Where will the question So What? take center stage? In a Twin Cities meeting place today.
A big day for Roshini Multi Media. Master Media Training morning is here. A great mix of people. Jack Larson of Xcel Energy Center (Convention Host) will introduce me and welcome the group. Some media friends will enhance my Getting Ink & Air training.
We’ll be at the Doubletree Park Place, St. Louis Park, Minnesota from 7:30-9 this morning.
Feel free to get in on the action.
The time is almost here, the excitement mounts.
You are invited to a very special event on June 26: From Now to RNC 2008!
Would you like the opportunity to get free media coverage and build your business reputation at the same time?
With more than 15,000 members of the media descending upon the Twin Cities for the Republican National Convention this September, what better time to get it.
I am giving a Master Media Training and will share insider secrets about presenting yourself and your business to the media. Journalists will come to town from all corners of the world and will do stories on the Twin Cities, our small towns, the state, the region…and every topic they can get their hands on.
Why not get your business some attention?
This is part of the invite going out to business people around the Twin Cities. Talk about anticipation. I started brainstorming about this event last Fall. It just goes to show you that good things don’t happen overnight. My inspiration is my knowledge of how many stories events like this require for the media. That in turn means they need local sources to help do their jobs. To help me do the best job of putting on a knock-out event, I’m honored to have fabulous co-sponsors and several media friends joining me.
My media friends will do Interview Simulations to hit home some of the training I’ll give attendees. Here are some VIP highlights: Jack Larson, VP/GM at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul will introduce me. KARE TV’s Joe Fryer, The StarTribune’s Neal Justin, WCCO Radio’s Jack Rice, and former WCCO TV Alum and current magazine editor Bridgette Bornstein will not just play the role but do the job of giving participants interviews.
Excitement mounts for me in a big way as the date approaches for this Master Media Training. And there’s time for you to get in on the action this Thursday from 7:30-9am. To register, go to smemn.org
It’s something that doesn’t happen to most people. And it’s an occurrence that’s likely rare for most attorneys. But my dear friend and client Michelle MacDonald accomplished it. She argued in front of the Minnesota Supreme Court in early June.
Arguing in front of the Supremes takes thorough preparation, endurance, and poise. From the time devoted to writing a legal brief in exactly the way they want it, to finding out exactly what date you will be heard, to all the details of what standing in front of them means for any attorney…indeed, it was a big day.
I was thrilled to be able to witness her first and perhaps only time within those walls. Michelle and her clients had a little cheering section, albeit one that was supposed to remain silent. I won’t name names, but one person did let out a little shriek in protest when a justice was questioning Michelle. That near-outburst aside, you can feel the gravity of those 90 or so minutes with every inch of your being. I’m not sure if I felt that way because of my legal training or if everyone feels that way.
But perhaps Justice Paul Anderson said it best on his way into court when he passed by our group of soon-to-be onlookers…not knowing which side we might be supporting. He said something like: “Even after 14 years, I still get a rush heading into this courtroom.”
So even for the justices in front of whom Michelle would eventually present her argument, making it to that stage of the justice system is indeed supreme.
I often say it really doesn’t matter what you say if you don’t know how to say it. That’s an axiom I stand behind as a presentation trainer.
But some days, what you say is equally important as how you say it. And that was the case for Sen. Hillary Clinton as she gave her closing speech of the primary season Tuesday night.
The Task: Deliver poignant content but deliver it with conviction, poise, and dignity. As a presentation trainer, I give her an A-minus overall. Here’s how the numbers shook out:
Image = 100/100
Eye Contact = 86/100
Clarity of Message = 95/100
Believing her own Message = 99/100
Understanding her Audience = 96/100
She surprised some by not conceding to Sen. Barack Obama. But she honored a unique and historic battle by singing some of his praises. An A for smoothly praising a man with whom she previously sparred and also criticized. An A because even though most pols have to learn that skill, she conveyed she believed and meant what she was saying.
I only saw parts of Sen. Obama’s victory speech in St. Paul. And I altogether missed Sen. John McCain’s speech from Little Rock. So I’ll have to save the balanced blogging for another date.
Even though I don’t publicly reveal any candidate I support, I am glad I watched a historical moment unfold last night. The kind of content that’s in its own class of delivery.