Be prepared – and confident – when you communicate

“Dan’s workshop provided some really important insights into how the media works and his training is accessible and engaging. I am hoping to attend another workshop in the future and would 100% recommend to anyone working in comms whether you’re a beginner or need a refresher.”

“Your media training session was exceptional in the sense that it was tailored to my innate style of communication. That in itself ensures effective communication, ensuring clarity of my messaging and higher degrees of engagement by the target audience.”

"I've had similar training before, this workshop was the best of them. I enjoyed the interaction, informal presentation and Dan's anecdotes. The first-hand experience from a professional journalist is very valuable."

"Loved how engaging it was. Appreciated your honesty as well as the insights into the journo industry. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!"

"Dan provided a lot of helpful tips to improve my public speaking. I felt comfortable to try new techniques, which built confidence. Dan adapted our sessions to work on specific things I wanted to achieve."

“Educational, empowering and engaging. This has given me a lot to think about – not just for media comms, but for all my writing. I appreciated the humour in the delivery too.”

"Dan was a wealth of knowledge and has done a fantastic job of shaking up our team's approach. I feel confident that we will put these learnings into practice."

"Loved the honesty and transparency – refreshing for someone to tell us how it is. Definitely trust your knowledge and insight given your journalism background!"

"I was able to put the lessons into practice straight away and our electronic newsletter open rates have already increased!"

"Dan's writing and communication sessions were inspiring. His hands-on training has helped to improve how our team writes and has increased our confidence when editing. I highly recommend this professional development resource."

"Dan's thoughtful, practical advice helped me to refine my website and improve my SEO. It was easy to implement and made a big difference to the bottom line."

"A helpful workshop which went over both the basics and pertinent points for copywriting and communications professionals."

"Dan took the time to understand us and how we work. His advice was spot on, practical and easy to apply."

"Very useful workshop – highly recommended. Dan was very professional and questions and answers were welcomed. Nice and relaxed environment."

"Thanks Dan, loved your workshop. Really appreciated that you found some recent examples of our work, it helped ground your advice in a very practical way."

"Expertly taught lesson on media skills from a knowledable presenter. His depth of knowledge and approachable nature made the session engaging, interactive and valuable. This has benefited my understanding of media and supported my professional development. Thank you."

"I really enjoyed the session. It got into the finer details and gave the inside scoop that we wouldn’t otherwise have. Certainly made me curious about trying some new approaches in my pitching."

“Dan was very responsive to creating a workshop that suited the team’s needs. His knowledge is excellent and all examples and tasks were relevant to meet the learning objectives. My team was very enthusiastic about the workshop and remained engaged throughout the whole session.”

"The course was very insightful. I found myself restructuring my pitches and releases today. Thank you."

"Dan was fantastic, delivering the workshop in an easy-to-follow way. Dan generously answered our questions and provided great insights from his professional life. I'm looking forward to implementing the techniques."

"Really enjoyable. Content is broad, which is great – it links all kinds of comms strategies."

"Loved learning how to cut my sentences and work on structure. Particularly good to get some tips for media releases and sending to journos. Great exercises to actually put theory into practice."

“Dan was a great sounding board while I was planning my website's content. I've been very appreciative of his skill at guiding me through website development, building my confidence and translating tricky concepts/approaches into easy to understand and implement bites.”

"Really got a lot out of today's session."

"Highly recommended. Thorough, well-presented and essential information."

"Great workshop! It was very helpful to get an insight into how editors and journos respond to pitches."

"Great content and very helpful to everyone. The way you engaged everyone made them feel happy to contribute and easily get responses."

"Enjoyed the format and content and how elements had been applied to our work. Thank you for a fabulous session."

"Top job – I was engaged the entire time! Definitely taken away some great lessons I'll use in the future."

"After trawling for the right editor to teach me the trade, from square one I knew I'd found the right person in Dan. He's an incredible teacher, with amusing anecdotes to boot. After just a few sessions, I was seeing English in an entirely new way and, with his help, I knew I was ready."

"Dan was an engaging presenter and answered all questions well. The exercises were extremely helpful in understanding the content."

"I highly recommend Dan for SEO. His knowledge and skills with the English language make copy easy to read and understand. His thoroughness is unquestioned."

"I was really impressed with the course and the delivery was both entertaining and engaging. We covered a lot of ground."

"Highly practical, relevant examples and extremely enjoyable. Thank you."

"Dan is adaptable to the various audience’s requirements and has a tremendous scope of information and experience which he delivers very well."