Public speaking is one of the most common fears but it doesn’t have to be. At Hong Bao Media, we believe that everyone can transform their fear of public speaking into a confident, powerful stage presence.
As part of National Training Week (NTW), we’re offering a FREE course, StageFright to StageMight, facilitated by Mark Laudi, an award-winning former CNBC anchor with over 25 years
Podcasts have emerged as the platform for corporate storytelling, but they demand a distinct approach. We have held four workshops for podcasting skills, and these are five key points we hammer down.
The HBM studio recently hosted an event with Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors (APACD) titled "Deepfake: A Comms Person's Friend or Foe?".
My staff sheepishly forwarded me this video clip from the ABC-TV series "Utopia", but I wasn't offended at all. In fact, this clip highlights many things that are wrong with the traditional way of media training.
Media entrepreneur Ted Turner famously said, “Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell and advertise.” Personal brand building takes more time and effort than most busy professionals have. The problem for many subject matter experts is they can’t pursue it without some limitation. But how can you overcome these obstacles? READ more
If you are worried about losing your job to AI there is only one way you can come out on top: Be the best human you can. Rapidly advancing AI technology has already proven that its development is unstoppable. So we humans have two choices.
A strong corporate culture is probably more easily attained than you think. But unsurprisingly, communication is often what stands in the way. Insights from the Gallup@Work 2023 conference in Omaha/Nebraska last week.
If you have a fear of being underprepared that you start to get the shivers, break out in sweaty palms or your heart starts pounding, you might be surprised about the cause - and its solution.
It’s hard to believe five years have passed since we convened the Media Savvy Awards, but each of those years brought fundamental changes to the media. As the deadline for the 2022 Awards looms, it’s an opportune moment to take in the key themes in the evolution of the media landscape and the role of spokespeople, and the consequent evolution of the Award categories.
Comments about the holocaust by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a press conference in Berlin Wednesday have sparked an outcry – and raise the question how you as a Communications Director and your business leader should react if confronted by a similar situation.
Der Eklat in Kanzler Olaf Scholz’ Pressekonferenz mit Mahmoud Abbas vergangenen Mittwoch konfrontiert uns im Kommunikationswesen mit zwei schwierigen Fragen: wie hätten Ihre Führungskräfte anstelle Scholz die Situation bewältigt? Und wie hätten Sie anstelle Regierungssprecher Hebestreit reagiert, wenn Sie die Pressekonferenz geleitet hätten?
Forget about wallowing in mud, climbing rope ladders or playing silly games that embarrass you and your colleagues. A live TV broadcast is a much more intelligent and engaging way to build team solidarity and resilience at an offsite for a team building exercise.
