Heather Ging, Pam Royle and Associates provide:
● Corporate Media Training for appearances in television, radio and the press.

Media Plus Performance also manage presenters for television, radio, video journalism, conferences and awards events
The world of broadcasting and performance is an extremely competitive one.
Once you have taken a Presenter Training Course you will still need help in establishing yourself.
Media Plus Performance has contacts and can promote you with broadcast producers and events organisers so that you have a chance of being chosen for the work you are interested in.
You will be helped to prepare for performances, in terms of material as well as appearance and you will be given feed back after the event, so that you can continue to hone your abilities.
All of the business side of your career will be managed for you, including interviews, auditions and contracts.
After a successful track record as broadcast producers, the nurturing and development of talent has become a major interest to this company.
Media Plus is strong on all aspects of performance and we have an especial interest in developing and managing writers for television, radio and the theatre.
Currently under our management and top of our list, we act as the agent for:
Kirstie Falkous
Kirstie first entered the spotlight when nominated the Best Newcomer in the ITV Television Awards after having created and written 26 animated comedy half hours, “Don’t Eat the Neighbours”, immediately followed by 26 half hours of situation comedy with “Seriously Weird” and a ninety minute comedy drama film, “Avenging Angels“, starring Jessica Stevenson.
Since then she has worked on many series, and currently on new productions for a family audience with the BBC.
John Regier
John is an American and has US comedy style in his blood. Before coming to Europe, he worked and learned his craft in many well known productions both comedy and drama, in the US.
In the UK, he added to his vast experience with a similar mix of commissions, working for a variety of companies and series.
Kirstie and John are an experienced team of writer-producers who bring to their comedy and drama a style that is tight, sophisticated and unexpected - the kind that makes US product the top favourite everywhere.
Kirstie and John have worked together since 2002 when they teamed up to write and produce 26 half hour comedy programmes for the US, and UK.
Amongst other projects, they are onto their fourth series of “Doc Martin”, starring Martin Clunes which has attracted two television awards and has achieved high ratings with ITV audiences.
Meanwhile, they have multiple projects at an advanced stage of development with independent producers and Granada TV.
However large or small we can organise your event from start to finish.
We work in close consultation with the client and with great attention to detail.
We can advise / organise / provide:
Venue
Content
Staging, scripting, and presentation
Caterers
Speakers
Special guests
Entertainment
Workshops, demonstrations and exhibitions
Media, PR and marketing
Your occasion will be absolutely bespoke.
For the first time in the North East, Heather Ging and Pam Royle, the founders of Media Plus Performance offer a Professional Broadcast Presenters course.
Media Plus Performance's aim is to nurture real talent. Only those considered most suitable will be invited to train for what is highly competitive and demanding work.
The course covers television and radio programme presentation, including news, sport, weather, science, children's, lifestyle programmes, or any genre of your choice.
This is a highly practical, intensive course giving:
A grounding in the technical side of presenting.
Familiarisation with a range of mics, cameras, booms, editing and other technical apparatus.
Learn about using scripts, autocue, earpieces and talkback.
Performance skills.
Voice training.
Body language skills.
Appearance, clothing and make up.
You will take away:
Sound and video tapes of your presenting work.
A certificate to say you have completed a presenting course.
Advice on how to market yourself as a presenter.
Introductions to producers round the network.
Broadcasting is an extremely competitive field and if you want to give it a go you must be resilient and determined.
Heather Ging and Pam Royle, partners in Media Plus Performance have been giving media training to corporate management teams and senior individuals for fifteen years.
They have vast experience as tutors as well as a full and varied career in broadcasting in many roles on both a regional and network level.
Contact us for further details or to arrange a course.
Our corporate group-training, developed over fifteen years, covers every different procedure in television and radio. It also includes the printed press.
A one day course with three tutors, production organiser and full studio crew provides top class training for six people. With this number and with three fully experienced tutors per session, we have time to give individual and private attention.
Our highly practical courses take place in broadcast standard studios, are run by experienced broadcasters and will help you obtain the most value from your media opportunities.
We have trained key figures in:
Your voice is a valuable tool. We will show you how to use it to its fullest potential and how to control your nerves and harness your nervous energy.
This will give you greater confidence and authority to capture the attention of your audience.
We adapt our training to suit your standard.
Everyone at every level can benefit from our course.
Voice Production training is not only essential for public performance but will help you be more effective in small meetings and in business life in general.
Heather Ging and Pam Royle, partners in Media Plus Performance have been giving media training to corporate management teams and senior individuals for fifteen years.
They have a vast experience as tutors as well as a full and varied career in broadcasting in many roles at both a regional and national level.
Please click their name buttons in the blue side panel for more detailed information.
Pam Royle is an experienced senior presenter and journalist with ITV Tyne Tees and Border, with a major and professional track record.
Pam trained as a journalist with ITN and has worked for ITN, LWT, Central TV and the former TVam.
During her career Pam has produced and presented many news, current affairs and feature items as well as longer documentaries and features.
Pam qualified as a performer A.L.C.M. and also as a voice production trainer L.L.C.M.T.D. She enjoys helping others expand the use of their voice and seeing how much they grow in confidence as a result.
It was this desire to help others and to nurture talent which drew Pam and Heather together as trainers and led to the formation of Media Plus Performance.
Their work together to date has helped numerous companies and individuals to get the best out of their performance opportunities whether in the boardroom, on radio or on TV.

Heather Ging's entire career has been in television production, starting in light entertainment. She became a writer and producer in that field as well as children's sit-com, music history and political programmes.
Later as Head of Arts, Drama and Entertainment in an ITV company she made programmes for the ITV Network and Channel Four as well as overseas outlets.
While an independent producer, Heather Ging has been interested in new writers and currently promotes and manages a small, hand-picked stable for television, radio and theatre.
Heather Ging, partnered by Pam Royle, devised the Media Plus Performance operation.
Together with other well known journalists they have trained corporate managers, and top executives in the skills of media appearance and general public speaking.

By phone:
+44 (0)191 2854137
By mobile:
07710 215134
By email:
info@mediaplusperformance.co.uk
By post:
Media Plus Performance
24 The Drive
Gosforth
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE3 4AH
