Is the Recession behind bumper audiences at business seminars?

There was a record turnout for our revealing of 'The Secrets of Great Public Relations' at the monthly meeting of the local CIPD last night and the lively crowd were bursting with questions.

The enthusiasm of the audience was such that we stayed late chatting to them and are now busy designing some training courses on 'How to write a press release' and 'How to launch your own blog'.

As we explained yesterday, Morgan PR enjoys sharing our expertise through offering talks like this one and they are certainly growing in popularity. However, we would never be naive enough to believe our own reputation precedes us!

Perhaps that is a little harsh! Many of the people coming along to events like the CIPD one last night are responding to referrals, or have become regular readers of our monthly newsletter (you can subscribe on this website).

But why are the numbers of business owners attending our seminars growing in number? Why are more people attending the networking events that we frequent?

Talking to people - after all, that is what we do - the common factor is the all prevalent R word - The Recession. The economic climate is spurring savvy business owners to seek out the reputable speakers who can truly add value to their efforts to flourish during these challenging times.

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If you would like Morgan PR to speak to your group then please do get in touch.

Morgan PR to reveal the 'Secrets of Great Public Relations' at the CIPD

Morgan PR believes in abundance! Absolutely, we support the principle that by being out there in the world, being generous, we will achieve so much more than those who opt for a greedy and selfish approach. It is about making the cake bigger, not just our slice - and if the cake gets bigger... guess what happens to our slice?!

The seminars and presentations we give are one of the ways we can share our expertise in an abundant fashion and Morgan PR has presented to all sorts of networking and business groups and tonight we will be revealing 'The Secrets of Great Public Relations' to the CIPD Special Interest Group, that meets monthly in Theale.

The talk covers everything from how to write and submit a press release, handling broadcast journalists and the importance of permission marketing.

Experience has taught me that the majority of businesses are unwittingly missing cracking opportunities to secure great public relations. So this presentation is all about helping people spot those opportunities and how to exploit them to improve the profile of their company and ultimately sales and the bottom line.

There is skill involved in the timing and delivery of good PR, but more than half the battle is recognising the opportunities in the first place.

I’ve been fortunate enough to meet CIPD members in the past and have always been impressed at their professionalism. I am sure that such a high calibre of professionals will be able to make the most of what we have to offer and will find it a terrific way to kick start 2009.

One Minute Master Class at the CIPD

Action Coach Sally Rainbow-Ockwell was invited along to present a seminar on "how to create the ultimate one minute elevator speech" to a meeting of CIPD members last night. This was a meeting held for independent HR and Training consultants and Sally had been recommended to this group by Michelle Lucas of Greenfields.

As Morgan PR provide Business Support services to Sally, Diane went along to help out and be a willing example of what you can learn from this session!

Sally gave tips on how to keep your one minute fresh and interesting, something which is imperative for all of us that regularly network. The meeting was fun and everyone got a chance to practice their new and improved one minutes, and receive feedback in a supportive environment.

It's likely that Morgan PR will be attending this group again in Autumn and speaking about How to Write a Killer Press Release.

If you have a group that would like to received either of these presentations, please contact us and we will be happy to arrange it.