How to Optimize Through The Art Of Delegating Effectively, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Time to complete: 30 days from date of purchase effective delegation is one of the most valuable skills you can master in the entertainment industry. You cannot do it all, and to be successful you must learn how to effectively delegate tasks and duties to others. Effective delegation reduces your workload while developing employee skills and preparing the team for advancement. This e-learning course will explore the delegation process and give you the skills you need to start delegating effectively.Critical Thinking in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Critical thinking skills are extremely important in developing a successful career in the entertainment industry. We have to skeptically assess the information we receive. You can't be gullible. You receive a lot of information from artist, lawyers, promoters, agents, and others, and it's absolutely certain that some of that information is wrong and so you have to always filter what you are being told. By constantly questioning both ourselves and all the information we receive from others, you learn how to critically think, solve complex problems, and make changes. In this e-learning course, we don't teach you what to think, we teach how to think. This course offers a set of competencies that serve as a framework entertainment business professionals looking to develop higher order thinking skills.How to Handle Conflict Resolution in the Entertainment Industry, Dealing With Difficult People, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In the entertainment industry, we can get into a routine where it feels like everyone we speak with is either having a bad day, or we are having a bad day ourselves. We feel like we constantly meet people who seem to be inconsiderate, stubborn, incorrigible, indecent, miserable, or passive-aggressive. Sometimes we can be equally awkward ourselves. While it might seem that the easiest remedy is to lock yourself up at home and avoid people, we eventually have to pick up the phone or step outside and interact with someone. This e-learning course will give you practical tools to deal with difficult people.How Artist Representation and Giving Effective Feedback is Critical in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview As human beings, we crave positive feedback. However, many people will tell you that when they do get feedback, it’s often because of something they have done wrong. Whether feedback is positive or negative, feedback is an essential element of our growth and development. This e-learning course is designed to help entertainment business professionals learn how to provide feedback any time, in ways that is effective and lasting.How to Achieve Maximum Performance in Agreements through Effective Marketing and Sales, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview A small marketing budget doesn’t mean you can’t meet your goals and business objectives in the entertainment industry. I have found that you just have to be more creative in your marketing tactics. This e-learning course will show you how to get maximum exposure at minimum cost. You will learn effective, low cost, and non-cost strategies to improve sales, develop your business image, and build your bottom line. This course will share some creative marketing tactics that will work for any budget.Artist Music in the Cloud and Basic Internet Marketing, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn how to market online, where your target market is, and what results you are getting. You will also learn about search engine optimization, e-mail campaigns, pay per click advertising, and more.Understanding Music Distribution Agreements with Thorough Sound Research Skills, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn basic research skills, such as reading, memory recall, and note-taking. You will also learn how to create different kinds of outlines for different stages of your project, and how to move from the outline to writing, editing, and polishing. As well, you’ll learn how to find information using the library’s Dewey Decimal System, journals, and the Internet.How to Establish an Intermediate Project Management Merchandising Brand Plan, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Project management is not just for certain industries or job titles. Most of us are expected to complete assignments that are not a usual part of our job and to get the job done well, within a budget, and on time. This e-learning course will share the final project management techniques that can help you achieve your goals. We recommend that you complete “Project Management Fundamentals” before beginning this course.Why Effective Goal Setting in Music Production is Critical, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview We all have things we want in life and in our career. What do you dream about or wish for? To make your dreams and wishes come true, you must take the time to set goals, in order to make the things you dream about and wish for a reality. This e-learning course will lead you through thinking, planning, and taking action on the things you really want and dream of in life. You will learn ways to set and complete goals that get you where you want to go in life.CRM: Music Distribution Agreements and Customer Relationship Management, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Time: 8 hours Time to complete: 30 days from date of purchase Take a look in your wallet. How many points, rewards, and loyalty cards do you have? These are all examples of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) programs. What does your business offer to reward existing customers and gain new ones? This e-learning course will introduce the different facets of CRM and identify who the customers really are. It will also analyze the key components of CRM and explore how it can be integrated within your entertainment business.How Misreading Body Language can Ruin a Performance Negotiating Meeting, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview As an entertainment attorney, I have found that body language can make or break our efforts to establish long, trusting