media interview essentials: tell your story like a pro
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Albers Communications Group Vice President of PR Debbie Hilt shares the importance of media preparation and how to best prepare for an interview.TRANSCRIPT
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Media Interview Essentials:Tell Your Story Like a Pro
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About Albers Communications Group
• Full-service PR, social media and marketing communications agency
• Specialize in integrated strategies• Represent clients in all 50 states and Canada• Create national and local market exposure
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Today’s Topics
• Working with the media
• Identifying goals
• Developing key messages
• Avoiding misquotes
• Maintaining control
• Case study
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• Television• Live or Recorded
• Newspaper• In person, on the phone or via email
• Radio• In person or on the phone
Types of Interview Opportunities
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Benefits of Media Exposure
• It’s credible
• It’s memorable
• It’s lasting
• It’s free
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Working with the Media
• Responsiveness is critical
• Reporters aren’t specialists
• Final content is in the hands of reporters/editors
• Good relationships matter
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Interview Agenda
• Reporter’s Agenda• Informing their audience
• Accuracy
• Meeting their deadline
• Your Agenda• Meet objectives
• Deliver key messages
• Maintain control
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Ground Rules
• What you should know• Who is interviewing you
• When/where the story will run
• General direction/angle of the story
• Who else is being interviewed for the story
• You have the right to decline to interview
• What you shouldn’t expect• Know questions in advance
• Review/approve the story before it runs
• Get a retraction
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Before the Interview
• Determine objectives
• Develop message points• Write down key messages• Practice out loud• Make time to prepare
• Provide support materials• Press releases• Fact sheets• Executive summaries
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During the Interview
• Stick to message points• Get them out early and
often• Look for opportunities to
bridge
• Use notes when possible
• Be conversational
• Use specific examples
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During the Interview
• Be quotable• Don’t ramble• Be concise• Avoid jargon
• Assume everything is on the record
• Correct mistakes
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During the Interview
• Never say “no comment”
• Take advantage of every opportunity• Anything to add?
• Reinforce key messages• Restate earlier comments• Provide information not included earlier
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After the Interview
• Thank the reporter
• Enhance the exposure with your owned and shared media
• Evaluate your performance
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Best Practices
• Television• Talk in sound bites
• Look your best
• Look at the reporter not the camera
• Watch non-verbal communication
• Assume the camera is rolling
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Best Practices
• Newspaper• Give them time
• Offer fact sheets
• Suggest photos
• Clarify your points
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Best Practices
• Radio• Speak succinctly
• Find out if it is live or taped
• Speak clearly
• Limit distractions and background noise
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Case Study- StrategicHealthSolutions
• Identify Goals• Increase visibility and engagement• Announce new facility• Showcase company’s growth• Create job applicants
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Case Study- StrategicHealthSolutions
• Key Messages
• Strategic has experienced amazing growth. We’ve outgrown our former space and needed a new facility that can keep up with our continuing expansion.
• We’re currently hiring. Strategic has openings for 100 employees - anything from coding specialists and graphic designers to medical review nurses. Information is available on our website.
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Case Study- StrategicHealthSolutions
StrategicHealthSolutions has moved its 136 Omaha staff members into TD Ameritrade's former office at 4211 S. 102nd St. to make room for the growth. Over the next six to eight months, its expanded Medicare and Medicaid contracts will require adding 100 or more new employees.
Nearly all the new hires will have college degrees, many of them nurses with experience in medical records reviewing and related skills. The company also hires lawyers, doctors, pharmacists and other professionals.
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Case Study- StrategicHealthSolutions
An Omaha-based business that started in a basement is now employing more than 150 people and it is planning to expand even more.
Strategic Health Solutions outgrew its former building and moved into the former TD Ameritrade building near 101st and J streets. The extra 76,000 square feet means the company has the space to hire 100 more employees.
“Nurses, doctors, coders, administrative assistants, documentation specialists, editors, graphic artists,” Stessman said.
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Case Study- StrategicHealthSolutions
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Case Study- StrategicHealthSolutions
• Goal Review Increase visibility and engagement
• According to the client, web traffic increased by 400% in the day following the television coverage
Announce new facility• Move was highlighted in newspaper and
broadcast versionsShowcase company’s growth
• Coverage included Strategic’s timeline of successCreate job applicants
• Received applications as result of exposure
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Questions and Discussion