Media Training

I have been so busy there has been very little time for my blog.

It has been a real pleasure to have joined the team of Lecturers at Murdoch Universaity Dubai. Lecturing on the Australian Radio Curriculum. I have a great deal of respect for the Education sector.

Media training has proved very useful to a number of clients who have struggled during these economic trials.

I wish the Recession was not brushed under the carpet in this neck of the woods.

When is it time to move on?

Having lived in a city as an expatriate when should you decide to move on?

Where should you move to ?

Do you return to your country of origin?

Do you move on to another fascinating destination that has a colourful history?

Where do you go during a Global Recession?

Should you ride out the economic tsunami?

these are just some of the questions I have been asked most recently from Expatriates who have either lost their jobs or can see the writing on the wall within their organisation and see the end of an era on the horizon.

Your comments will be reviewed for an upcoming programme on 'what to do next'

What questions, if any, are you asking?

Volcano shuts Uk, Danish and Norwegian Air Space

The affect of the volcanic ash coming from the eruption in Iceland has caused major flght disruption. The affects can be felt here in the UAE, from a media perspective the Radio Networks have again been kept out of the communication chain...incredible considering how radio stations can provide Immediate updates...

Really speaks volumes for where Radio stands in the media picture.

Shame.

I am receiving updates and queries from Passengers. Wherre are the Airlines spokesmen.?

Life is a Rollercoaster

Living abroad as an expatriate, when was the last time you felt the urge to give it all up and head home to your roots? How often do you think about it? Or is it something that rarely crosses your mind?

Or as an expatriate do you find yourself thinking, where next?

Middle East Media

It's been a very long time since my last blog. International Media has moved in leaps and bounds into the next stratosphere and yet the Media here in the Middle East continues to move at a snail's pace. I am particularly saddened by the lack of forward thinking in the radio markets, many of which have been left well behind by frustrated listeners doing their own Programming on their Ipods and internet.

I have been busy putting things inplace for Jeff Price Media- and the way forward is in providing training and placement advice.

How are you coping?

I have been wondering how you have been coping with the economic conditions we find ourselves in today. Are you an expatriate worker wondering what on earth is going to happen to you and, in many cases, your family?

Here in the UAE the downturn has taken affect. I had been asking the audience of my talk radio show late last year whether they were feeling any of the effects of the 'financial disaster.' (I'd rather call it that than a crisis, or maybe Banking Sector Total Lack of Responsibility.)
When I put those calls out, they fell on deaf ears. None of the English speaking expatriates who were listening to those programmes wanted to have anything to do with the rest of the world and the challenges it faced. It was as though they were protected by a cushion of soft cotton wool.
Today, however, everyone is talking about it and knows someone who has had to return to their country of origin, or send far less money home to their families, or go in to work wondering if they will still have a job by the end of the day. If they lose their job will they receive any kind of payoff? (in most cases no- it's simply a case of fending for oneself.)

Who is helping these people? Who is helping those managers who have to make employees redundant? Who is providing them support? Many of them have no experience of having to do such a thing in the past. Especially in a market that, up until now, had been growing steadily, and yet still far from mature unlike Asian, North American, Australasian adn European markets.

What next?

How long?

When will the good times roll again?

What's Next For UAE Radio?

In this time of recession and cutbacks I'm asking myself what is the UAE radio industry providing, in terms of support and advice, to those who are facing redundancy. ?

In fact what is the media doing in general???