Who is the Academy, Anyway?

Who is the Academy, Anyway?

A quick glance into the iconic movie club By Emily McConkey “I’d like to thank the Academy” is one of the most uttered phrases out there. We’re getting to that time of year again when we quickly read up on recent films and reminisce in our favourites with the hope of...
Highlights at SXSW This Week

Highlights at SXSW This Week

Jeff Lohnes at this year’s SXSW in Austin By Jeff Lohnes We are taking a look at a few of SXSW’s highlighted programming trends. At this global meeting for creative minds, the explored topics will most certainly continue to be themes of 2018 and beyond. There...
5 Common Mistakes Speakers Make

5 Common Mistakes Speakers Make

Prevent your keynote from sucking by avoiding these all-too-common oversights By Jeff Jacobson We’ve seen each of these errors adversely affect a speaker’s performance or a client’s opinion of a speaker and thought this article would be a helpful resource in...
7 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Speaker

7 Ways To Get The Most Out Of Your Speaker

So you’ve booked the speaker of your dreams to give a presentation at your event or conference. Now what? By Jeff Jacobson   Obviously, the 45 minutes or so that he or she on stage will be terrific. However, there are a few things a conference planner can do to get...