Educator + Entertainer = Edutainer
I love to teach. It is perhaps my favorite thing to do. “Edutaining” means to educate while entertaining. I love to make audiences laugh and cry, think and do.
Emotional engagement, intellectual stimulation and actively interacting with new skills are the most fun, effective and memorable ways to learn.
I strive to inspire and empower professionals, aspirants and students alike to proactively make their own dreams come true.
Highlights of some of my past presentations and topics are below.
I teach cutting-edge, relevant, practical and motivating classes and customize retreats, embedded events, and workshops on everything from PowerNetworking and goal achievement to film and television screenwriting, directing, producing, writing and acting improv games to ShowBiz and careers in the entertainment industry, to investing in independent films, blueprinting dream careers, mind mapping businesses and events in any field as well as entrepreneurial skills including leadership, ethics, event planning, publicity, time and contact management and, inevitably, for everything: sales and marketing.
I’ve been blessed that my popular motivational speaking has allowed me to travel all over the world. I have spoken in Kowloon, Hong Kong; Kobe, Japan; Barcelona, Spain; London, England; Dublin, Ireland; Sydney, Australia, Vancouver, Canada – and all across the US. I’ve been an entertainment industry Judge in Los Angeles; Genoa, Italy; Marseille, France and Arizona. I’ve spoken to colleges and universities, corporations, Chambers o Commerce and non-profits on all aspects of the entertainment industry. Artrepreneurship and a variety of other local, micro to macroeconomic issues.
Most Recent Speaking Engagements
- Columbia College Chicago (LA Residential Program)
- Producers’ Guild of America West – How to Work the Film & TV Markets Panels 9/15 CBS Studio City
- Burbank Comedy Fest – PowerNetworking for Comedians – Flappers Comedy Club
- Dallas Screenwriters Association
- Austin Entertainment Business
- The Tucson Festival of Books – University of Arizona
- Screenwriting Panel
- How to Work the Film & TV Markets Workshop
Corporations & Non-Profits
- ABC Drama Department (Custom Executive Pitch Workshop)
- AEON Corporation, Kobe, Japan
- Allstate Market Research Department
- American Savings Bank
- Comedy Store, The (Stand-Up in the Main Room and Belly Room on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood)
- GE Capital
- Great Western Savings & Loan
- Mazda
- PMI Mortgage Insurance Company
- Reebok
- Sony
- Washington Mutual Bank
Non-Profit Organizations
- California Main Street Program, The
- Century City Chamber of Commerce, The
- Kids Making Movies (Homeschool Program)
- La Mesa Chamber of Commerce, The
- Legal Aid Services of Orange County
- Meeting Professionals International (MPI)
- MENSA International
- MENSA’s Regional Gathering: GLAAM StarGazing (Greater Los Angeles Area Mensa) 2012 – 2013
- Modesto Chamber of Commerce, The
- National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
- NATPE Educational Foundation
- Orange County Professional Speakers Bureau, The
- San Juan Capistrano Chamber of Commerce, The
- Santee Chamber of Commerce, The
- State of California Small Claims Federal Court System
- Tuolumne County Visitors Bureau. The
- Various Economic and Redevelopment Agencies and DownTown Merchant Associations
Film, TV , Festivals and Writers Workshops
- Arizona Mystery Writers
- Austin Film Festival, The
- Australian Hollywood Intensive Retreat (2010)
- Big Bear Film Festival, The
- Cinema Arts Tech
- ENDAS International Screenplay Competition, Genoa Italy (Judge)
- Friar’s Club, The
- Great American Pitch Fest, The
- Great Canadian Pitch Fest, The
- Hartley-Merrill International Screenplay Competition (Judge) 2005 – 2010
- Hollywood Black Film Festival, The
- Hollywood by the Bay (A-List Interviews)
- I Have A Dream / The Story Project (2005 – 2010)
- Kids Making Movies (Home School Program) (2005-2010)
- LA TV Fest, The
- LaFemme Film Festival (2011 – 2013)
- Los Angeles Film School, The
- Marseille WebFest, The 2012 (Judge)
- Moondance International Film Festival (Emcee’d 1st 7 years)
- NATPE Educational Foundation
- National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE)
- NATPE 2016
- NATPE‘s LA TV Fest 2007 – 2011
- NATPE‘s PitchCon (2012 – 2013)
- NATPE‘s TV Producer’s Boot Camp (2004 – 2009)
- NorthWest Screenwriters Guild, The
- Prescott Film Festival 2014 (Judge)
- Screenwriters Expo, The (STAR Speaker)
- ScriptWriters Network, The
- Selling to Hollywood
- Sherwood Oaks Experimental College
- Slamdance
- Temecula Valley Int’l Film and Music Festival, The
- Tucson Festival of Books, The 2014
- USC Film School Summer Shorts Producing Program (2012 – 2013)
- Vail Film Festival
- Vail Film Festival, The
- Vancouver Film and Television Expo, The
- WestDoc 2012
- Willamette Writers Conference, The
Universities, Colleges and Trade Schools
- Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities (APCA) National Conferences Showcases and Educational Sessions
- California State University at Northridge
- Chapman University
- Cinema Arts Tech (Writing Business Plans for Independent Films)
- Columbia College Chicago (LA Residential Program)
- Dream Careers International Internship Program
- Emerson University
- George Washington University (Washington, D.C.)
- Los Angeles Film School, The
- Los Angeles Recording School, The
- Learning Annex, The
- Learning Tree University
- Mortar Board Annual Conference
- National Association for Campus Activities (NACA) National and Regional Convention Showcases
- National University (MFA in Screenwriting’s LA Week Residency Program)
- New York University (2007 – 2013)
- PolyTechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong (2014)
- San Francisco State University (2007 – 2013)
- Scottsdale Community College Film School (2014)
- Sherwood Oaks Experimental College
- Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (2007-2012)
- University College, Dublin, Ireland (2011)
- University College, London, England (2011)
- University of California at Los Angeles (2007 – 2013)
- University of California at Riverside
- University of Chicago
- University of Nevada at Las Vegas
- University of Southern California’s Summer School Shorts Program
- Yale University