UPCOMING BOSTON CREATIVE BUSINESS WORKSHOP! Former ICM Talent Agent and Award Winning Filmmaker, Jim Jermanok, is back in Boston with his acclaimed workshop: BEYOND THE CRAFT: How to Make Money as a Creative Professional! Do you feel like you could use a breakthrough in your career as a creative professional? Come to Jims empowering and ground breaking workshop! Early bird special is until Monday, March 31st. SATURDAY, APRIL 5TH 10:00AM-2:00 PM FOUNDRY 24 24 SPICE ST. CHARLESTOWN, MA 02129 FREE PARKING/1 BLOCK AWAY FROM SULLIVAN SQUARE T $89/$79 EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT FOR TIX/INFO: bostonbeyondworkshop.eventbrite/ An acclaimed, intense and empowering 4-hour workshop for working and professional actors, writers, directors, key crew, singers, comedians, journalists, authors, designers, musicians, artists, producers and entrepreneurs. It’s a bottom line, no bull and insiders approach to doing what you need to do to make a living creatively in this economic age. It is based on 30 years of analysis of creative career success—and particularly what qualities, commonalities and practices successful creative professionals share. If you feel your career accomplishments lag behind your talent; if you want to succeed more than you are succeeding now; if you feel frustrated or stuck with your creative career; if you want to learn how to be more proactive; if you want to attain the next level, this workshop is for you! JIM WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING: • Distinguishing yourself and your projects • Creating superb promotional materials • Pitching yourself and your projects • Overcoming creative career self-sabotage • How to obtain agents and managers • Understanding and succeeding with agents and managers • How to find, approach, research and convince reps, talent buyers, and other gatekeepers • Working in film, television, theater, and new media • How to package yourself as a creative • Current status of the entertainment/media industry • Using your life history • The art of schmoozing • Effective networking and an easy networking system that works • Importance of informational interviews • Assembling a team whose sum is greater than its parts • Essential social media marketing • Making it happen on your own Attend or spread the work to those who may benefit. Thanks so much. More about Jim Jermanok: Jim Jermanok is an award-winning writer, director and producer, creative success expert, consultant and speaker. Jim wrote and produced the highly acclaimed romantic comedy, “Passionada,” which was released by Columbia Tri Star in over 150 countries. His latest film “Em” recently won the Grand Jury Prize at the Seattle International Film Festival and the Criterion International Inspiration Award. It was released last year by Vanguard Cinema and SnagFilms. He is also active in theater, TV and New Media. Mr. Jermanok is a former ICM Agent who helped to represent Arthur Miller, Shirley MacLaine, John Chancellor, Dudley Moore, Helen Hayes, Alan Arkin and General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, among others. Jim also speaks and conducts workshops worldwide on the subject of his upcoming book, BEYOND THE CRAFT: What You Need to Know to Make A Living Creatively, as well as Successful Film Producing and Financing and The Art and Business of Screenwriting.
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:41:42 +0000