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WHAT OUR CLIENTS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT OUR MEDIA TRAINING PROGRAMME…
“The launch of Media Training Worldwide is a great opportunity for the vast majority of Indian professionals. Even leading business schools, do not offer such expertise and I think the entry of Media Training Worldwide, with their unique modules and critique techniques, provides the necessary fillip, especially in dealing with the Media and Presentation Skills.”
>Ashwini Kakkar, CEO & Managing Director, Thomas Cook India LtdPresident, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI)
"Ravi has been conducting media training for more than five years now for us. He brings a wonderful combination of landing strong messages in a gentle manner. His training format ensures high involvement of the participants and ensures that participants not only understand but remember their learnings. His inimitable style of getting across deep insights in simple and easy to remember ‘bytes’ has always been appreciated by participants! "
>Prasad Pradhan, Head - Corporate Communications, Hindustan UniLever
"The first stage is Unconscious Unawareness - I do not know, I don't know; this is a very difficult moment for a senior Manager, especially he now knows, that you know. Unanimous view of all the senior Managers is, you helped them handle that stage beautifully, a strong testimonial to your Sensitivity. The Unfreezing is very well done.
"If the Objective of imparting new skills is to make Managers more successful in their new challenges, of meeting the Lens head on and not going down mumbling, then the Journey has begun for the Group. Many a Manager says a silent prayer to you, as he faces the Media, today."
>Pratik Roy, Chief Learning Officer, Group Human Resources, Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt. Ltd.
“As we march ahead in building a company which enriches lives, I would like to pause and thank you for your immense contribution through the years in helping Airtel achieve its objectives so far. I'm confident that together we will strengthen this relationship further to the next level.”
>Krish Shankar, Director - Human Resources, Bharti Airtel
“I think much of what scares executives about dealing with the press is that awful feeling of being on the spot and out of control. Facing the Media takes away the discomfort and fear by clearly and honestly setting out how the press works and how to handle them to your advantage: so you say what you want to say, not what they want you to. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book to the teams I work with.”
>Claire Davies, Communications Manager
, Actis
“Got very useful tips on the rules of the game, the dos and don’ts and on body language… each and every input added value. This will help my company and me in creating a better impact.”
>U.K. Sinha, Chairman and Managing Director, UTI AMC
"We are thankful to you for conducting a Media Training Module for Indian Foreign Service Officers. The Module was found useful and was appreciated very much by the participants."
>PS Gussain, Deputy Secretary, Foreign Service Institute, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
“This has been one of the most useful training sessions I have experienced.”
>Amal Cabraal, Chairman & Managing Director, Unilever Srilanka Ltd
“From stance to tone to messaging to body language to interview skills…this training has it all! I have benefited immensely from it.”
>Ranjit Dhuru, Chairman, Aftek Ltd
“I think I presented you a big challenge with a classroom of people from different countries, with diverse work-experience and varying levels of comfort with the English language - and gave you one day to transform them!
You rose to the occasion with aplomb and I believe every one of those individuals left the room with substantially enhanced communication skills and renewed confidence. Great job, thanks.”
>Ranjana Smetacek, Director - Corporate Affairs, Monsanto India
“What started as one media training session for our spokespersons in Mumbai has grown to several rounds of training in just a few months, comprising people at different levels. We have been suitably encouraged by the feedback of the participants and the effectiveness of their recent media interactions, following the inputs from Media Training Worldwide. Notably, the accent on experiential learning (comprising Ambush, Hot Seat, Crisis), focus on message delivery and the ease and conviction with which Ravi Shyam engages with the audience, make the programme very compelling.”
>Namrata Datt, Assistant Director, Corporate Communications, Ernst & Young India
“To me, one key differentiator was the background preparatory work that you and your team put in to understand our businesses and the issues that confront each business. It is rare that you find such depth of research and commitment. This put the training at an entirely different level and added meaningful insight to every session.
The participants felt that the sessions were extremely useful and went beyond media training. The awareness generated by you on key messages, the importance being in control and on top of the subject, body language, postures and other considerations in dealing with media will benefit us as we prepare more spokespersons for our companies. The added bonus was that all of us felt better equipped to deal with public speaking and presentations.”
>V. Krishnan, Head - Corporate Communications, Essar Group
“We at the Raymond Group will gladly look forward to our next media encounter without fear or favour! The professionalism demonstrated by Ravi Shyam and his team was of an international standard. I would recommend this programme to those in corporate India who have not as yet experienced the programme.”
>Nabankur (Nobby) Gupta, Group President, Raymond Limited
“The 'hot seat' sessions were very helpful. The repeat sessions, after 3 to 6 months will help reinforce the skills. I attach enormous importance to it.”
>Raj Narayanan, Managing Director, BOC India Limited (since acquired by Linde AG)
“The workshop was a ‘Class Act’ and your insightful inputs made it both useful and memorable.”
>Jai Shankar, Head, Global Services, Novartis
“To say that I quite enjoyed the training session with you would be an understatement. I not only enjoyed the session but learnt a great deal and would like to do a repeat session, if possible, in the not too distant future. This has been by far the best media training session I have had the privilege to go through simply because you taught me through a doing mode. Thank you very much…I think not only people who face or are likely to face the media would benefit from such a training program but just about anyone - for all of us are communicators in the different roles we play.”
>Svetlana Pinto, Head Corporate Communications, Novartis
“It was certainly a very educative few hours I spent. I realise that professional help from Media Training Worldwide can make a substantial difference to the way an interview turns out. There were a number of little tips that I picked up. A must for every CEO or company spokesperson, in today's time.”
>Sam Balsara, Chairman & Managing Director, Madison Communications
“What I found useful was the body language training and the way to weave Mastek’s key messages into my communication… the training has helped me improve how I come across in an interview.”
