Our training courses

  • How to film on a smartphone

    We can teach you and your team how to create high quality content on your phone.

    Our 1 day course is suitable for up to 12 people.

    By the end of this course, your teams will be able to:

    Confidently film a range of well- composed shots

    Record great interviews

    Capture good sound

    Apply foundation storytelling and editing skills

    Understand how to store and share your content

    The course can be held at your base or ours and will be tailored to your team’s experience and confidence.

  • StoryTeam Mentoring Programme

    An on going training programme with technical skills sessions complemented by 1-2-1 mentoring support.

    The programme is for up to 5 people and runs for 3 - 6 months.

    It starts with two workshops - a discovery workshop to identify your stories, and a skills workshop to establish existing skills sets.

    Then each month we have:

    Half day skills training

    A commissioning meeting supported by an OCM editor

    Weekly 1-2-1 mentoring sessions with an OCM editor

    The content you gather is professionally edited by an OCM editor and sent to you for distribution on your channels

    Half day workshop to review skills

  • Media Training

    Our media training will increase delegate’s confidence in doing media interviews whatever their previous experience.

    The scenario based course will help delegates prepare for and deliver interviews for a range of media outlets including newspapers, TV, social media, and radio.

    The session will cover:

    What reporters want from an interview

    How you can best prepare

    What to expect on the day

    Nerves and how to deal with them

    What to do when things go wrong

    The course is available for as either a half or full day.