The value of international relations
In this interview for the European Broadcasting Union (EBU), Eric reflects on more than a generation of experience consulting across Europe and around the world for public and private media. Eric discusses the value of international relations, the challenges international partners face operating in today’s complex media landscape, and the common interests that bind international partners together. Eric is interviewed by the former head of RTÉ Radio 1 Ireland, Tom McGuire.
Workshops that Work
Different people learn differently
Minimizing the risk
Group discussion builds understanding
Understanding that different people learn differently makes all the difference when you lead a workshop.
To get people to open up and say what they really think in your workshop, let everyone know there is no risk in even asking the most basic questions.
Group discussion gives people a chance to say what they think, and help you understand more about your participants.
Different people learn differently
Understanding that different people learn differently makes all the difference when you lead a workshop.
Minimizing the risk
To get people to open up and say what they really think in your workshop, let everyone know there is no risk in even asking the most basic questions.
Group discussion builds understanding
Group discussion gives people a chance to say what they think, and help you understand more about your participants.
Discover what people really think with Post-It notes
Thinking visually, thinking creatively
Creating a video inspires new ideas
To find out more about a sensitive topic, using simple Post-It notes can be surprisingly revealing.
Solving a problem visually challenges participants to think differently.
How “participant video” sparks insightful discussion.
Discover what people really think with Post-It notes
To find out more about a sensitive topic, using simple Post-It notes can be surprisingly revealing.
Thinking visually, thinking creatively
Solving a problem visually challenges participants to think differently.
Creating a video inspires new ideas
How “participant video” sparks insightful discussion.
Video critique is insightful and powerful
“The camera never lies” is never truer than when using video critique.
Better Communication in one minute
Helping people understand what you want
Information is not communication
Using shared values
The first challenge is getting people to understand what you want.
Information is not communication. Communication always demands a result.
Using shared values to communicate your idea is resonant for audiences.
Helping people understand what you want
The first challenge is getting people to understand what you want.
Information is not communication
Information is not communication. Communication always demands a result.
Using shared values
Using shared values to communicate your idea is resonant for audiences.
Expressing what you want
Persuading with passion
For more audience impact, use different techniques to express what you want.
Inspire audience interest with metaphors, comparisons and storytelling expressed with passion.
Expressing what you want
For more audience impact, use different techniques to express what you want.
Persuading with passion
Inspire audience interest with metaphors, comparisons and storytelling expressed with passion.
Building long term client relationships
The importance of listening
Keep the dialogue going
What to do when you win a project
To build long-term client relationships, don’t tell clients what you think they need. Instead, listen to what they want.
To successfully establish a long-term client relationship, start slow and keep the dialogue going.
When you win a project, here’s how to build a relationship with your client.
The importance of listening
To build long-term client relationships, don’t tell clients what you think they need. Instead, listen to what they want.
Keep the dialogue going
To successfully establish a long-term client relationship, start slow and keep the dialogue going.
What to do when you win a project
When you win a project, here’s how to build a relationship with your client.
Time management for solo consultants
Calendars keep you on track
Putting your IP out there, made easy
Making time for yourself
When you have a lot to deal with every day, calendars keep you on track.
Getting your intellectual property out there takes a lot of time. Here’s how to make it easier.
To stay successful, busy and innovative, don’t forget to make time for yourself.
Calendars keep you on track
When you have a lot to deal with every day, calendars keep you on track.
Putting your IP out there, made easy
Getting your intellectual property out there takes a lot of time. Here’s how to make it easier.
Making time for yourself
To stay successful, busy and innovative, don’t forget to make time for yourself.
Storytelling for startups
Telling the story of the future
Finding your story
How stories really work
Telling the story of the future is essential for successfully pitching your startup.
How finding the story of your startup will attract interest and investors.
Understanding how stories work is the key to getting your pitch heard by investors.
Telling the story of the future
Telling the story of the future is essential for successfully pitching your startup.
Finding your story
How finding the story of your startup will attract interest and investors.
How stories really work
Understanding how stories work is the key to getting your pitch heard by investors.
Scriptwriting
Script elements
What audiences want
How to write it
Scripts for factual and documentary videos are always formatted very specifically, so everyone can see exactly how you want your video to work for your audience.
Television is all about “the moment” which is why a clear, logical structure is so important. Beginning/middle/end – Character/conflict/resolution is a structure that audiences want and remember.
A good script shows change or “what we learned.” To write it, start by finding the strongest images and the strongest elements from your interviews. Use them to create compelling structures that audiences understand.
Script elements
Scripts for factual and documentary videos are always formatted very specifically, so everyone can see exactly how you want your video to work for your audience.
What audiences want
Television is all about “the moment” which is why a clear, logical structure is so important. Beginning/middle/end – Character/conflict/resolution is a structure that audiences want and remember.
How to write it
A good script shows change or “what we learned.” To write it, start by finding the strongest images and the strongest elements from your interviews. Use them to create compelling structures that audiences understand.
Optimizing online coaching skills
The demand for online consulting, coaching and training is here to stay and it is increasing. Here are some of the key techniques to optimize your consulting and coaching skills for your clients, online.
Producing an online meeting like a TV show
To make your online meetings more effective for everyone, produce them more like a TV show. And before you get started, answer the question: what is the reason to watch?