The following curriculum of seminars and workshops is designed to cover ALL areas of the Business of Show and are live events led in person by Lisa Gold as well as other qualified Act Outside the Box instructors. Click on “Learn More” to read a full description of the seminars/workshops, which are listed alphabetically.
Being Your Own CEO Workshop
Run Your Acting Career like a
Street Smart Actorpreneuer
- Learn about the different “departments” a kick butt organization focuses on and apply it to show business
- Create a business plan that will FAST FORWARD you to the career you’ve always dreamed of
- Learn how to organize your time to focus on the KEY tasks that will get you farther faster
Defining Your Product Workshop
Get Visible, Stand Out, and Become a
KNOWN “Go To” Actor
- Clear through the clutter of the thousands and thousands of other actors by finding your perfect niche
- Create cool and memorable marketing tools that reflect your brand, visually and in writing
- Learn about the archetypes that writers use to create storyline and which one(s) will make YOU the most money
Facebook 101
Finally Figure out Facebook for Your Online Visibility – The Basic Tools You Don’t Know About
- Soup to Nuts. Create an awesome personal profile and WHY it should be separate from your actor business page (fan page)
- Secrets to this constantly changing FREE platform that you need to know
- Strategies for getting the right “friends”, keeping them engaged and spreading the word about you and what you do
Facebook 202
The Smartest, Most Effective,
Least Time Consuming way to Promote Yourself
- Create you kick butt fan page and up to professional ante
- How to GET and what to do with all those fans
- Learn how to advertise yourself DIRECTLY to casting directors and agents by having your headshot appear on their screen when they sign on
How to Create a Flexible Day Job
Make Money Doing What You Love (besides acting)
- Use your day job skill set to determine the perfect job and create your own schedule for MAX flexibility
- Learn to live a balanced life and go to MORE auditions and get more acting work
- Shift from scarcity mode to designing abundance mode
Image is Everything!
Master Your Image and Manage Their Perception
- Learn how to reflect your unique style in your wardrobe choices, hairstyle and more
- See how slight changes in accessories can alter the perception of your character for auditions
- Create a style that reflects confidence in your brand
Money, Marketing and Mailings
Get the Single Highest Return on your
Time, Effort and Money
- Learn a PROVEN system to have all the money you’ll ever need to invest in your career
- Know exactly who and how often to mail to distinguished by medium
- Find out the BEST databases to use and how your marketing pieces should look
Networking Know How
Become the Flame NOT the Moth
- Learn the 3 BEST icebreaking questions that will give you the edge in conversations with industry professionals
- Finally figure out the four different and distinct personality types and learn how to approach others based on theirs, not yours
- Find fabulous ways to be remembered long after the event ends
Power Marketing for Voice Over Actors
Learn to Earn in the Lucrative,
Niche Market of Voiceovers
- Make money from your own home studio by learning what equipment is the best, but costs the least
- Get resources for all kinds of voiceover work in the vast VO marketplace
- Demos discussed here! Find out what they really want to hear
Research, Resources and Relationships
You’re Only ONE Relationship Away
From Your Big Break – Yes, Really!
- Learn to decipher who you ALREADY know that can move your career to the next level
- Tap in to referrals and boost your visibility via hidden resources
- Learn where and how to do the research that keeps you ahead of the actor pack when it comes to auditions and projects
Resume Rescue
How to Stand Out and Fit In – Let it Speak for You
- Create a mind map for the reader of your resume and be identified for roles you haven’t played yet but are right for
- Get the correct format, fonts, sizes and styles that make your resume more visually appealing and easy to read
- Learn the words to ERASE from your resume forever
Twitter Basics for Your Biz
Time to Tweet
- Follow Fridays, hashtags and tweeps, oh my – and what all that stuff means
- Taught in plain English – no geek speak
- Learn why this fast paced platform is the MOST interactive social media tool of them all
The YouTube Experience
The Most Fabulous Way to have
Millions of People see You Act TODAY
- Soup to nuts – Learn to set up a channel, brainstorm content, shoot, edit and upload a video, categorize and tag and get subscribers
- Learn to earn money by becoming a Youtube partner
- Find out about little known Youtube features such as “annotations” that will make your videos SWWEEEEEET!
