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Business Movies – Education Through Entertainment

Entertainment can collaborate with business to present itself in multidimensional learning experience. This piece enlists documentaries as well the commercial films that have links to the real world events.

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind examines for the viewer the behind the scene events leading to the fall of one of the business Giants in the world which resulted in criminal trials for several of the company’s top executives.It also shows the involvement of the Enron traders in helping the company get into crisis. Featuring interviews with McLean and Elkind, as well as former Enron executives and employees, stock analysts, reporters and the former Governor of California,Gray Davis, this movie shoots right on top of the list of must watch.

The Ascent of Money: The Financial History of the World

Professor Niall Ferguson takes us through a journey from the past into the present, from the origins of credit and debt, the rise of the bond market, the origins of modern insurance in the early 19th century and to the birth of the welfare state in post-war Japan, and from the Mississippi Bubble to the current stock market crash and mortgage crises. Read the rest of this entry »

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Success In The Entertainment Business

Success in Entertainment

I want to talk to all of you who are trying to work your way into the entertainment industry as a performer. I want to ask you firstly what is your definition of success?

Let me tell you why this is so important. Because if you don’t know what YOUR definition of success is, then YOU won’t know when you have ‘made it’. You also put yourself in the uncomfortable position of not knowing how to get there! How do you get from your home in Basildon, Essex, to Florida USA if you don’t know where it is, what roads to take to the airport, what flight to catch and at what time? You wouldn’t plan your journey so badly so don’t plan your career so badly.

Secondly I want you to be totally honest about your talent, your artistry, your work rate, your commitment and your dedication to your goal success. Do you have the talent to become a million selling artist? It’s no good saying I will grow along the way. Are you good enough now? Do you have the presence and the confidence of a million selling artist/band now??? If your ‘honest’ answer is not quite, then your next question should be ‘How do I get the confidence and the presence?’ With my coaching I use specific visualisation technique which enables you to ‘take on’ the confidence and the presence of any artist you admire. Techniques that can give you confidence instantly to deal with pre stage nerves. Options are out there!! Let me ask you this… Read the rest of this entry »

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