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Executive Media Trainer in Melbourne, Victoria

Tim Stoney’s multifaceted career gives him a unique perspective on the media, having worked in print and broadcast journalism, PR, communications and education, in a career spanning nearly 30 years.

He started out writing press releases about changing trends in construction for the industry body, The Cement and Concrete Association; spent several years teaching at La Trobe University; sold advertising and wrote for several small magazines; before moving into the mainstream media in the mid-90s, when he took up a cadetship at the Herald Sun newspaper.

Over nearly four years at Melbourne’s biggest paper Tim covered sports, including the highly competitive AFL round, but spent his most satisfying years at the Melbourne Magistrates Court.

This brought him in close contact with many of Melbourne’s most notorious criminals – the likes of the Moran brothers, Carl Williams and Alfonso Gangitano – many of whom became key players in the city’s gangland killings.

Three years as a news and sports reporter at Channel Ten, Melbourne followed – including being part of the Network coverage of the Sydney Olympics and a trip to East Timor to cover the country’s first elections – before Tim left to freelance.

For the past 15 years Tim has worked as a freelance news and sports broadcaster and commentator: at ABC Radio Australia – including covering the 2003 South Pacific Games in Fiji; he spent a year in China working for China Radio International and four years as a Melbourne-based news and sports reporter for SBS World News Australia.

He spent five years teaching journalism at RMIT, La Trobe, Monash and Deakin universities; worked for the Olympic News Service at the 2008 Beijing Paralympics; had a great deal of fun working as a commentator at the 2011 South Pacific Games in Noumea and produced and directed a short film about Indian students living in Melbourne for the Victorian Multicultural Commission.

As well as working for Media Manoeuvres, Tim continues to write freelance and teaches media writing at the University of Melbourne.

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ON-CAMERA SKILLS TRAINING

The advent of the digital age has given rise to the importance of online video content. A video with a good presenter/s can engage and influence stakeholders. How others immediately perceive you or your business comes down to the first few seconds of you on camera!

Read more: Camera Presentation Training

VIRTUAL PRESENTATION SKILLS

Your impression when presenting online has been important for many years, but it is now crucial with almost all business being conducted via videoconference. Stand out from the crowd with impressive skills, taught by our international keynote speakers and webinar hosts.

Read more: Virtual Presentation Skills

LIVE ONLINE MEDIA TRAINING

Spokespeople from all organisations need to adapt to new ways to deliver their messages, and journalists are looking for great interviewees wherever they may be. Get ahead of the pack with our live, online media training which is customised and flexible, just like our face-to-face training sessions.

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ELEARNING MEDIA AND PRESENTATION SKILLS

Cost efficiency, time flexibility and the opportunity to train many more people are the significant benefits of online learning. Mobile-enabled eLearning programmes and modules, webinars, live and static digital platforms and forums can be blended (if required) with face-to-face formats.

Read more: E-Learning Training

MAYOR AND COUNCILLOR SKILLS TRAINING

Customised Media Spokesperson Skills training for newly elected Mayors and Councillors is highly recommended to ensure they are in control of their key messages and are able to hold their nerve in the face of a tough community meeting, as well as getting the media coverage they deserve.

Read more: Local Government Training

SCHOOL ISSUES AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Media Manoeuvres has a well-established reputation as school crisis management experts. We provide strategic issues and crises planning and organisational media skills coaching to many national and international educational institutions and schools. Before the media calls, schools call us.

Read more: School Crisis Training

EXECUTIVE PRESENTATION SKILLS TRAINING

Whether you are presenting in person or on-screen, you only get one chance to make a first impression and that takes just a few seconds. Getting it right the first time is essential because repairing a poor impression is not easy.

Read more: Presentation Skills Training

SME ISSUES AND CRISIS MANAGEMENT

Every organisation is vulnerable to a crisis – it’s knowing the right way to deal with a situation that changes the way companies are perceived by their stakeholders and the media.

Read more: Crisis Communications Management

MEDIA SKILLS TRAINING

Having good media spokespeople can make all the difference between a superior reputation and a bad one. That’s why training in this area will reap huge rewards for your business.

The Media Manoeuvres approach to media training across Australia is simple: Companies must have effective and efficient media spokespeople. Not only that, but training in this area should be ongoing for senior management, executives and team members.

Read more: Media Skills Training

ROYAL COMMISSIONS & SENATE ESTIMATES

“Democracy in action” is how some describe this exhaustive process whereby Commissioners, Counsel Assisting or Senators can ask endless questions of witnesses appearing. News stories don’t always begin in a Royal Commission or Estimates, but it is often the place where details come out, and reputational damage for you and your organisation can result.

Read more: Royal Commission Training

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STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS KEY MESSAGING

A strategic approach to stakeholder and media communications, which addresses the importance of stakeholder needs, will guarantee connection and influence.
Designing thoughtful, meaningful and relevant stakeholder and media messages that align with company objectives is vital.

Read more: Stakeholder Communications Training

How some describe this exhaustive process whereby Commissioners, Counsel Assisting or Senators can ask endless questions of witnesses appearing. News stories don’t always begin in a Royal Commission or Estimates, but it is often the place where details come out, and reputational damage for you and your organisation can result.

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