Thursday, December 31, 2020

The Media Coach 1st January 2021


Ten good things about lockdown; A new coaching programme; The Mayor of Nashville; Leeds and Twitter; Four speaking resolutions; Four media resolutions; Four social media resolutions; An interview with Minter Dial; Music from Mick Terry


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Thursday, December 17, 2020

The Media Coach 18th December 2020


Farewell 2020; Great speeches are back; John le Carre; Naughty reindeer; 'Tis the season; All I want for Christmas; A few resolutions for 2021; A interview with Andy Lopata; Music from Out of the Rain


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Thursday, December 10, 2020

The Media Coach 11th December 2020


What a year, eh?; A new book; A new website; Peter Alliss; Melissa Carone; Give a gift; Who was it that said?; Post like a novelist; An interview with, and music from, Roseanne Reid


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Thursday, December 03, 2020

The Media Coach 4th December 2020


A vaccine is here; Is news fake?; A new website; An angry speech; Odd numbers; Get close to your audience; Seven ways to ruin a media release; Three social media concerns; An interview with Darren Harris; Music from The Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, November 26, 2020

The Media Coach 27th November 2020


A funny old world; Speaking online; Alys Tomlinson; Amazon; It’s a conversation; Anything you’d like to add?; The gift of feedback; An interview with Suzanne Dibble; Music from David Knopfler


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Thursday, November 19, 2020

The Media Coach 20th November 2020


The Events Industry; My coaching programme; Paul Hollywood; Censoring Christmas; Five awkward problems; Radio gaga; Where to find us; An interview with David Berkeley; Music from Son of Town Hall


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Thursday, November 12, 2020

The Media Coach 13th November 2020


David Knowles-Leak; The Lockdown Sessions; Her Majesty; Emily Blunt; Busking it on screen; Keep clear; Anatomy of a tweet; An interview with Michelle Mills-Porter; Music from Son of Town Hall


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Thursday, November 05, 2020

The Media Coach


Remembrance; A victory at last; Coaching course; Generous Burger King; naughty Marks; Are you who you say?: An even better story; Giving it all away; An interview with Rebecca Hill; Music from Ainsley Diaz Stevens


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Thursday, October 29, 2020

The Media Coach 30th October 2020


A small election; A coaching course; Bobby Ball; Not the wonder of Woolies; Three speaking myths; revenge is sour; we don’t have to agree; An interview with Paul Connew; Music from Rob Corcoran


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Thursday, October 22, 2020

The Media Coach 23rd October 2020


What’s the plan now?; More coaching places; Spencer Davis; A bad cake; By Royal Appointment; Help or hinder?; Print media v Social media; an interview with Randall Grahm; Music from Mick Wilson


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Thursday, October 15, 2020

The Media Coach 16th October 2020


Locked down again; The Grateful Dead; Marcus Rashford; A ballerina in a row; Play your inner speaking game; As I was saying earlier; throw a party; An interview with Madeleine Black, Music from the Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, October 08, 2020

The Media Coach 9th October 2020


Yet more debates, or not; The Fly; Johnny Nash; An Excel Error; Pacing and Pausing; Just say no; You don’t have to be everywhere; An interview with Vicky O’Farrell; Music from The Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, October 01, 2020

The Media Coach 2nd October 2020


A debate special; The big two; Two places left; Dame Jenni Murray; Bread or not; Debating in threes; Tips for TV debates; I thought you’d never ask; An interview with Jackie Handy; Music from Mick Terry


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Thursday, September 24, 2020

The Media Coach 25th September 2020


Another opportunity for coaching; Burger King; Old tech v New tech; Dealing with nerves; How bad can it get?: Debate don’t dominate; An interview with Bryony Thomas; Music from Ashton Lane


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Thursday, September 17, 2020

The Media Coach 18th September 2020


Speaker Coaching is back; Strictly gets it right; Nigella gets it wrong; How to have a long speaking career; How to be a perfect spokesperson; How you do everything; An interview with, and music from Mike Weston, Adult Cinema


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Thursday, September 10, 2020

The Media Coach 11th September 2020


This that and whatever next; Come to the summit; Dame Diana Rigg; Dulux colour of the year; Give a gift; What I really mean is; Pret a Tweet; An interview with Oscar Scafidi; Music from The Lost Hollow Band


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Thursday, September 03, 2020

The Media Coach 4th September 2020


A trip to a cottage; Same all over the world; Joe Ruby and Scooby-Doo; No kissing in the East End; They think it’s all over; Go far and wide; Think about it; An interview with Julian Treasure; Music from The Lost Hollow Band


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Thursday, August 27, 2020

The Media Coach 28th August 2020


25 glorious years; A chat about hybrid events; Sir Ken Robinson; A strangely named beer; MLK and Rhetoric; Know where you are going; How to spot fake news on social media; An interview with Devin Miller; Music from the Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, August 20, 2020

