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.Influence and Persuasion and Its Importance in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview When we talk about influence and persuasion, we often talk about marketing and sales. However, we influence people and situations in many ways and with great frequency in the entertainment industry. Learning to influence and persuade people is a powerful skill that all members of the entertainment industry should master. This e-learning course will teach you how to influence and persuade people in a variety of areas.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.The Importance of Being an Effective Writer in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview We all know what good writing is. It’s the novel we can’t put down, the poem we never forgot, and the speech that changes the way we look at the world. Good writing is the memo that gets action and the letter that says what a phone call cannot. Good writing is hard work, and even the best writers get discouraged. In business, you also want to be a good writer. That means your language is concrete, the point of view is clear, and the legal points are well expressed. In this e-learning course, you will learn the basic principles of business writing, which you can immediately put into action—on anything from emails to legal documents.Effective Communications Strategies in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Have you ever wondered why it seems so difficult to talk with some people, yet so easy to talk with others? Can you recall an occasion where you met someone for the first time and immediately liked that person? Something about the individual made you feel comfortable. A major goal of this e-learning course is to help you understand the impact your communication skills have on other people. In this course, you will also explore how improving these skills can make it easier for you to effectively communicate in the workplace, and in life.Digital Modern Marketing Social Media and Artist Representation, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Social media remains an evolving aspect of our daily lives in addition to being a part of our businesses. This e-learning course is designed for people who have some familiarity with social media already. Participants will learn to develop a social media marketing plan as a part of their overall marketing strategy, determine who should be on their team, and choose how they will measure what is taking place. In addition, we will explore some of the major social media sites and look at how specialty sites and social media management tools can take their social media marketing to the next level.How to Handle Public Speaking Under Pressure in the Entertainment Law Field, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview If you are a new speaker who feels nervous about the task at hand, or an experienced speaker who wants to learn more about being put on the spot, then this e-learning course is just for you.This course has been designed for those in positions where they must speak in front of audiences that are hostile or demanding. This material is also suitable for those who are relatively new speakers who want some encouragement to speak up in meetings or who want some training before they begin making presentations on behalf of their organization or business. It focuses on speaking under pressure, which means being able to quickly organize your thoughts and being able to convey them meaningfully to your audience.21st Century ABC’s Style of Artist Management, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Congratulations: you’ve just been promoted to team supervisor! Has the panic set in yet? Don’t worry! You have come to the right place to enhance your management skills. This e-learning course will teach you all the skills that you need to be successful in your new role.What are the Benefits of a Winning Proposal in an Recording Artist Promotion? Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview This e-learning course will help you develop the skills necessary to create successful proposals for the entertainment industry by focusing on types of proposals, sources of funding, and how to write proposals that will meet the stated requirements. You will also learn about the all-important element of relationships and how to build and maintain them in a funding relationship.How to Build an Effective Communications Plan as a Solo Practitioner in Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Communications between a small business and its customers is a multi-lane highway. Navigate this highway successfully and you increase customer numbers and profits. Set out on this highway unaware, ill-prepared, or unconvinced of its importance, and you will lose ground to your competitors. This e-learning course is for beginners and those who have communications experience. You will learn communication skills and strategies that you can fine-tune so you can save effectively delegate, increase productivity, reduce stress, and create and maintain an enjoyable interactions in the entertainment industry.The World of Touring and Music in Cyberspace and Managing the Virtual Workplace, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Virtual workers and virtual teams are an essential part of today’s workforce. More than ever, people are using technology to work anywhere, anytime. As a manager, it’s important to understand how these new tools change your role and the people that you work with. There are big benefits to today’s virtual workplace, but there can be big challenges, too. This e-learning course will teach entertainment business professionals how to prepare for the virtual workplace, create telework programs, build virtual teams, leverage technology, and overcome cultural barriers.How to Develop and Execute an Advanced Project Management Plan in Merchandising Products, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will focus on two areas of advanced project management. The first area is advanced project management techniques, such as communication plans and status meetings. The second area is general management skills, such as building a winning team and rewarding team members.How to Understand and Negotiate Promotions for a Recording Artist, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Negotiating is a fundamental fact of life. Whether you’re negotiating a big deal with lots of money on the table or trying to get your artist to agree to a reasonable contract, the principles are the same. The ability to negotiate successfully can make the difference between success and failure. With this in mind, this e-learning course will teach you to analyze the problem, prepare for a bargaining meeting, take control of your emotions, and foster a collaborative atmosphere during negotiations.Understanding and Getting in the Game with an E-Commerce Management Agreement, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview E-commerce has been a part of the world’s financial landscape since the mid-1990s. It’s big and it’s getting bigger every day. E-commerce hasn’t replaced brick and mortar stores like some had predicted it would but it is a major part of today’s business world. Learn the skills in this e-learning course to manage your e-commerce business to success.NexGen Entertainment Lawyers, Getting Stuff Done: Personal Development Boot Camp, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview We all want to get things done, and done well. Like any other personal challenge, getting things done is a time management method, and managing your time to complete tasks requires a customized system that works for you. This e-learning course will give you a number of organizational tools and techniques to consider. At the end of the course, you will have a personal productivity plan that you can apply right away to get things done.Developing a High Reliability Organization in an Ever-changing Field of Entertainment Law, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Today’s world is full of the unexpected. System failures, terrorism events, disease outbreaks, and natural disasters disrupt businesses every day, sometimes to an unrecoverable point. Despite these challenges, some services (such as power plants, hospitals, and airports) have no choice but to continue operating. The entertainment business also continues to operate, and the demand can be greater in a crisis. This e-learning course will explore how service organizations maintain high reliability even in times of serious crisis and stability. We will share their secrets in a way that can be applied to all entertainment businesses in order to create high reliability and continued success.Effective Employee Dispute Resolution-Mediation Through Peer Review, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview In this course, you will learn about the peer review process, which includes a statement being filed, gathering evidence, creating the peer review panel, conducting the peer review hearing, and making a decision.How to Survive a Public Speaking Presentation, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$198.00Course Length: 12 Weeks Course Hours: 16 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Believe it or not but public speaking is one of the most important skills that entertainment business professionals will ever develop in your life. It allows for us to influence decisions, make connections, and motivate change. A great presenter has two notable qualities: appropriate skills and personal confidence. A presenter with these vital skills, a presenter can have overcome Glossoophobis or speech anxiety, which can have enormous impact on an individuals career path and level of success in the industry. the ability to progress in the working world and in life, itself, would be nearly impossible. Public speaking is one of the most important and most dreaded forms of communication. Glossophobia or speech anxiety, is the most common fear people have across the globe. Therefore, public speaking is a skill worth learning. This e-learning course will help you master the skills that will make you a better speaker. From there, you’ll develop the confidence that you need to become a great presenter.How Advanced Writing Skills Will Gain You Credibility at the Entertainment Table, Attorney Ricky Anderson
$99.00Course Length: 4 Weeks Course Hours: 8 ________________________________________________________________________ Course Overview Entertainment business professionals spend a lot of time to writing letters of recommendation, of persuasion, of refusal, or of action, that reflect current word usage and up-to-date formats. This course is designed for good writers. In this e-learning course, you will learn how to write specific kinds of documents, including letters, business cases, reports, and proposals. You will also review some fundamental writing rules, such as the four C's of writing and paragraph construction. Therefore, we recommend that you complete “Business Writing That Works” before beginning this course.