CRISIS COMMUNICATIONS
Business Resilience Bundles
Build resilience, protect your reputation, and master the media.
Save £1000 on your media training with one of our business resilience bundles
Build Resilience, Protect Your Reputation, and Master the Media
Our Business Resilience Bundles are designed to equip your team with the media handling and media interview performance skills to protect your organisation's reputation. Whether it's managing day-to-day press relations or navigating high-pressure crisis media interviews, our tailored training ensures your team is always prepared.
Depending on your needs and budget, you can choose from Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum bundles covering a range of skills, from core media handling skills up to advanced crisis communications. Each bundle includes sessions led by experienced broadcast journalists, packed with practical exercises, and exclusive resources. You can also get your hands on a freebie with each bundle booked, including a unique opportunity of a news briefing from a PA journalist.
Learn from experts
The Business Resilience Bundles for spokespeople and teams takes place at PA Headquarters in Paddington. Remote training via Zoom is also available, if preferred. The courses are led by broadcast journalists who are also specialist media trainers with years of experience training spokespeople and comms teams. They'll share their expertise and use presentations, case studies, discussion and practical exercises to strengthen your organisation's ability to navigate disruption, maintain business continuity under pressure and enable you to communicate confidently and effectively with the media in any situation.
Who the Business Resilience Bundles are for
Designed for press officers, PR professionals, communications teams, and spokespeople, each Business Resilience Bundle delivers a variety of tailored training to meet your organisation's specific needs. At Press Association Academy, we work with leading brands, public bodies, and charities to help them take control of their media presence, shape their narratives, communicate with clarity, and maintain confidence - no matter the media challenge. Whether you need essential press handling skills or bespoke crisis media training, our Business Resilience Bundles provide the tools and expertise to help you manage the media with confidence.
Book now and save £1000 on your media training! Secure your bundle and start building your media resilience: Platinum Bundle, Gold Bundle, Silver Bundle, Bronze Bundle.
Bundles
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Business Resilience Bundle: Platinum
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Business Resilience Bundle: Gold
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Business Resilience Bundle: Silver
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Business Resilience Bundle: Bronze
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Why train with Press Association Academy?
- Newsroom connected with national and international reach
- More than 50 years' experience training journalists and PRs
- All courses are expert-led by working media professionals
- Trainers have a diversity of backgrounds and perspectives
- Small class sizes allow for practical, interactive exercises
Our trainers
Meet some of the Press Association Academy trainers who lead our crisis communications training.
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Bridgid Nzekwu
Managing Director
Bridgid leads PA's training company, Press Association Academy, which provides market-leading courses in journalism, media and crisis training, PR, communications and digital content. She's a former broadcast journalist and was PA's Director of Media Training prior to becoming MD. In 2018, she was named 'Outstanding Woman in Professional Services' at the Precious Awards, recognising more than a decade of excellence working with clients across the public and private sectors. With a career in national TV news spanning more than 25 years, she has been a producer, political reporter, specialist financial correspondent and anchor. She was a Finalist at the Business Journalist of the Year Awards in 2009, in her role as a financial reporter for Channel 4 News. She was a reporter and anchor for Channel 4 News for 10 years and has also presented news for the BBC, ITV and Channel 5.
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Pauline Haase
Head of Media Training
A highly skilled and experienced media trainer working with CEOs and senior leaders in all industries, Pauline has more than 20 years' experience in broadcast journalism including at BBC Breakfast, ITV News, This Morning, and Lorraine. She is an award-winning TV Series Producer/Editor.
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Howard Smith
Trainer and apprentice cohort leader
Howard has more than 20 years' experience working as a senior executive on national newspapers and in communications, including as assistant editor of a daily national newspaper and head of external relations in the UK for a global company. He has a comprehensive understanding of communications, building and motivating large teams and creating major campaigns. He has coached senior leaders on effective communication as well as modernised and improved communications to help build reputation and media profile.
The training scenarios are as real to life as you could possibly get. They took considerable time to research our current plans and issues and used these to design a series of true to life radio and TV interviews. The team is outstanding, and their expertise and knowledge has been invaluable. Book them – you’ll be glad you did.
The lifelike interview settings and tasks that PA Media Training deal in replicate perfectly the real-world feel of a tough media interview and help the delegates come out of the day feeling much more confident that they can play an active role in representing their organisation.
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Talk to the Press Association Academy team about dates, fees and bespoke training options.
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