The Media Coach 21st August 2020


The Exams fiasco continues; A free event about hybrid events; Michelle Obama; Gavin Williamson; 7 things to do when going remote; Disarm the loaded question; Be here, now; An interview with Baroness Grey-Thompson; Music from the Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, August 13, 2020

The Media Coach 14th August 2020


The exam result arrive; Amazon Prime helps out; Carol Kirkwood; Good relations; How dare you!; What’s your take?; An interview with and music from, The Mona Lisa Twins


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Thursday, August 06, 2020

The Media Coach 7th August 2020


Back in the gym, back in the pink; Scott Parker; Elon Musk; The intro and the outro; You’re only live twice; No more happy talk; An interview with Dr Josh Packard; Music from the 1957 Tail-Fin Fiasco


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Thursday, July 30, 2020

The Media Coach 31st July 2020


A very long walk in Norfolk; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ; Peter Green; Now where was I?; Cut the cliches; A touch of grey; An interview with Guy Clapperton; Music from the 1957 tail-fin fiasco.


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Thursday, July 23, 2020

The Media Coach 24th July 2020


The slow return; Off for a long walk; Joe Wicks; Don’t upset Clint; Advice from Old Bill; Live from your home office; Become a Twitter Chatmeister; An interview with Roger Fairhead; Music from Ainsley Diaz Stevens


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Thursday, July 16, 2020

The Media Coach 17th July 2020


A tribute to Judy Dyble; Screaming in Iceland; Twitter and a hack; Fail safe online facilitating; News and not news; Why social media is the opposite of archery; An interview with Judy Dyble; Music from Judy Dyble and Andy Lewis


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Thursday, July 09, 2020

The Media Coach 10th July 2020


Outdoor concerts and gyms; Musicians wanted; I’m going to Barbados (or not); Kanye West; Just the facts; I’m not here to discuss that; Be unique, be invaluable; An interview with Saray Khumalo; Music from the Lost Hollow Band


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Thursday, July 02, 2020

The Media Coach 3rd July 2020


Not dancing in the street; Are you a musician?; Carl Reiner; Amazon flops; What’s the thing?; Three key media release facts; Orwell’s blogging rules; An interview with Marc Woods; Music from the Lost Hollow Band


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Thursday, June 25, 2020

The Media Coach 26th June 2020


Phew what a scorcher; Heather Waring and one million women walking; Eurostar; Leeds and Osama; Last minute changes; going live on Zoom; All in or all out?; An interview with Billy Schwer; Music from Mick Terry


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Thursday, June 18, 2020

The Media Coach 19th June 2020


Marcus Rashford; I need a haircut; Dame Vera Lynn; The Foreign Secretary and GoT; Where’s your evidence?; the Sound of Silence; Punch above your weight; An interview with Jeanne Robertson; Music from Ainsley Diaz Stevens


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Thursday, June 11, 2020

The Media Coach 12th June 2020


Welcome to my bubble; A great new book; Reverend Al Sharpton; Picture this; Pace yourself; Practice your dismount; If this, then that; An interview with Olga Geidane; Music from Mick Wilson


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Thursday, June 04, 2020

The Media Coach 5th June 2020


The reaction to George Floyd’s death; Events in future; Christo; A very bad carbonara; No need to apologise; Always move forward never back; Brewery towers and blogs; An interview with Penny Pullan; Music from the Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, May 28, 2020

The Media Coach 29th May 2020


Thanks very much Mum; The big story of the week; Jacinda in an earthquake; Donald and Twitter; 7 deadly assumptions; How a journalist reads our media release; Keep on running; An interview with Andy Lopata; Music from Mick Terry


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Thursday, May 21, 2020

The Media Coach 22nd May 2020


The new Buzz words; A new book from Andy Lopata; An amazing romantic gesture; ABC fail; 7 ways to make an online event amazing; What will they ask?; I saw your name somewhere; An interview with Marius Barnard; Music from the 1957 Tail Fin Fiasco


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Thursday, May 14, 2020

The Media Coach 15th May 2020


The Leadership Lockdown Conference; The Future of Podcasting; BBC4; Eric Trump; Who said that?; Current, Credible, Concise; It’s all in the delivery; An interview with Gary Bailey; Music from The 1957 Tail-Fin Fiasco


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Thursday, May 07, 2020

The Media Coach 8th May 2020


A Friday off; A TED talk; The New Norman; Florian Schneider; It’s not really a tiger; The promise of the premise; I’m not here to discuss that; Robby the Robot goes Social Networking; An interview with Dr Sue Mitchell; Music from Jim Boggia


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Thursday, April 30, 2020

The Media Coach 1st May 2020


Wordsworth on May; Never heard of Star Wars; Irrfhan Khan; Not a Turkish delight; Smokey and Keith’s secret; Going with the news flow; E M Forster on Linkedin; An interview with Elise Quevedo; Music from Jesse Furay Lynch


