by leah@firetap.co.uk | Apr 22, 2020 | Media Training
The woman doing the most important job in Britain right now delivered an excellent media interview last week. Professor Sarah Gilbert, a vaccinologist at Oxford University, is leading the research in the UK to find an effective vaccine for the coronavirus. As a...
by leah@firetap.co.uk | Apr 21, 2020 | Media Training
The current crisis means that all of us are suddenly holding more meetings and doing more presentations online. The number of daily active users on Zoom has increased by 378 per cent year on year on the 22nd of March. Meanwhile, its monthly active users have...
by leah@firetap.co.uk | Apr 15, 2020 | Media Training
The Coronavirus has prompted all kinds of organisations to ask us for advice on how to give a virtual presentation. The courses we provide that teach people how to deliver presentations on Zoom, Skype, Microsoft Teams and other video conferencing facilities have been...
by leah@firetap.co.uk | Apr 7, 2020 | Media Training
One of the most noticeable effects of the Coronavirus on business is an explosion of remote meetings using Skype, Zoom, Google Hangouts and FaceTime. Microsoft Teams, for instance, has reported a remarkable 500% increase in usage since 31st January. However good the...
by leah@firetap.co.uk | Mar 23, 2020 | Media Training
Like everything else in society, the Coronavirus is having a profound effect on the news business. In particular demand for news, which has seen a slow decline over the last few years has suddenly experienced a significant spike. The BBC News Channel, for instance,...