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One of the primary objectives of the I.H.R.N is to support  hospital broadcasters. We realise the importance of training and this we plan to facilitate required training at all member stations. To date we have held five major training events. The First was a  train the trainer weekend course in Killkenny and the second presenter training in South Tipperary General Hospital Radio entitiled "what does hospital Radio mean to you". You can find out more about these two events in the events menu..

In 2009 we organised three focused training workshop at member stations CUH FM and South Tippereary General Hospital Radio and St. ita's In Dublin.  These workshops were for presenters and the aim was to refresh skills in the basics of radio presentation and move to the next level with an introduction on how to ‘Unconsciously Know’ what great presentation involves. These workshops were a huge success, the network recieved very positive feedback from the volunteers that attended and the instructors.

 The Mater Hospital Dublin held their workshop on the 15th of May 2010. Again it was a very interesting day and the feedback  was very positive from those present.  Limerick are  currently planning their workshop and that will end this phase of training.

The network plans to move on to the next phase of training which will consist of training in broadcast law and production techniques.

Workshop Includes:
Hooking and Teasing –

How to keep your listener with you for an extra fifteen minutes.

Forward Selling – The ‘Soft Sell’. Inviting your listener to stay tuned.

Use of Elements per Talk Break – Saying too much/Saying too little. Radio Crutches and Clichés (and how to avoid them) – “Hey. How ya doin”? /”The time is 5:20 here in Tralee”.

Your Talk Break and how to get the most from it – Finding the right subject at the right time and how to relate your words to your listener’s life.How best to serve your listener with the words you use.

Localising your Content – Show your listener that you live the same life as they do.

Staying in Touch with your Listener – How to find out what your listener is thinking about and how to mirror that.

Be a ‘Real Person’ on air – Find your ‘True Radio Voice’.Pace, Tone and Delivery –

Placing context into your hour and quarter hours.

Maximising your Out Cue – The last words out of your mouth can be the most important of all. Use them wisely.

Prep – What is it, where do you get it and how do you use it? 

Using Detail – Fill in the gaps so the listener can ‘see’ your talk break. 

Maximise the ‘Pause’ – Silence can be your best friend or your enemy.  

We  plan to have more training events in the future some of which will be targeted at production , technical and legal aspects of