Exceptional and impactful storytelling and communication skills are being recognised through the Media Savvy Awards launching today in the GCC. The Awards are celebrating their fifth year in Singapore and Malaysia, adding a new Best Webcast/Hybrid Event Presentation category.
Journalists, freelance writers, podcasters and event managers now have a new source of industry insiders, to get information, interview guests and soundbites from a more diverse range of subject matter experts. ContactsBook.Media has a catalogue of hundreds of experts in financial services, big tech, fintech, pharmaceutical, agri-business, property, transport and logistics.
Chia Su-Mae, founder of skincare brand Bskin, tells stories and elevates the entire interview, making it an interesting watch.
Two press conferences over the past three weeks provide an interesting clue as to how to respond when you are asked questions you can't possibly be expected to answer.
Loi Tuan Ee might be the unassuming founder of a huge dairy farm in Malaysia, choosing to dress down for the interview, but he is confident and got his main message through, which is why we are nominating him for the Media Savvy Awards 2022.
The ability to respond quickly to questions from conference moderators, delegates, and journalists is certainly an asset. But most people are either flummoxed by a difficult question, or they shoot from the hip. Whatever your starting point, you can deal with the situation, as Mark explains in this post.
Ang Kiam Meng, CEO of Jumbo Seafood, eats and answers questions in an interview with Mothership’s Andrew Wong, and comes off as likeable and honest, which is why we are nominating him for the Media Savvy Awards 2022.
In the past, we have trained your spokespeople for media appearances. we are now offering to promote them to the media as well.
You've taken the CliftonStrengths assessment, you're convinced of its benefits. Now do more with it by learning to apply your talents to public speaking and playing to your strengths when taking part in media interviews.
John Cleese's walk-out of his interview with Karishma Vaswani on BBC World News makes for an interesting case study in what happens when an interview goes off the rails – with some unsolicited ideas for how to avoid it.
The founder of Awfully Chocolate wins our award for best online interview in Singapore, while the CEO of perfume subscription service Scentses And Co wins the award in Malaysia. Female founders clinched the top prizes in our awards, and female winners outnumber the male winners for the first time since our awards started in 2018.
A milestone reached: Since becoming a Gallup-certified CliftonStrengths coach in 2019, I have now reviewed just over 1,000 “CliftonStrengths 34” reports. When you’ve painstakingly gone through this many reports, some patterns do emerge and you inevitably find some trends and draw some conclusions.