relationships. Paying attention to an individual's body language can improve our ability to assess a client’s true emotions and attitudes. Learning how to read unconscious nonverbal signals is an important piece of the sales cycle, failure to consider body language in sales you are leaving money on the table and losing sales. This e-learning course can help you make sure your body language is sending the right message.Effective Client Inventory Management and Understanding the Nuts and Bolts, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Successful inventory management involves creating a purchasing plan to ensure that items are available when they are needed. It is important to keep track of existing inventory and its use, and competent inventory management seeks to control the costs associated with the inventory. This e-learning course will teach you how to effectively manage these items, which are collectively referred to as “inventory".Creating a Google AdWords Campaign and the Pay Per Click Artist Agreement, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Many companies advertise with pay per click ads. This e-learning course focuses on the largest machine available: Google AdWords. In this course, participants will learn how Google AdWords work, what pay per click means, the importance of correctly setting an AdWord budget, how to select keywords and set up ad groups, how to design a compelling ad, and how to make adjustments to increase success.Music Publisher Agreements and Developing How to Write Reports and Proposals, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In the entertainment industry, reports and proposals come in a variety of formats. All formats, however, rely on good writing skills and a solid framework. When you put words on paper—whether for an e-marketing campaign, a business letter, or a marketing/ advertising campaign, you’re making a powerful statement about yourself and your brand. In this e-learning course, you will learn how to write to get the results you desire, make your message clear and concise for your reader, and develop more polished, more powerful written communications than ever before. We recommend that you complete “Business Writing That Works” before beginning this course.Why Basic Accounting Skills for the New Entertainment Lawyer is Important, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Many of us flinch when we hear terms like depreciation, cash flow, balance sheet, and (worst of all!) budgets. However, these are all important concepts to understand if you're going to succeed in the entertainment industry, particularly as an entertainer or manager. This e-learning course will help you get started in the accounting world.How to Develop Effective Risk Management Techniques in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn about the seven R’s and four T’s that traditionally represent the key activities of risk management. This will give you a framework that you can customize for a single project, a department, or an entire company.Project Management Training: Understanding Project Management, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$297.00Course Length: 16 Weeks Course Hours: 24 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In the world of entertainment, to be successful you need to be prepared to cope with the unexpected. The show must go on. In this e-learning course, we will walk you through the nuts and bolts of project management, from setting priorities to controlling expenses and reporting on the results.The Importance of Effective Planning and Scheduling in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Creating an accurate schedule is more of an art than a science. However, there are some tools and techniques that you can use to be as precise as possible. This e-learning course will introduce you to the most commonly used tools and show you how to apply them to everyday scenarios in the entertainment industry. We recommend that you complete “Intermediate Project Management” before beginning this course.How Being an Active Listener is a Necessary Critical Skill in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Communication skills are at the heart of everything we do each day, whether at home, at work, or at play. Research shows that we remember between 25 percent and 50 percent of what we hear. That means when you talk the your boss, colleagues, artists, or other people for 5 minutes, they pay attention to less than half of the conversation. By learning to actively listen , you will improve your productivity, as well as your ability to influence, persuade and negotiate in the industry. More importantly, you'll avoid conflict and misunderstandings. All of these are necessary for workplace success in the Entertainment industry. This e-learning course focuses on active listening, which encompasses the best of communication.Don’t Sweat it! How to Manage Stress as an Entertainment Lawyer, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview People around the world in the entertainment industry are experiencing job burnout and stress in epidemic proportions. Regardless of your position in the industry, most workers feel stressed out, insecure, and misunderstood in this fast- paced and very demanding line of work. Many people feel that the demands of the industry, combined with the demands of artist, touring, and home have become too much to handle. This e-learning course will give you some stress management techniques that you can apply right away to reduce stress in your life, and avoid burnout in the workplace.The Entertainment Lawyer’s Steps to Successful Networking, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Research shows that over 80% of lawyers report that networking was an important component of their personal business development plan. In fact, research suggests that for lawyers networking is one of the top five reasons they become involved in bar activities. For most lawyers in the entertainment industry, networking is a foundational means of business development. While the term "networking" is well-known, effective networking is a foreign concept to many. In this e-learning course, you’ll learn the essential ingredients for business networking, including