TRAINING

All training courses can be tailored to your requirements, whether you want a workshop for your staff or one-to-one training.  

"Mai is probably one of the brightest, most capable women I know. She has a dynamic, engaging and sometimes down right hysterically funny personality accompanied by a razor sharp mind and a Mary Poppins like bag of skills that never ceases to amaze me."

Zach Falconer-Barfield
Partner at Bessborough Consulting

Media and Presentation 

Standing up in front of a camera, an audience or a panel of investors, can be a terrifying experience for even the most senior or experienced professionals.

Mai does not beliefve in 'off the shelf'' training, and tailors all her training to the individuals or orgnisations concerned.    She removes fear, creates confidence, and shows participants how they can create a message and how they can deliver it convincingly and easily.  

As a political broadcaster she has a reputation as a tough and clever interviewer, so she is well placed to teach companies how the media game works, how to avoid the traps laid by interviewers.

 

Media Training

 

TV/Radio Presentation & Journalism

Mai is a TV/Radio Presentation and Journalism trainer with the international training organisations BBC Media Action, Thomson Foundation, the Al Jazeera Training Centre.

She also works independently with a group of international trainers under the banner Mai Davies Associates. All the trainers in the group are network professionals from BBC, SKY, ITN, RTE and CNN. They have extensive experience training professionals internationally.

Courses can be tailored or created for individuals and production teams on all aspects of production, presentation and audience engagement.

 

TV Presentation

 

Business Pitching

For companies looking for investment, or individuals who have to make important presentations, Mai can teach participants how to create a convincing pitch or presentation and avoid being wrong footed by tough questions.

"Mai was a mentor at Seedcamp.  Her help with out investment pitch was invaluable.  Though unflinching in her criticism, she managed to be hugely reassuring at the same time.  In short order, she pointed out what was good, what was bad, and made patient, constructive suggestions about exactly what we could do to improve things.  With her help, we ended up being one of the winners, voted people's choice, and our pitch kickstarted a whole series of conversations with investors.  We would wholeheartedly recommend her help for anyone looking to improve their delivery."

Greg Detre, Memrise Ltd, Competitor at Seedcamp UK.

 

 

Clients Include...

• Guinness (Diageo)
• KCI Medical Ltd
• Rank Hovis McDougal
• Publicis Consultants
• Quadrant PR
• Seedcamp UK
• Al Jazeera
• Al Hiwar Television
• Tech Entrepreneurs Week
• London South Bank
University
• Thomson Foundation
• Crave Interactive
• HireMatchMe.Com
• Last Second Tickets
• Fuboo
• Hybu Cig Cymru
• Roaming Cloud
• Invizua
• Musicborn
• National Sports Council for       Wales
• Council for Wales of                   Voluntary Youth Servies
• Platform 51


 "Mai's help with our investment pitch was invaluable.  We would wholeheartedly recommend her for anyone looking to improve their delivery"

Greg Detre, Memrise Ltd. 

“Mai's ability to get to the heart of the matter and then distill it into a workable solution is astonishing. Her encouragement, patience and "know-how" builds confidence and allows the personality of both the presenter and the presentation to shine through. It was a pleasure to work with her.”

Oraruth Rother, HireMatchMe.Com

  Mai trained the winner of Tech Entrepreneurs Week - a team that arrived with a very different pitch from the polished version presented on the final day to a panel of leading UK and US venture capitalists. Her work helped them create a narrative that resonated with the judges, and achieved a measurable result - an investment commitment. As an investor, I see great value in what Mai does, and would highly recommend her to entrepreneurs and their teams. 

John Grobstein, consultant for emerging technology companies

 

QUOTE...

PAUL MURPHY, MARKETING DIRECTOR, KCI MEDICAL LTD.
"Mai is a dynamic and exciting coach - she combines professionalism with genuine enthusiasm, and worked with each of us to develop and polish our communication skills"