What’s new in business and finance books

What’s new in business and finance books

As we were penning our What’s on in finance piece last week, it occurred to us that there are books published every month written by, or of interest to, the business and finance communities. Here are a few titles due for release in the coming weeks. Released...
What’s on in financial services

What’s on in financial services

FEBRUARY 2023 Happy New Year and welcome back to those of you who already have your feet under the desk! This year looks like being off to a flying start with a healthy financial services events calendar up and running from the earliest days of February. Here’s a...
Centre Stage with Vanessa Stoykov

Centre Stage with Vanessa Stoykov

In this episode of Centre Stage we chat to evolution media group (EMG) CEO and Queen of finance storytelling, Vanessa Stoykov. Vanessa says the secret to great media interviews is making what you have to say interesting and compelling, so that you genuinely add value...
Talking to the Media

Talking to the Media

By Julie Bennett In order to feed our insatiable appetite for up-to-the-minute information, news stories often have to be told more-or-less as they happen. This can be quite a task. The nature of a journalist’s work means they are pretty much always on deadline....
Out of Context

Out of Context

By Julie Bennett In our latest CENTRE STAGE WITH 64 MEDIA podcast, we asked Riskinfo publisher Peter Sobels whether ‘off the record’ is really ‘off the record’. His answer was, ‘of course’. He said the reason it is really off the record is that media is a relationship...
Off the record with Peter Sobels

Off the record with Peter Sobels

In our latest podcast, Riskinfo publisher Peter Sobels answers one of the questions that concerns so many people when talking to the media – is Off the Record really off the record?  EXCERPT:  Of course off the record is off the record, and if you think...
What to do about keyboard warriors?

What to do about keyboard warriors?

By Julie Bennett Of all the questions we are asked in our media training, this is one of the ones that causes much concern.  The shortest of short answers is: Do not engage.  But that’s easier said than done, and in fact, it is not always appropriate. ...