The Streaming Media East conference in New York City was excellent, as usual! The conference covers everything from the technical side to the business side of online video. There was a lot of great content, but these are my 7 favorite takeaways.
A great reminder of many things in life. As seen in the Fishwrapper Magazine. Original author unknown.
There are highly practical reasons to travel at break neck speeds.
Being able to introduce yourself is one of the most important professional skills you can develop. The cliche that “first impressions are everything” is a cliche for a reason, yet many people (myself included) sell themselves short in their introduction. I observed the traits of successful people who do a superstar job introducing themselves. Here’s how they do it.
For many of us, email swallows up a significant percentage of our workday. For me, it’s more than 30% of my day! Here is my personal list of ways to manage email based on research and personal experimentation.
This 28 page paper, from my 2015 Masters Degree Capstone Project at the University of Pennsylvania, explores the value of social media as a business marketing tool.
One of the biggest challenges of presenting is being able to succinctly and clearly summarize a lot of information in a short amount of time. After being a part of panel presentation at the 2015 Streaming Media West conference (an excellent conference on video and audio on the web), I recognized a very simple but useful tool in honing this ability. It may even be obvious, but I wish I realized it sooner.
With modern technology and services, it’s now possible to host professional grade webcasts on a small budget. At the University of Pennsylvania, we produce weekly webcasts in our Modern and Contemporary Poetry MOOC. The webcasts are done in regular room on a modest 3-camera setup, comprised of only a fraction of a “professional” studio’s gear.
At the University of Pennsylvania, we’ve been offering for-credit online courses for many years. However, the landscape of online course offerings became much more interesting in 2012 when the University partnered with the online course platform, Coursera, to start offering select courses as MOOCs — not-for-credit courses that are free and open to the world.
As an I.T. Professional at the University of Pennsylvania, I’ve been lucky to work on Al Filreis’ 10-week Modern and Contemporary Poetry MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on Coursera. The free, not-for-credit course is comprised of nearly 100 pre-recorded video lectures, weekly quizzes and 4 writing assignments.