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Pitch Meetings: What To Do With An Unexpected Guest
If you’re a creative professional, then you know “pitching” projects or ideas is difficult – even in the best situation. Whether it’s a movie idea, a design project, pitching for a new job – whatever,...
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Filmmakers: Stop Using “Compilation” Reels to Showcase Your Work
OK – filmmakers, producers, directors, editors, and everyone else in the film, TV, or media business. Stop producing demo reels of compiled shots of your work edited to a hip, cool song. I’m not...
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Is Your Big Idea Easy to Understand?
People come to share their “big idea” with me all the time. They’re excited, pumped, and can’t wait to tell me their great idea for a movie, a nonprofit organization, a book, a new product, or company....
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Is Pitching Your Dream Project Making You A Jerk?
Someone pitched me a project the other day. He had obviously worked very hard on it and was very passionate. But he made one serious mistake: He let his passion spill over into annoyance and then...
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How Well Does Your Idea Resonate?
The dictionary definition of “resonance” is: “Vibration caused by a relatively small stimulus, the intensification and enriching of a musical tone by supplementary vibration, or a quality of evoking...
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What Hollywood Knows About Resilience That You Don’t
Love it or hate it, one thing you can say about many producers in Hollywood is that they are remarkably resilient. They don’t give up, and in some cases keep pitching ideas for years. There’s something...
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Five Ways To Score A Meeting With Someone Important
We all want to get advice, pitch our ideas, ask for a job, or otherwise meet someone we admire. But chances are, that person is out of your orbit. So what are the secrets to scoring that important...
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The Power of Being Brief
I’ve written about this before, but until people get the message, I’ll continue to be a crazy prophet in the wilderness. Keep it short – please. I have a friend who can’t send an email less than 300...
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Why Your Last Meeting Went Bad
I attend a lot of meetings, and although 90% of them are unnecessary, I realize the remaining few can be incredibly important. Pitching an idea, making a presentation, networking, coaching, leading a...
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How to Pitch Your Ideas Successfully
How can you make your dream their dream? It’s a great question if you’re a creative person. In many ways, the ability to present or “pitch” your ideas is one of the most important things you can learn...
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