What our clients say
Presentation skills and media
- The content was excellent. It covered all the significant aspects of writing and delivering a convincing presentation.
- I found all of the course content extremely useful.
- Tony Turner was an interesting and engaging leader and presenter.
- All good and will recommend to others... Thanks!
- The course objectives were clearly laid out in the course manual provided.
- Practical examples given by instructor, good interaction and small group work.
- This was a useful course. The most interesting part was talking about how journalists do their job, what they are looking for, and giving us an insight into what it is that a journalist is thinking in approaching a story.
- Having someone who worked in the media was valuable as it gave us an insider's view as to how the media industry works. The use of visual aids and videos was great as well.
- Practical exercises were excellent.
- All of it was good, very good course.
- The fact the course was run by a practising journalist also allowed added insight into how the media operates.
- Role playing aspects were helpful in reflecting on emotional responses & creating space to think about appropriate reponses & useful behaviors.
- The use of an actor and recording the review was challenging but a really good idea.
Writing skills
- I found all of the course content extremely useful.
- Valuable discussion on clarity and grammar.
- It was all valuable, it is now just trying to put it all into practice.
- There were some elements that I thought were too basic, but nevertheless were appropriate for others in the group.
- I found the whole course very helpful in assisting me in making the transition in writing styles from university to the workplace.
- All elements were relevant to my work. I found having speakers from the minister's office and public affairs very informative.
- Thank you for your wonderful program. Your dedication to getting it right was great.
- I think the whole course was helpful, pretty much the entire outline of the course was new to me so I found it very interesting.
- Speaker was engaging, professional, encouraging.
- Impartial analysis of general approach to writing and approaches to specific templates use.
- Exercises were good—very valuable to look at structure/composition of letters targetted at various audiences.
- Today's course should be used as the core training module. I plan to use the manual as a way of reinforcing how we communicate.
- Entirely appropriate + useful. Kate's delivery style engaged attendees and made a potentially dry course interesting.
- Very good course. Relates the ministers job and focus to what we do and how it impacts the minister. Makes you reflect on your own skills. Chas was a great presenter and very helpful.
- Good after all these years.