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9 proven ways to get what you need in the hardest interviews

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All professional communicators face difficult interviews sometimes, with people who can’t or won’t give you what you need. How do you respond? Do you get tough with your questions like a reporter or a prosecutor? Do you smile and nod and hope that you can somehow make sense of this later? And then do you[…]

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10 proven tips for successful media training, interviews

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  The phrase “media training” can strike fear in anyone not used to talking to reporters. But it doesn’t have to. An interview with a reporter can stir some common anxiety — and, just as dangerously, a dismissive arrogance. That’s the same from the C-suite to public relations agencies, from town halls to small businesses.[…]