As a child, I always had my own pile of wood that, under instruction from my father, I was allowed to do whatever I wanted with it, along with the hammer and a coffee tin full of nails. Anything else required permission, which I respected - the majority of the time.
Read MoreOne thing that took learning the hard way was discovering the incredible resource conducting a pre-interview with a subject or client is. Too many times I poured over interview footage or transcripts, attempting to decode what a subject said to form some kind of narrative, wishing they had just said, “x” or hadn’t said it “that way”.
Read MoreOne of the most common video requests out there these days require on-camera interviews. Many times the video may never actually show the person speaking on screen, but still, the interview had to take place. As the person doing the majority of the interviewing, I’ve oversimplified some key themes that have enabled me to conduct some successful interviews over the years.
Read MoreWhen I started freelancing out of college some 8 years ago, I wasn’t quite able to define the direction that I truly wanted my career to follow. Through a lot of trial and error (which is how I live most of my life) I found myself gravitating toward storytelling and how people’s personal stories related to their company, organization or cause.
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