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What are the best practices to organize a press conference to perfection?

If you do have something of considerable importance to announce, and a press conference is the only way to go, then how do you make sure it’s done to perfection?

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Question added by George Durzi , Senior Media Performance Manager - Middle East & Africa , Dyson
Date Posted: 2012/10/09
Anas Kiblawi
by Anas Kiblawi , Head of Creative , Bayt.com

Perfection is a great & far goal but here's how to get started: • Send a press release.
A press release is the proper vehicle for announcing your press conference to the media.
It should include a brief description of the press conference's purpose as well as important details like date, time, and location (including directions).
Plan on distributing the press release two or three days before the press conference.
• Be smart about timing.
Your press conference really isn't about you or your company – it's about the media.
When you schedule your press conference, your first consideration should be choosing a time that accommodates news cycles and is a good fit for most reporters' schedules.
Generally, the best times for press conferences are between 10 AM and 3 PM, and the best days for press conferences are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
• Organize, don't direct.
Reporters appreciate organized press conferences.
However, they don't like to be managed or told how to do their jobs.
It's your responsibility to provide the space for print and broadcast media coverage.
Camera angles, story leads, and other details are best left to the professionals.
• Consider visual elements.
It's important to create an attractive and visually compelling set for your press conferences.
Appealing visuals play well with television viewers, but it's just as important to present a professional image to the reporters themselves.
• Be prepared.
Go into the press conference with a prepared agenda that includes an event timeline, then stick to the plan.
If the press conference starts late, is disorganized, or wanders off course, you'll send the wrong message to reporters.
• Distribute press kits.
When reporters attend an event, they expect to receive a press kit full of background information about your company.
Make sure you have plenty of press kits on hand, even if you already sent press kits when you announced the event.
If a media outlet sends a videographer without a reporter, ask him to take the press kit back to the station.


1- Build a professional organizing team and train them well .

2- Invite Journalism and TV Channels and send them appropriate media kit .

3- Announce for your conference every where before it about a month .

4- Build a Social Media team , Reporters and Live Stream team who are going to support the conference from media side.

5- write brief , appropriate , professional press release and send it to the newspapers .

6- Use Designers , Photographers , Videographers in your own .

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