Welcome to Showbizing Boot Camp!
This customized, highly interactive, day-long program is designed to provide students with practical tools and specific strategies to develop a personalized plan for a successful career in the entertainment industry. Before the session, we ask that registered participants email us a bio, resume and links to online platforms. Students should bring their laptops to the Boot Camp.
At the end of the day, students will:
● Leave with a professional, industry-specific resume
● Create and/or update their Linked In profile
● Revise and professionalize their social media profiles
● Create and rehearse a succinct “elevator pitch” about themselves and their career goals
● Set specific career goals for one year after graduation, then three years after graduation
● Learn how to implement our proven networking strategy for making critically important industry contacts to advance their career
● Receive a free, PDF copy of Jane’s industry guide to independent production: Hair on Fire, an Insider’s Guide to Producing for the Big and Small Screen
Proposed Agenda
8:30 a.m. Light breakfast (if possible)
9 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. – Introductions & Overview
Jane Croby and Julie Applegate welcome the students and introduce themselves, briefly describing their ‘zigzag’ career path and accomplishments. Students are asked to share their name, professional title and one vital thing they want a new professional acquaintance to know about them.Overview of the Boot Camp Agenda – we’ll cover four primary areas:
Students look themselves up online. They share what they find posted about themselves and discuss why and how their public profiles may need editing. We discuss strategies to create a personal brand, including a strong Linked In profile.
Students work on their Linked In title & summary statement.
We describe our proven networking strategy. Students create a list of 25 people who may be able to help them get their first job, by name or job category (i.e. entertainment attorney). We discuss their lists.
We discuss strategies for students to support themselves and their creative projects.
Students share their Target 25 lists for an open discussion. We share proven strategies to connect with these contacts, including stalking people without getting arrested (takes research, persistence & agility). Tips and tricks for meeting the contacts you need to advance your career, including using Linked In, volunteering at film festivals and industry events, and using informational interviews.
We share examples and work individually with students.
Students introduce themselves as if it’s three years from now