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🎉 Day 1/7: 7-Day Listening Challenge Starting 2025 with a fun challenge! Each day this week, we'll learn English through a different TV show or movie. Day 1: Brad Pitt's guest appearance in Friends! Were you able to catch it all? If not, listening again for practice is a good idea once you know what they are saying. Happy New Year folks! #EnglishLearning #AprenderInglés #InglésOnline

With all of the discussion about AI and content creation, where does creativity come in? Leigh Sales is one of my favourite Australian journalists and in her latest Australian Story interview she speaks with iconic Australian musician and former politician, Peter Garrett about how the song "Beds are Burning" was created. 🕺I particularly love the awkward dancing in the film clip. Now there are loads of GenAI tools to help you create your lyrics. Your book titles, your images, well it seems nearly everything. But the question is, when you look at creative processes - pre-AI, were they really so pure? Or are they equally random and just a way of working through ideas to get to what is magic? 🎶 Take Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard - the scat vocals - phonetic sounds sung to fit the music, were interpreted and refined later into real words/lyrics. Does it really matter where the impulse for creativity comes from? There are so many examples in the creative world about how inspiration can spark. I have a great case study in my upcoming book, Internal Communication in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, where graphic designer Betina Sørensen was inspired by K-pop music lyrics for a corporate campaign for a large engineering company. What sparks your creativity? How do you find that concept that lifts your communication campaign to the next level so that it is listened to and resonates? I'm curious to hear. 😁 Monique *** Enjoy the song. Talent is always awe-inspiring. PS thank you to everyone who helped me last week decide to go with "internal communication" in full for my book. I'd very much enjoy a broader discussion about what it should be called but I fear I wouldn't make my copyedit final edits deadline with this one 🤣 My thoughts so far with no clear conclusion: internal communication = the function that is focused on the communication within the organisation (but then what about employees as advocates? What about communicating with employees through external channels?) internal communications = the content for the above mentioned function employee communication = communicating with employees both in and out of the organisation (but does this also mean the board and freelancers?) organisational communication = sounds a bit boring and could be confused with B2B?

"Becoming an author Increases your professional credibility by up to 300%" If you watched my segment on nationally syndicated television show, The List, that's a stat you're already familiar with so let's take a deeper dive. (Fair warning: Be prepared to have your socks knocked off!) #businessgrowth #buildyourbrand #attractclients #writeyourbook

I've been in LA this week - meeting networks, streamers, and some producer pals. What I love about TV here is the genuine urgency to find the next big idea- ie. real scale, ambition and cut-through. American TV is facing many of the same underlying issues as Britain, but the networks don't feel so defeated - everything is still to play for. I also love pitching here because in my experience American networks don't hold so many prejudices about where good ideas can come from - it's idea first, producer packaging second. Unlike the UK there's also a more defined separation between buyers and producers in terms of career tracks, which makes it a more professional transactional relationship, and definitely less of an old boy's club. Finally, American networks don't assume they're the only person that is taking your pitch - so the feeling of competition (backed up by the sheer number of potential buyers) means if they like what you're pitching they'll move quickly (furthermore, on this trip it's become clear there's creative deal making to be done around rights, territories, alternative funding models etc). With so many energising conversations from this trip I'd say it's a great time to be exploring the US market, especially if you're feeling gloomy about the state of commissioning in Britain.

When my clients ask how they can be on TV, I focus on two things: 1) What Stefany is saying here. Be available. You are on their time and you should be prepared to fill a gap at 2AM. Guests should have a service mindset. You're helping the network with their needs. They aren't helping with yours. 2) Become someone they'd want to book without your cold call or pitch. Do the work to become bookable.

Unlock Your Imagination: Building a Better World with Public Television - Wayne Dyer Seminar Wayne Dyer shares how to unlock your imagination and build a better world with public television. 📺🌍 Learn how creativity and media can be powerful tools for positive change and global improvement. 👉 Learn more on our channel: https://loom.ly/NHGuL_c #WayneDyer #Imagination #PublicTelevision #BetterWorld #Creativity #MediaForChange #GlobalImpact #Freedominhours

You wanna prove that you can lead a show? Create it. You wanna prove you can be a showrunner? Create it. You wanna prove you can write for television? Create it. You wanna prove you can direct television? Create it. You wanna become a respected producer and get onto bigger projects to produce? Create. Create. Create. Don’t wait for permission. Don’t wait for outside validation. Just keep working. Keep learning. No shortcuts.

In the latest blog post, we delve into the unexpected realities surrounding hit men and their portrayal in popular culture. Contrary to the sensationalized images often depicted in movies and television, this piece uncovers the complexities and nuances of what it means to be involved in such a clandestine world. Engaging and thought-provoking, this article challenges preconceived notions while providing insights that are sure to spark discussion and reflection. To explore this intriguing topic further, read the full article here: https://ift.tt/FjvdRin.

“Right place, right time” is a phrase everyone has heard. In television, this happens constantly. I’m here to tell you it’s not always plain luck. When it comes to booking guests, availability is a huge part in getting someone on air. I book for the overnight programs on CNN. Booking for overnights comes with a big challenge: the timing! Sometimes we can get our first choice to agree to stay up until 2am or wake up at 5am, depending on their time zone. But many times the first choice simply can’t do the time slots I’m booking for. If you’re looking to break into being a guest on network news the biggest tip I can give is: make yourself available for any time slot. I get pitches in my inbox constantly and when I reply asking “can you do 5aET on a Saturday or Sunday?” The answer is no. And a bonus tip: those who are available for our time slots and do well on air have high odds of being invited back. Don’t rely on chance to place you in the right place at the right time, make yourself available!