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Hiring managers read resumes because they have to. They watch videos because they want to.

The first cohort of Minimum Viable Video (“MVV”) ended with a Virtual Film Festival of our students on December 17, 2020.  It was the culmination of five weeks of learning, experimenting, and creating for our 20 students. In such a short time, they made a huge leap in their video skills. As they streamed their videos to […]

Smiling and the rubber band effect In part 1, we covered a practice technique called the “Hello Video”. In part 2, we’ll address how to project warmth and connect with your audience. “Could you smile a little more?” said my colleague, Madeline. “I am smiling,” I said, through gritted teeth. I was smiling in my […]

You have a head start If you have taken the Write of Passage (WOP) or Building a Second Brain (BASB) courses, you already have a head start for creating video. In this piece, I’m going to show you why and what to do next.   (Haven’t taken either of these courses? First off, take them. They […]

From awkward to awesome Thanks to the world imploding in 2020, we’re all on video far more than we ever anticipated. In this 4 part series, we’ll give hands-on strategies and tips for making you camera-ready. Nailed it! Or so I thought. I had remembered my lines (most of them) and looked at the camera […]

The people who say online conferences will never replace in-person conferences sound like the people who said no one would ever meet the love of their life online.  Technically, they are right—online conferences won’t replace in-person conferences. Online conferences will evolve into distinct, superior experiences. And it will happen within a year if it hasn’t […]