What Clients Say about...

...Helping to develop/improve reputation
...Helping to rescue reputation in a crisis/issue
...Getting the message right
...Crisis/issues planning and preparation
...Improving creativity
...Improving communications effectiveness
...Media training
...Presentation skills
...Reducing stress and tapping in to energy
…and broadcasts
...Wise counsel

Helping to develop/improve reputation

‘I have always found Michael Bland to be totally professional, committed and consistent in his advice, as well as fully effective. He has a fine judgment for what works and what doesn't work in public relations.’
Matt Huber
Head of Corporate Communications
RMC Group
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Helping to rescue reputation in a crisis/issue

‘There is no better way to have a Board realise the impact of their actions than when Michael is in the same room reviewing and challenging their decisions working alongside the communication team.’
Ellie Wallace
Head of Corporate Communication
Goldfish Bank
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‘A fantastic guide to the real world of crisis PR… Michael Bland must be the absolute tops in the field.’
John Kay
Chief Reporter
The Sun
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Getting the message right

‘(The consultants) said that your critique of their media proposition was enormously helpful, causing them to think both more deeply and more simply about the messages they are trying to convey about their research.’
Heather Smith
Media Relations Manager
PA Consulting Group

Crisis/issues planning and preparation

‘Thank you for the crisis workshop today. I have the feedback and you scored a 100% approval rating which is just great. Everyone really felt they benefited from your knowledge and insights. The main lowlight is they wanted more.’
Anne Keogh
Media Relations Manager
Siemens plc
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‘Many thanks for your (Crisis/Issues) tutorial yesterday; we all found it extremely entertaining with all your examples and case studies and the messages certainly got across… Thanks again for a memorable day and for giving us the structure for a proper plan.’
Bernard Carey
Director of Corporate Affairs
Smiths Group
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Improving creativity

‘Michael helped us to consider creativity in a new light. I thoroughly recommend (his course) – a must for all consultancies who value and challenge creative output.
Julie Flexen
Managing Director
M&F Communications Ltd
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‘The session combines concrete practical work with interesting and quirky case study examples. Overall everyone felt that the session was inspiring and uplifting – certainly recommended.’
Judith Schunke
Account Director
Banner Corporation
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Improving communications effectiveness

‘This was definitely the most effective PR training I have attended during my career. It was well ordered, constructed and provided exactly the right level of information.’
Rachel Huxford
PR Manager
The Red Arrows
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Media training

‘Thank you very much. Excellent (media) training. It was very valuable and great fun!’
Gilles Karolkowski
Intel
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‘That was a terrific, if not terrifying, session, educational, entertaining and exhilarating, many thanks on behalf of the Reuter Foundation...I’m sure it was of great benefit to us all’
Steve Somervile
Director
The Reuter Foundation
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‘I have used a number of media training companies over the years and Michael Bland is the best by far. His teaching goes right to the heart of the subject and he quickly gains the respect of senior executives and specialists, helping them to succeed with the media effectively and with confidence. His ability to quickly grasp both the business and technical issues at hand and to incorporate them into key “message delivery” training is second to none. I would not hesitate to recommend him.’
Martin G. O'Brien
Public & Analyst Relations Manager, Europe, Middle East & Africa
ProCurve Networking by HP
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Presentation skills

‘Thank you again for your thoughtful support…For the first time in this kind of situation, I felt well in my skin with a written speech.’
Patrick Pélata
Member of the Board
Nissan
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Reducing stress and tapping in to energy

‘I was a real sceptic to start with, but Michael’s teachings are down to earth. He has taught me to unwind the elastic, which means I now work more effectively.’
Signature Magazine
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Giving interesting, useful and highly entertaining talks…
‘Your speech was fascinating and the feedback from the team and the delegates has been terrific.’
Denise Lewis
Group Director Corporate Affairs
Orange
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‘Our evening event on Creativity was a sell-out and everyone found Michael’s talk invaluable, thought provoking and – as ever – highly entertaining.’
Claire Martin
Head of Events
Institute of Public Relations
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‘Michael’s knowledge and experience were superb and as a speaker and communications professional he was inspirational.’
Rebecca Perry
Wesleyan Assurance Society
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…and broadcasts

‘The programme was engaging, entertaining, stimulating, different – and you were a brilliant guide, giving us both a shape and purpose, and doing so with style and sensitivity. Thank you!...I’m really grateful to you for giving us an hour that was worthwhile, unusual, special.’
Gyles Brandreth
LBC
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Wise counsel

‘Those who heed Michael Bland’s counsel and apply his collected wisdom will find that many perils can be identified and corrected before they needlessly put an organisation at risk.’
Norman R. Augustine
Former Chairman
Lockheed Martin Corporation
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‘Michael has real world experience. He has an ability to communicate with people at all levels and he just surprises you with his ways of getting the message across, and really makes people think – and they are his great strengths.’
Francis Thomas
Head of Communications
Suffolk County Council
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Want to know more?

For further information on any of the above, email info@michaelbland.com