This is a private course and part of business continuity planning for a large care and nursing home. If you’d like more information about our Media Training courses please get in touch at training@davidthomasmedia.com or call 020 7096 1995. We’ll be very happy to chat through your needs and look at how we can help
READ MORE > Posted on 15 September 2017
David Thomas Media has been working with Stakeholder Forum and Civicus (based in South Africa) to produce guides that help journalists on the one hand and charities on the other.
READ MORE > Posted on 18 September 2015
Two new guides launching, to help development charities and media understand each other better.
READ MORE > Posted on 02 April 2015
Anyone with a LinkedIn account will have noticed a new feature where you are encouraged to endorse the skills of your connections. You can read all about endorsements on the LinkedIn blog here. The prompt comes when you view someone's profile. A list of some of their skills appears right in your face at the
READ MORE > Posted on 26 October 2012
The always fascinating BBC College of Journalism blog has a couple of new posts about the recent election coverage. Much discussion by a panel of journalists and political activists about the role of new media vs old. Not many conclusions, but it seems that new media (Twitter & Facebook) furthered the conversation, but didn't start
READ MORE > Posted on 15 June 2010
It’s not easy to come up with quick and easy comparisons that make it clear how big, small, expensive, or devastating an issue might be. It’s something we often talk about during media training sessions. Traditionally, burning trees in the Amazon are ‘roughly the size of Wales’, or perhaps ‘twice the size of Belgium’. A
READ MORE > Posted on 06 December 2007
An intriguing comment on Radio 4’s WATO earlier this week. An interviewee used a phrase which had me running for my notebook. Talking about grammar schools he said: "The kids who are getting the benefit of selection where there are grammar schools are middle class kids, and there are very few kids from ordinary backgrounds
READ MORE > Posted on 01 June 2007
John Sweeney’s extraordinary contribution to the Scientology debate was strangely fascinating to watch. Animal passion was the term that came to mind – or perhaps just animal frustration. Unfortunately the knock on effect for those of us in the media training business may not be so positive. I like to work with charities and NGOs.
READ MORE > Posted on 18 May 2007