Build Your Media Confidence
Build Your Media Confidence
Learn to deliver confident interviews and craft clear, memorable messages that land with your audiences and the media.
CEOs, founders, charity spokespeople and communications leads are often asked to step up when the spotlight is on, whether that’s a media interview, a funding pitch, or representing their organisation at a public event. This workshop will give you the skills and confidence to deliver clear, compelling messages, handle tough questions, and make every opportunity count.
Learning Focus
In particular, you'll learn about:
- How journalists work and what makes a story newsworthy
- Preparing for print, radio and TV interviews
- Crafting messages that land
- Creating soundbites that stick
- Delivering interviews confidently
- Building confidence in delivering key messages under pressure.
- You can book places for yourself and/or colleagues by clicking the button below.
- This event will take place on Zoom.
- Closed Captions can be enabled by attendees.
- Please email ames@wheel.ie if you have any special requirements.
Meet Your Facilitator
Olivia McGill is a communications strategist and former journalist who helps organisations raise their profile, income, and impact through effective storytelling, PR, and media engagement. She has trained CEOs, spokespeople and communications teams across the non-profit and business sectors to deliver confident, media-ready messages.
Testimonials
“Olivia made the day really engaging and has a lovely, relaxed manner, as well as great [media] industry knowledge. Everyone left with so much more confidence - the growth throughout the session was quite amazing.”
Caroline Gardner, co-founder Quality Matters, Dublin
“I would definitely recommend Olivia's training. It was incredibly valuable and helped me to understand many important aspects of Media Relations. She catered for my level of expertise and shaped the material to suit my role in the organisation. It was personalised and she made new concepts easy to understand. She is very approachable, flexible and wants you to get the most out of the training.”
Roisin Coyle, Dublin Northwest Partnership
“I wholeheartedly recommend Oliva's training. The structured approach—beginning with explanations and discussions, followed by practical exercises—was incredibly effective. Outlining our networking goals for upcoming events and in general was an invaluable skill, and we left the training feeling more confident.
“This training would be beneficial for any professional, helping them represent themselves and their organisations effectively at events and meetings. We would certainly recommend it to anyone looking to enhance their networking capabilities.”
Christina Sherlock, Head of Strategic Communications and Fundraising, Women’s Aid