>Ashank Desai, Chairman, Mastek
“The senior management team of our organization has found the ‘Media Training’ program very practical and useful. We appreciate your efforts in simulating real-life situations through techniques like ‘Ambush’ and ‘Hot Seat’ interviews. We believe these techniques will enable the participants become more effective spokespersons.”
>R. Radhakrishnan, DGM – Training, Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd.
“The JM Morgan Stanley team found the Media Training program useful, especially the simulation of real-life situations followed by the review of each situation. The training addressed the importance of communicating key messages consistently and the art of ‘artful repetition'. Additionally, what I felt was helpful was the art of managing interviews on your terms.”
>Nandini Goswami, Vice President – Corporate Communications, J M Morgan Stanley
“The actual role play, its review and the critique were helpful. The training has enabled me to focus on consistently addressing our communication objectives and Hexaware’s achievements.”
>Atul Nishar, Chairman, Hexaware
“Significant changes in my outlook towards media messaging. My compliments on their ability to customise their training with specific relation to our business interest… Ravi Shyam and his team demonstrated their professionalism by simulating both a TV studio environment and real life media scenarios… Exceptionally good.”
>Pradeep Bhandari, Deputy Group President, Raymond
“The workshop themes, content, the role based learning processes were brilliant in conceptualization, sequencing and over all execution strategy for high lasting impact. This learning has enhanced my comfort level and capabilities for harnessing the power of the media in print and the broadcast medium in particular. A must for senior managers as well as management career aspirants.”
>Ajit Mantagani, President, The Arvind Mills Ltd.
“Of great help were the immediate feedback from review and playback of the interview and the critique from Ravi… The training was valuable in preparing me to address the media.”
>Sudhakar Ram, CEO, Mastek
“Frankly, after leaving IIMA, this was the most useful session I had in terms of relevance in real life.”
>G. Pradeepkumar, Head - Western Region & International Sales, UTI AMC and earlier, Chief of UTI London
“My most important learning was about interview management. Deploying the valuable inputs received from this training will help me in my business. Ravi is a great trainer.”
>Sunil Surya, President, Hexaware
“This has provided me the ability to see myself in a different perspective. Also, provided me with some great pointers in developing my speaking skills. I see them as being really helpful, when I face the Media in real life situations.”
>Dilnaz Anklesaria, Corporate Communications, Castrol
“Just a small note to say how much we appreciated the workshop on Media Skills. Apart from the fact that all of us felt that we had learnt a lot, thanks so much for the personal commitment and energy level that you brought into the 2 days, was a truly great experience.”
>Mona Syedhaq, Manager Commnications, Unilever Bangladesh Ltd.
“The media training was very interesting and extremely useful…I was a panel member at the MBO workshop organized by INSEAD Singapore. When asked to give a TV interview by CNBC at this workshop, some of the things that I learnt at the media training came very handy.”
>JM Trivedi, Managing Partner, Actis
“Media Training helped us at Medreich India & Trust Pharmacy, to look at our business issues ‘through the eyes of the Media’ Your candid approach in highlighting our faux pas with classic examples from our own industry helped us identify and understand the concerns of our stake-holders, especially when seen from the Media perspective and their portrayal of our business.”
>Rajeev Mehta, Managing Director, Medreich India
“These practical sessions will help in dealing with the Media and Presentations in the future.”
>A.K. Purwaha, Managing Director & Gary Morgan, Technical Director, Mahanagar Gas
“Your tips on how to go forward in one’s interaction with the Media were very interesting and useful. It was very thoughtful of you to have sent the ‘Speak Like A King’ attachment. I found the seven lessons very absorbing.”
>G M Rao, Chairman, GMR Group
“It was indeed a pleasure having you at Godrej . It was a wonderful session and one could really see the difference in the approach towards media by the participants at the end of the session.
I am sure the results of this session will depend on the participants to use all that they have learnt and I am sure they will focus on the areas of improvement that you have recommended for each of them. ”
>Usha Iyer, Manager Corpore Communications, Godrej Group
“The interactions with you on media training were most enjoyable and valuable. I thought your personal role in conducting the workshop was among the best I have experienced.”
>Dr. V. Raghunathan, Managing Director, GMR Industries Ltd & Former Professor, IIMA
“As an exceptional trainer! Ravi has a refreshingly interactive style that is insightful and beneficial. For a while now KPIT Cummins has predominantly used the print medium; armed with the knowledge that MTW gave us, we will confidently move forward into other media… As an excellent media trainer he takes the participants through several situations with lucidity. I would recommend anyone who has to face the media to spend a few hours with Ravi understanding how to make the best of the situation.”
>Shikha Singh, Head Corporate Communications, KPIT Cummins
“Thank you for the modules on Media Training and Presentation Skills. My colleagues who attended the workshops found them extremely useful. You have helped them to know their 'blind spots', given them a better understanding of themselves. Post the training they are more confident. The tips you gave them were very useful. I am looking to a longer association with you where more of our people can be put through this program.”
>Titus Arnold, Head - HR, Medtronic India
“The media training programme was a real learning for us. The inputs for handling a crisis situation were most effective and useful. Thank you…”
>Alok Khetan, Managing Director - India, Johnson Matthey Catalysts
“The program was indeed an insight into ones shortcomings. As a consequence it helps in getting the best of one-self.”
>Sourav Daspatnaik, Director HR, Apeejay Group
“The top Management of our group found the Media Training Workshop a very stimulating and challenging exercise in today’s media driven context… Thank you for the numerous inputs and nuggets during the review/critique and the practical examples that made it worth our while. The hot-seat simulations and crisis modules, gave each one of us a renewed conviction of dealing with the media with poise and confidence.”
>Neha Batra, Corp Affairs, The Welspun Group