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We train the big bosses. The ones who make the news headlines. We also train leaders at every stage. Because confident communication takes ongoing effort, not a quick fix. We become your trusted partner to pressure test your messaging through every challenge and opportunity.
What happens in the room stays in the room
That’s our confidentiality promise. Our team of expert trainers and camera operators are used to dealing with highly sensitive matters, long before they’re made public. We create a safe space for clients to share their experiences, soundboard ideas, take on constructive feedback and unlock untapped potential to communicate with authority and authenticity.
Be the boss of your own training
Business leaders are time poor. They demand a premium, flexible and results-driven training experience. That’s why we make it seamless for our CEO and executive clients. We curate a program aligned to the individual’s current experience, focus areas, location and their preferred training format.
Choose what works best for you
- In person, online or a combination
- Ongoing program, or one-off workshop
- 1:1 (best for CEOs), or small groups of 4-6
- Full days, half days or shorter sessions
- Role play and preparation for specific interviews and presentations
- Your office, ours, or a professional TV studio
Real-world media advice
Our trainers still keep a foot in the newsroom. So this isn’t outdated ‘back-in-the-day’ notions. It’s expert counsel on the changing media landscape. Learn what’s in and what’s out, and how to position yourself as a thought leader in a challenging news environment.
We role play:
- TV interviews where a journalist isn’t present
- Live crosses via Skype
- Live studio interviews
- Live pre-recorded interviews for TV, radio and print
- 3-point social media video updates
- Adapting messages for different audiences and mediums
Turn up the heat with crisis training
The thought of a hard-hitting ‘ABC Four Corners’ style interview keeps many leaders up at night. While these intense interviews are just a small part of the media landscape, preparation is essential.
A crisis communication plan alone isn’t enough. We design custom crisis scenarios to rigorously stress test your policies, procedures, messaging, and delivery, ensuring that any potential newsworthy issues are thoroughly addressed. After all, small oversights can escalate into significant threats to your brand’s reputation.
We promise no easy questions!
Get past the fear of public speaking
Even the best leaders can hesitate in front of an audience. Our presentation training program focuses on confidence building, preparation, understanding the audience, cut-through delivery and the hat tricks you need to pull when things don’t go to plan. Our long-term training clients go on to win industry awards, secure major contracts and hold the room captive with their engaging speaking ability.
- Workshop an upcoming speech or keynote
- Plan a panel discussion
- Finesse online presentations
And yes, of course we train bigger groups
Our trainers regularly hold highly interactive media and presentation masterclass seminars for large cohorts. Perfect for conferences and team-building ‘lunch and learns’. But if role play interviews and drilling down on messaging are your priority, we recommend a small group approach.
Take a seat in the studio
You might feel confident in the boardroom, but the bright lights, multiple cameras and technical set up in a TV studio can be disorienting and intimidating. Studio-based media training helps speakers grasp the technical skills to help them excel in an interview on the couch, at the news desk, or a live cross.
Learn where to look, what to ask and how to stay on message when you’re live ON AIR. Plus, have a lot of fun!
”The real-life experience—getting to do the interviews in a studio—is just priceless. I’d recommend it to anyone!
Elissa LewisTeachers Mutual Bank Limited
Our Training
Discover the difference between media training and presentation training
Media training is all about knowing where to look, what to say and how to stay on message when you are in the interview hot seat. Learn how to take control of any interview or interaction with a journalist, to be more strategic with messaging, and to adapt for different audiences and interview formats.
We put participants through their paces in recorded role-play interviews, with on the spot reviews to watch and improve as you go along.
Presentation training is for every leader to learn how to be a standout public speaker. Our course focuses on confidence building, preparation and understanding the audience, body language, voice modulation and cut-through delivery.
Participants learn to effortlessly adapt their content when plans change or something goes wrong. The ON AIR Dynamic Video Presenter workshop also involves camera skills for video or online presentations.
1:1 CEO Programs
- Personalised program with expert trainer dedicated to your success
- Take control of media encounters by understanding journalists and the news lens they will apply to your organisation
- Develop confidence in live and pre-recorded interviews for TV, radio, podcasts, print and digital
- Craft powerful and memorable key messages that resonate with the audience and reinforce your goals
- Anticipate and prepare for challenging questions
Leadership Workshops
- Includes a pre-brief to align the program with your organisation’s strategic goals
- Blend of theory and customised role-play activities
- Professional camera operator, plus video copies of presentations with debrief notes
- Detailed follow-up notes and interview clips provided after each session
- Half-day and full-day options for 2-6 participants
Media Masterclasses
Choose one of the following topics:
- What’s making news? The evolving media landscape
- How to get on TV: broadcast media strategy
- Thought leadership and increasing brand visibility
- Rules of engagement: what it takes to cut through the noise
Or reach out to us directly to discuss a bespoke topic tailored to your organisation’s needs. Face-to-face and online options.
Are you a small business owner or early stage founder and not quite ready for this investment? Or are you looking to grow media capabilities across a broader leadership cohort? We’ve got you covered too with our ON AIR Media Training Short Course.
1:1 Executive Coaching
Elevate your leadership voice with targeted sessions that fit seamlessly into your high-paced schedule.
We cover:
- Confidence and managing nerves
- Planning your presentation
- Dynamic delivery
- Adapting to different audiences and formats
Dynamic Speaker Workshops
Tailored for business leadership teams to enhance their confidence, craft refined messages, and elevate their presentation skills to new heights.
Cover the main modules, or hone in on our electives:
- The Dynamic Q&A Panellist / Moderator
- The Virtual Speakers Toolkit
- The Master Storyteller
Presentation Masterclasses
Tailored for business leadership teams seeking bite-sized development opportunities to cultivate confidence in public speaking. Ideal for those eager to unlock their potential in brief, yet impactful learning experiences.
- Engaging 90 min sessions
- Up to 100 participants
- Choose from our main modules or electives
- Pre-briefing call to align with your organisation’s strategic goals
- Face-to-face and online options
Meet our Principal Trainer
Jessica Ridley brings more than a decade of broadcast journalism experience to her role as Founder and Principal Trainer at BTW Media.
For more than a decade, Jessica Ridley has developed a reputation as a highly engaging and versatile journalist. She’s spent years waking up to that 3am alarm for breakfast television on Seven’s Sunrise program, and more recently Nine’s Today Show. During her stint with Australia’s largest commercial TV and radio networks, she covered major news events including the COVID-19 pandemic, state and federal elections, bushfires, floods and high-profile court cases, while also sourcing and finessing stories about finance, business news, technology, health, sport and real estate.
Jess has also worked as a TV news producer and radio journalist, making decisions about what makes the headlines. Jess trained in Broadcast Journalism at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), after completing her communications degree, with PR and advertising majors. She has a strong grasp and deep understanding of how the national news cycle works and guides her clients to secure reputation-building media exposure. Jess is also a sought-after event MC, panel moderator and keynote speaker.
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