in-person, people-centered connections and online spaces such as LinkedIn.The Public Relations Boot Camp on How to Effectively Promote the Recording Artist Brand, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Public relations has changed with the evolution of computers and the speed with which information can spread. However, the need for public relations to be clear, concise, and accurate while being completely appropriate for the situation has not changed. Build your passion for entertainment by developing you public relations skills, so you can do what you love-develop and enrich the entertainment industry across the globe. In this e-learning course, you will learn how to determine the type of information required to approach PR strategically, create compelling releases, and effectively manage your media relations.Essential Change Management Skills for Touring Agreements, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Entertainment business professionals should enjoy the opportunities and excitement that change brings. However, sometimes it is harder to adjust to and lead to expressions of resistance and anger. As entertainment professionals, we can take concrete steps to make change more palatable by understanding people's hesitation, enlisting the help of others, setting up plans, and managing stressors. These steps can also ensure that desired changes are implemented successfully. This course will teach you how to manage change in a positive way, help you and others adapt to change much easier, and improve your chances of success in every situation.Digital Musical Selling and What it Means in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In the entertainment industry, the sales industry keeps evolving, and if you are a sales person that means you need to keep growing too! Today’s successful salespeople in the industry focus on personal efficiency, delivering more to existing customers, and customer-focused selling. In this light, being an entertainment salesperson is an exciting and dynamic profession, and the new generation of sales professionals should be highly trained and well groomed, with the characteristics of honesty, trustworthiness, and competence. In this e-learning course, you will learn how to improve your ability to plan and deliver a professional sales presentation, and teach you skills and techniques that will help you to create a positive impression with the customer and advance the sale.Understanding Entertainment Law Budgets and Managing Money, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview For managers and artists in today’s entertainment world, it’s essential to have a working knowledge of finance. As entertainment business professionals, we all play a role in our organization’s financial health, whether we realize it or not. If you don’t have training or a background in finance, you may be at a disadvantage as you sit around the management table. This e- learning course will give you the skills that you need to speak knowledgeably about budgets and managing money, and to contribute to the bottom line. We recommend that you complete “Accounting Skills for New Supervisors” before beginning this course.Problem Solving Artist Recording Agreements with Sound Decision Making Techniques, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview As an entertainment professionals, we make decisions and solve problems continually. Sometimes, we will have made as many as 50 decisions before we leave for work. Despite all the natural decision making that we have to make, some people are very uncomfortable with having to make hard decisions. This e-learning course will show you how to find a decision making process that allows you to identify creative solutions, research decision making strategies, and then put things together in a way that helps make decision making easier.How to Overcome Objections to Nail the Deal in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview If you are like most sales professionals in the entertainment industry, you are always looking for ways to overcome customer objections and close the sale. This course will help you to work through objectives effectively. We will help you plan and prepare for objections so that you can address customer concerns, reduce the number of objections you encounter, and improve your averages at closing sales.Understanding Anger and Keeping Your Cool in the Negotiating Room, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Anger is a universal experience. Managing anger productively is something that few individuals, organizations, and societies do well, even though it’s an important component of being successful in the entertainment business. You don’t have to be a psychologist to know that managing anger productively is something few individuals, organizations, and societies do well. Yet research tells us that those who do manage their anger at work are much more successful than those who don’t. This e-learning course will give you some ways to manage your anger as well as angry people to be sucessful.Creating, Building and Managing the Artist Brand and How to Pitch to Corporate America, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Your brand is the vehicle that propels your product or service into your customers’ lives and their hearts. What does your brand say about you? A good brand is much more than an attractive image combined with some witty type. Your brand must reflect the heart and soul of your product, and offer a promise that you can live up to. This e-learning course will get you started on the road to creating a perfect brand.Business Etiquette: Gaining that Extra Edge in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview If you’ve ever had an awkward moment where: You aren’t sure which fork to use, You don’t know which side plate is yours, You’ve ever had to make small talk with a Very Important Person and been lost for words… Then you know just how agonizing such moments can be. Even worse (and what can be even more damaging to your career) are the social gaffes you aren’t even aware you make. This course will help you handle most of those socially difficult moments. You’ll have an extra edge in areas you may not have given a lot of thought to before.