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Thursday, April 23, 2020

The Media Coach 24th April 2020


No live events for a long time; The British Broadcasting Corporation teachers; Michael O’Leary; Get to the point early; The eyes have it; Facebook live dos and don’ts; An interview with Neil Mullarkey; Music from Mick Terry


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Thursday, April 16, 2020

The Media Coach 17th April 2020


Well done Captain Tom; What’s been good?; Jacinda Ardern; A misleading Whopper; Going Remote; Text yourself on air; Speak the reader’s language; An interview with Tom Morley; Music from the Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, April 09, 2020

The Media Coach 10th April 2020


The loss of a friend; What to do virtually; John Prine; David Icke; This is so funny; The core of core messages; Are you regular?; An interview with Dan Flanigan, Music from the Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, April 02, 2020

The Media Coach 3rd April 2020


How’s your Lock Down? Get in touch; A brilliant technology journalist, Jack Schofield; Mrs Potato Head; Time is on my side; The Last Time; You can’t always get what you want; An interview with and music from Mickey Wynne


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Thursday, March 26, 2020

The Media Coach 27th March 2020


Stay safe and well; Stoned sheep; Clap for carers; Singed vicar; Study rhetoric; Oops - did something go wrong; Providing value online; an interview with Christian Bucholz; Music from Mick Wilson


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Thursday, March 19, 2020

The Media Coach 20th March 2020


The world has changed; Remote Speaking on Facebook; Violins and Loo rolls; Cats but no cream; In media res; On the phone, on air; Play don’t worry; An interview with Jeremy Nicholas; Music from Rob Corcoran


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Thursday, March 12, 2020

The Media Coach 13th March 2020


One game in town; A remote speaking group; Max von Sydow; Don’t lick your fingers; Keeping the focus on you; The truth and nothing but; Avoiding social media addiction; An interview with Vanessa Ugatti; Music from The Lost Hollow Band


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Thursday, March 05, 2020

The Media Coach 6th March 2020


A musical industry icon; Remote Speaking tips; Spitting Image; Don’t lick it; Is this mic on?; It’s Bob from the British Broadcasting Corporation - got a minute?; Take five; An interview with Cathy O’Dowd; Music from Robbie Boyd


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Thursday, February 27, 2020

The Media Coach 28th February 2020


It’s an epidemic; Do food hacks work?; Four Candles again; A hole in TripAdvisor; To what do you refer; It’s over when you get home; Become a specialist; An interview with Adam Creek; Music from the Dustbowl Revival


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Thursday, February 20, 2020

The Media Coach 21st February 2020


Caroline Flack; Supercharge your speaking business; The man who made computing easier; A super-forecaster; A speaker from the block; dealing with poorly-prepared interviewers; Who are you again?; An interview with Antoinette Dale Henderson; Music from Mick Wilson


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Thursday, February 13, 2020

The Media Coach 14th February 2020


Roger Deakins; Sajid Javid; Rick Moranis; Aviva and Mike; Can you see and hear me at the back?; On-air brevity, online detail; We’re all journalists; An interview with Heather Wright; Music from Son of Town Hall


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Thursday, February 06, 2020

The Media Coach 7th Feb 2020


Another prediction; Who wants to be a MC?; Zoe Ball; Curtains for Madonna; Seven tips for good humour; Five ways to ruin your PR; A tweet is a headline; An interview with Leon Bamforth; Music from The 1957 Tail-Fin Fiasco


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Thursday, January 30, 2020

The Media Coach 31st January 2020


The nation decided, so we have to go with it; The Exceptional MC; Nicholas Parsons; Catalan Dragons; As so-and-so once said; Dealing with interview tricks; Five tips for shareable content; An interview with Derek Cheshire; Music from Mick Terry


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Thursday, January 23, 2020

The Media Coach 24th January 2020


T S Eliot has it; Farewell Terry Jones; Victoria Derbyshire; Boris Johnson; Stay in your comfort zone; Show you care; Play Nicely, share!; An interview with Blake Snyder; Music from The Lost Hollow Band


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Thursday, January 16, 2020

The Media Coach 17th January 2020


A bit Stormzy; A new James Bond theme; A brilliant cinematographer; Watch out for drop bears; Carry a notebook; A magic message; I’ve started so I’ll finish; An interview with Gilda Bonnano; Music from Rob Corcoran


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Thursday, January 09, 2020

The Media Coach 10th January 2020


A whole lot of news; A slap for royal reporters; A great new walking book; Are cats gods?; Please welcome to the stage; Twelve media don’ts; Be who you are everywhere; An interview with TJ Walker; Music from Mick Terry

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Thursday, January 02, 2020

The Media Coach 3rd January 2020


A new decade or not; What’s in store in 2020?; Zoe Petre; Bad diaries; Advice versus instruction; I'm going to sue!; 5 ways to verify a social media expert; An interview with Felix Finkbeiner; Music from Matt Scott


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