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Lunchtime Skills Workshop: Claim Your Power to Create the Entertainment Career You Deserve

25 Sep 2018 @ 12:30pm

Looking to have a more powerful say in the way things are handled in your entertainment career? Tired of giving decisions over to your agent, manager, producer or collaborator? Feeling intimidated about money and talking a deal? This interactive workshop will give you the agent’s/life coach’s take on how to reclaim making bold decisions in your career and claim your true creative/business voice. Learn the most effective ways to build your confidence, communicate with conviction and ask for what you truly want. Gain the skills to negotiate in a way that minimizes the fears and maximizes the results. Hear the insider’s tips on how to network with results. Also, learn the most effective ways to pitch yourself and your projects. This workshop is all about claiming your authentic voice, honoring your creativity, leveraging your strengths and being fully expressed.

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Now in its 21st year, the Boxed In study, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University and headed up by executive director Dr. Martha M. Lauzen, provides the most comprehensive historical record of women’s representation and employment in television available. The 2017-2018 report show little to no improvement for female representation.

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Terry Lawler and the Board of Directors of New York Women in Film & Television announced today that Terry will conclude her tenure as Executive Director on December 31, 2018.

Strategic planning has been underway for an Executive Director transition for the past two years as part of NYWIFT’s five-year strategic plan.

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Film criticism remains dominated by white male critics. Now in its second decade, the Thumbs Down: Film Critics and Gender, and Why it Matters study, sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University and headed up by executive director Dr. Martha M. Lauzen, found male reviewers outnumber female reviewers 2 to 1.

This disparity affects the visibility of female-driven films.

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The Writers Lab 2018, presented by New York Women in Film & Television and IRIS and funded by Meryl Streep and Nicole Kidman, selected the 12 writers to attend the upcoming retreat in September.

 

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The DGA recently released a study sharing that the pool of first-time episodic TV directors ‘is more inclusive than ever.’ This pool, which includes women and minorities, shows an encouraging employment gain, setting record highs for the second year in a row.

Learn more about the study.

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upcoming events

  • Lunchtime Skills Workshop: Claim Your Power to Create the Entertainment Career You Deserve

    12:30pm

  • Member Screening: Shorts Program

    07:00pm

  • The Pitfalls & Practicalities of Intellectual Property (IP) Protection

    06:30pm

  • Making Motherhood Work in the Film & TV Industry

    06:30pm

 

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