Where: Dialogue Society, London
Time: 6:45pm
With: Anna Averkiou, Freelance Journalist and Media Consultant
Crisis management is a process designed to prevent or reduce the damage a crisis can inflict on an organisation and its stakeholders. This seminar will discuss the tools needed to cope and lead during a media crisis.
Anna Averkiou is a Media Consultant with significant experience as a Journalist, Editor and Producer in Television, Radio, Print and New Media, specialising in International News. She has worked for major broadcasters such as the BBC, CNN, Reuters, Associated Press Television and now uses all of her experience to help NGOs, faith groups, charities and small businesses on ways to engage with the press and raise their media profile.
Today's world, with its many forms of media, presents a huge range of opportunities for individuals and organisations to convey their message to the public. It also presents significant challenges. Among these are the possibility of misleading media coverage and the need to express an organisation's aims and projects in the succinct and memorable forms demanded by the fast pace of the media world.
As a result, small to medium sized organisations and others looking to engage with the media often face the following questions:
The Dialogue Society's proposed Media School aims to empower young people and representatives of small and medium sized charities and community groups to:
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