Media Training Error: The Constructive Dismissal Quip That Sparked a Training Fuck Up
Podcast: Embracing Marketing MistakesPublished On: Thu Jul 10 2025
Description: Exploring professional mishaps in the world of media training, our guest expert media trainer, Guy Clapperton, shares candid stories from 20 years of journalism experience that reveal how technical difficulties, difficult clients, and embarrassing moments become valuable learning experiences.• A particularly memorable mishap involved conducting interviews from an unflattering camera angle focused on the "left man boob"• Managing difficult clients presents unique challenges, especially when company directors intimidate their staff during practice interviews• Clear expectations must be established before training begins to avoid conflict between stakeholders• The most challenging trainees are those who don't believe they need training and are just there to show off their existing abilitiesSend us Fan MailStruggling to prove marketing's worth to your board? Grab our free one-page Board-Proof Scorecard: 👉 Download the scorecard 👈Got a marketing problem you would rather not admit to? Reply to this and we will answer it anonymously on the show.Subscribe to our newsletter The mistakes we see marketers make, every fortnight. 👉 [Subscribe here] 👈Follow Chris:X, TikTok, LinkedInFollow Will:LinkedInFollow The Show:TikTok, YouTube
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