fire people all the time. But what made this firing newsworthy is that Armstrong fired one of his executives during a conference ...
Advanced Media Training Technique: Be Boring 13 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is no stranger to challenging media situations. In recent years, he’s had to address his team’s notorious participation in the 2007 “Spygate” scandal, we...
My Speech Didn’t Go Well. Now What? 12 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
A reader emailed me about a very challenging situation she recently faced: “I gave a presentation to an industry group a few weeks ago. At the time, I thought it went well. I recently got the survey/f...
The 14-Year-Old Who Crushed An Arrogant Interviewer 9 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
If everybody performed in interviews like 14-year-old Rachel Parent, Brad and I would be out of a job. The young Canadian activist founded an organization called “The Kids Right To Know” that campaign...
How To Get Your Staff To Behave on Social Media 8 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
Mr. Media Training exclusive: Today and tomorrow only, get this new e-book FREE! See the end of this post for details. This is an excerpt from “Practice Safe Social,” a new e-book by crisis pro Chris...
Viral Video: Sorry, I Can’t Name A Point In My Six-Point Plan 7 Aug 2013 | 03:02 pm
Jaymes Diaz is a Liberal Party candidate running for Australia’s Greenway parliament seat. He recently released his six-point plan to handle immigration. But when a reporter asked him to describe tha...
