Media Training
Are you wary of journalists or unsure how to generate positive media interest? Kirsty Nancarrow is here to help guide you. Professional, personalised, practical training and support to maximise your media potential and enhance your reputation.
MEET KIRSTY
Hi, I'm Kirsty Nancarrow. I've been in the media industry for more than 30 years, as an award-winning journalist with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), and a senior communications advisor in Australia and the UK.
I am passionate about regional communities and the rich stories they hold.
As a certified trainer and highly experienced media and communications professional, I am here to help you speak to journalists with confidence, protect against reputational risk, and raise your profile by empowering you to share your stories.
I deliver one-on-one and group training in-person and online anywhere in Australia, designed for your needs. My clients include the Federal, Northern Territory, Queensland, and Local Governments, advocacy bodies, and First Nations organisations.
OUR SERVICES
Communications Advice/PR
With years of high-level communications experience working in the government, health, education, small business, environmental, First Nations and community sectors, Kirsty can provide sound advice on managing potential issues and positioning your organisation positively in the media. Kirsty has an excellent track record helping clients gain the media coverage they desire. Ask Kirsty to write your next media release.
MC, Speaker and Voiceover Artist
A highly professional, reliable and personable public speaker, Kirsty can add flair to your next event as MC/Facilitator.
A former ABC newsreader and voice-over artist for Imparja Television, Kirsty can provide high-quality voice-over or narration for your next project.
Secure Kirsty for your upcoming event.
Media Training
Kirsty has a wealth of media experience, across newspapers, radio, television, and online. Kirsty had a 15-year career with ABC News and Current Affairs.
She has also held many senior communications roles, providing strategic advice and issues management across a range of industries and government, including Queensland Health during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Kirsty offers individual and group coaching, with customised training between two hours and two days to suit all needs.
Her workshops are engaging, practical and insightful, and will give you an edge when you next engage with the media.
CLIENT TESTIMONIALS
While I was already confident speaking in front of a news camera, I wasn’t as comfortable when it came to answering interview questions knowing the journalist is trying to lead you into saying something unintended. This was the critical skill that Kirsty’s training addressed for me. Kirsty has developed a comprehensive process that ensures you feel confident and relaxed on camera, because she emphasises the importance of preparation. Whether you have just a few minutes or more time to prepare, her approach helps you take control of the interview by thinking through your key messages and potential pitfalls beforehand. If you are serious about presenting yourself well in the media then this training is a must. Kirsty is a seasoned professional who invests time in understanding you, your business, and your specific issues, making the training tailored, meaningful, and impactful. I highly recommend Kirsty to anyone looking to elevate their media presence and handle interviews with confidence and poise.
Yolonde Entsch
Director, Empowering Women Empowering Communities
Kirsty did an amazing media training session for me as Chair of CASA Services and our CEO. As a media nube, I was very impressed with her skill and care and gentleness and she has helped us communicate more effectively with the media and at speaking events. Thanks Kirsty I would recommend you to anyone.
Lucien Russ
Chair
CASA Services
Kirsty, I felt the need to feedback to you how absolutely invaluable the work we did together has been over the past week! ACHC has just received a Commonwealth grant which made the requests for media a positive opportunity alongside more general reports regarding social housing.
I have had TV interviews with ABC & WIN, radio with ABC & Star radio, as well as the Cairns Post and Tropic Now. Whilst still nerve wracking I felt much more in control and positive about the engagement and outcomes. Thank you so much!
I highly recommend Kirsty's media training services for any organisation looking to build media skills in their teams. Kirsty delivered a one day workshop for Terrain NRM to help our farming extension officers understand the media and learn how to utilise it to tell their stories to a broader audience. The feedback we received was extremely positive. All the participants loved the opportunity to learn from such an experienced journalist and talented trainer and came away with some very practical and useful tips.
Elaine Seager
Communications Lead
Terrain Natural Resource Management
Kirsty has presented many informative and valuable small group workshops for the Entrepreneurs Project. She shared her knowledge and experience as a journalist and educated the attendees on what journalists actually want, how to engage with them and how to write a solid media release. Kirsty presented with professionalism but was fun to listen to also. With great feedback from the workshop, Y(E)P is looking forward to having Kirsty present further media workshops.
Tara Diversi
Facilitator
Launch Y(E)P
Kirsty immediately came to mind for the role of MC at our inaugural International Women's Day Dinner. Kirsty did an amazing job before, during and after the event. Kirsty was involved with the planning and directed much of how the successful night would proceed. It was under Kirsty’s guidance and direction that the event was a huge success! The event was held again the following year with Kirsty as our brilliant MC and we invited her back for a third year, raising more than $20,000 on the night.
Kirsty is organised, reliable, professional and competent. I have seen Kirsty in various roles, and am always inspired and impressed by the dedication, passion and enthusiasm that is shown in all that she does.
Susan Devitt
Secretary
Friends of Himalayan Children
Kirsty and Leon took on our documentary project with tight timelines and after just a few short meetings with us, developed a script that perfectly matched our brief. Being new to documentary production ourselves, Kirsty and Leon stepped us through the process and were able to work with raw footage that had already been collected to produce a documentary in a timely and professional manner. Kirsty and Leon were a pleasure to work with and delivered a finished product that we can all be proud of.
Kerri Woodcock
Co-ordinator
Western Cape Turtle Threat Abatement Alliance
As a regional Queensland fashion company with customers across Australia and around the world, we have to be able to successfully compete with major metropolitan rivals. When it comes to our sales and marketing materials, we must achieve a standard that makes us stand out from the rest. We engaged Kirsty Nancarrow to produce a sales training video for our wholesale and corporate B2B customers. Although we were on a tight budget, we are so glad that went with the affordable option of having Kirsty do the voiceover, rather than doing it ourselves. This took our video to the next level. Kirsty’s voiceover is polished, modulated and very professional. It is exactly what we need to impress our customers.
Charmaine Saunders
Managing Director
Mainie Australia
Kirsty delivered the first ever journalism class in Batase School, Nepal. It was not only awesome but also inspiring for the grade 10 students. Before she introduced the journalism class, our students had only a limited understanding but they got a golden opportunity to know what journalism is. Along with teaching journalism, Kirsty has dedicated her precious time managing the sponsorship program that is really bringing positive changes to the students and addressing the dropout problems at the school.
Ranjan Lama
(Former) Assistant Headmaster
Shree Batase Secondary School, Nepal
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Kirsty delivered two workshops to the new Mayors, Presidents and CEOs of NT Councils, aimed at increasing understanding of and engagement with the media.
"Your time and knowledge helped make the event very successful,"
- Angela Pattison, Governance Trainer, Local Government Association of Northern Territory
