Media Relations Training | Smartphone Video | PR

Choose Comsteria for media training, video and podcast training and production, crisis comms advice, presentation skills training and more. If you or your business has something to say we can help you say it better or we’ll say it for you.

Our business was founded in Scotland in 2012 and now serves clients throughout the UK and around the the world with a mix of in-person, remote and video on demand training and consultancy.

Our training courses are tailored to your particular needs and suitable for everyone from new recruits to experienced communications professionals and senior management. Clients return to us because our training is relevant, gets results and represents outstanding value for money.

Contact Us today to discuss what we can do for you.

Comsteria Blog

Training and support for powerful communication.

Introduce yourself on podcasts and at conferences

Podcasting

How to introduce yourself

We produce a lot of podcasts at Comsteria. Many of them feature academics and other experts who’ve been invited on to talk about their work. Our clients often like to begin each podcast with an Read more…

Professional Scottish Voiceover Colin Kelly showreel thumbnail

Comsteria

Voiceover for videos – new showreel

Clients enjoy working with Comsteria on video production projects because we’re able to offer many aspects of the creative process without having to outsource. This allows us to keep prices low. One particular area of Read more…

Media Training

Media training doesn’t have to be scary!

At Comsteria, we deliver media training to build you up, not trip you up. Somewhere along the line, it seems media training, and perhaps presentation skills training as well, have acquired this reputation as being Read more…

Brand

How do you respond when someone applies for a job at your organisation?

Powerful Communication is about much more than press releases you issue, what you do on socials and how you come across in television interviews. It’s everything. From your pricing structure, to the greeting I get Read more…

Crisis

When apologies go wrong

Tim Davie, BBC Director General and Team GB equestrian star Charlotte Dujardin have both issued apologies this week. Both lack specific reference of the issue they’re apologising for. As a result, they’re continuing to receive Read more…

Marketing Strategy

Instagram Content Restrictions – Advice

We’ve become aware recently of a quite concerning double standard across Meta owned properties, specifically Instagram, with users facing restrictions (sometimes called ‘shadow banning) on their accounts for sharing what the platform considers to be Read more…

Comsteria team

A proven track record. Unrivalled experience. Outstanding service.

Colin Kelly

Co-founder, Managing Director

Former journalist Colin delivers our media relations training, presentation skills training and PR consultancy. He also produces podcasts for clients. He's worked at the highest levels of Scottish journalism and can help you keep control in interviews and get your key messages across.

Emma Baker

Co-founder, Video Production

Emma's background is in education. She produces corporate video for clients and delivers our smartphone video training courses. Emma's Instagram Reels and TikTok For Business training course is particularly popular right now.

Work with Comsteria

We're here to help every organisation communicate with power.

Training And Consultancy

We deliver more than 200 training courses every year on topics including media relations training, presentation skills training, podcasts and smartphone video production. Get in touch to arrange a bespoke course for your team or check out our on demand training library.

Video Production And Editing

High impact, fast turnaround video that gets the results you want. Check out our showreel and get in touch to discuss your project. We can provide music and a voiceover as standard. Making your own video? Check out our on demand training library or get in touch to arrange a bespoke course.

Podcast Production

Branded podcasts that tell your story and engage your audience. Our team can handle the complete end-to-end production and publication of your podcast. Looking to make your own podcast? Our on-demand Secrets of Successful podcasting video will help or check the events tab for our next podcast production webinar.

Client Feedback

The majority of our business is repeat business. As we get to know and understand clients, they trust us to deliver more for them. Here's a selection of feedback from some of Comsteria's longest standing clients.

Ania Ekelof

Architecture and Design Scotland

'We have worked with Emma and Colin for a few years now, preparing our colleagues for media interviews, improving our storytelling skills and learning smartphone video production. Our internal feedback has always been super positive. Comsteria create great training days where we learn a great deal With training tailored to suit our needs. And it's fun!'

Judith O'Leary

Represent Comms

'Colin is a true master. His media training puts clients at ease, helps to craft compelling answers and tackles difficult questions with a simplicity that inspires confidence.'

Caitlin Hamilton

Communications Manager, University of Edinburgh Business School

‘The workshop was a really positive experience all round. Emma worked with us to sculpt a session that best suited our needs. After completing the training our students felt that they'd been sufficiently up-skilled and were confident in creating their own footage to aid in their communication needs.

Contact Us

Email

admin 'at' comsteria.co.uk

Phone

Colin Kelly and Emma Baker
+44 141 628 8228