HAMILTON, ON, Nov. 27, 2014 /CNW/ - In today's fast paced media environment, knowing how to properly answer challenging questions from journalists requires special skill. To help communicators from across the region to better handle media encounters, IABC Golden Horseshoe is hosting a professional development session featuring a keynote presentation by Jeff Ansell, renowned media and crisis communications expert, on December 3.
Ansell, the author of When the Headline is You: An Insider's Guide to Handling the Media, will share tips and strategies to keep spokespeople and their organizations off the naughty list. Drawing on his nearly 40-year career as an award-winning journalist and media advisor, he will offer a peek behind the media curtain and reveal the keys to successfully communicating with reporters.
The CNW sponsored session takes place at the Burlington Golf and Country Club and will outline Ansell's tested framework for addressing problematic issues in a responsive, forthright manner. Both IABC members and non-members are welcome to attend.
What: |
Stay Off the Media's Naughty List: IABC Golden Horseshoe holiday professional development event featuring a keynote by Jeff Ansell |
When: |
Wednesday, December 3, 2014 |
Where: |
Burlington Golf and Country Club |
For more information, or to register online, visit: https://iabcghholiday2014.eventbrite.ca
About IABC Golden Horseshoe
IABC Golden Horseshoe is a local chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators, a not-for-profit international organization dedicated to enhancing the lives of communications professionals by providing opportunities for individual growth, professional training and expansion of personal networks. Membership in the chapter represents a full range of communications disciplines across a wide cross-section of in industries including government, health care, not-for-profit, manufacturing, finance, software, marketing and advertising, as well as consultants, freelancers and students. Globally, IABC is a professional network of 14,000 communicators in more than 70 countries, operating within more than 100 chapters. http://gh.iabc.com/
SOURCE: IABC Golden Horseshoe
Media Contact: Marie Fitzpatrick, ABC, President, IABC Golden Horseshoe, 905-546-2424 ext. 2351, [email protected]
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