On-Camera Media Training and Public Speaking

A huge welcome to your training. I am so happy that you have joined me to learn how to face the media.

How do you do this course? Start by going through each module on this online course.

Along the way you will find exercises, resources and tools to use in your every day life.

If at any point you are needing assistance please feel free to email us at ashlea@thekingspeech.co.za.

Be sure to download your workbooks below to assist in completing the exercises throughout the course.

You can sign up to one of our packages that give you access to our Facebook Media Masters Group in where you will have access to regular Q and A sessions with me PLUS a whole community of upcoming media masters to connect with.

Once you have completed your training I recommend joining me in a One on One Live Coaching Session which can be booked here

Ashlea Evans is an international TV Reporter, media trainer and communications specialist.

She has worked for CNBC Africa, Al Jazeera in Washington DC, Business Affair and ABC News. She has reported from The World Bank, The World Economic Forum, The African Mining Indaba and the JSE.

Ash graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Master of Science in Communication from Lynn University in Boca Raton, Florida. Ash holds a certificate in the Global Financial Crisis from Yale. She spent seven years living in the USA, where she worked on Capitol Hill before returning to broadcasting

After years of interviewing world leaders and top business executives who struggled on camera, Ashlea founded The King's Speech in 2012 to help train delegates on how to make the most of their media interviews, roadshows, presentations and listings

From Four-star General Alexander Haig (United States Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan) to David Gergen (American political commentator and former presidential adviser who served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton), Ashlea has interviewed and trained some of the world's most prominent world leaders and business professionals. Ashlea's strength is in handling crisis communications situations, as well as strategic communications strategies. She has regularly consulted and advised multinational organizations on brand management and reputation enhancement.

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What is the importance of media training? Warren Buffet once said, ‘it takes 20 years to build a reputation and just five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you will do things differently.’

This module introduces the concept of media training, the elements of speaking on camera and to the media, and the lasting impact and interview leaves.

Can you speak ‘reporter’? Do you know what your role is in an interview? In this module you will learn the language of the media, better understand what reporters are looking for, better understand your role in the media and how to ensure you become an authority on a topic and that journalists come to you time and time again for comment and input.

· Insight into how the media works

· Social media and fake news

· Social media and the rise of citizen journalists

· News mandates

· How to talk to the media