Personal Presentation, Media Skills for Spokespeople, and Advanced Presentation Skills for Media Professionals.

Location: Sydney

Bob Hughes is a communications coach and public relations consultant whose work is based on a thorough understanding of the media, and professional presentation.

He has specialised in the medical/pharmaceutical and high tech areas, working with senior executives to prepare them for media and corporate appearances.

He has successfully undertaken conference PR; coached board members for an AGM, and investor presentations; and undertaken a variety of appearances, including hypotheticals.

He was on air in Sydney for 21 years, including 11 years on high rating commercial stations (2WS, 2MMM-FM, and 2Day-FM) and for 10 years on Australian Broadcasting Corporation's respected radio outlet 2BL.

He is a frequent public speaker, presenter and has been, for many years, an Australia Day Ambassador.

Bob spent 10 years writing a weekly page for The Sunday Telegraph, Australia's largest selling newspaper.

For 20 years he has been a professional voice over artist represented by Sydney's leading agency, RMK. This has involved him in many multi-media projects, as well as radio and television commercials.

As a presentation trainer for ABC Radio over 7 years he worked extensively with on air and management personnel to improve their communication skills.

He has successfully completed courses in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, NLP, Commercial Mediation and Facilitation. He has passed the Public Relations Institute of Australia accreditation examination.

Bob has trained senior executives with CPA Australia, Elanco, The George Institute For International Health, Village Roadshow, Securities Institute of Australia, and Chartered Secretaries Australia, among many others. He regularly trains media presenters at the Australian Film Television and Radio School, at On Camera Connection, and the Ian MacRae Radio School.

Bob is the creator of The WellSpring, a wellness audio channel carried on the Foxtel and Austar pay TV platforms, www.wellspringconnection.net

He represents the Olivier Recruitment Group's Internet Job Index in media relations.