If you’ve ever used a teleprompter, you know  reading a script on screen is not as easy as it sounds, especially if someone else is controlling the speed as the text whizzes by. If you haven't, you've probably seen a video where someone is using a teleprompter where they don't look and sound natural. Your first clue is you can see their eyes move as they are reading their script. Early in my career, one of my jobs was to run the teleprompter for field and studio productions i

In this blog I’m going to answer a question from Chelsea Brinkley, the owner of Travel Brinkley, a company that helps people plan trips to explore the world about when its okay to wear sunglasses on camera. Chelsea asks: "I was listening to I believe episode number 7 where you mentioned the importance of seeing the eyes of the person on camera clearly. My question is what your thoughts are on wearing sunglasses in video? For example, Casey Neistat the well-known You Tuber alw

Do you know that feeling when you are staring at a blank piece of paper, waiting for inspiration to strike? You're on a deadline to get out your next marketing video and it's as if the writing gods have wiped your grey cells clean of any fresh ideas? And then the panic sets in and you finally start writing, something, anything, so that you can get out of being stuck on that blank page. You know it’s not your best work and you don’t care. The page isn't blank. Never mind that

Last week I was at a conference in Austin, TX and was treated to some of the most amazing speakers I’ve had the privilege of hearing. Everyone of them was a rockstar and everyone of them had one thing in common in addition to preparing their presentations - they all invested time in planning what they would wear to complement the message they were delivering. I’d like you to imagine this: you are attending a conference and there’s one speaker you can’t wait to hear. You hav