"The Power of Internal Communication: Fostering Collaboration and Engagement"
"The Power of Internal Communication: Fostering Collaboration and Engagement"
Internal communication is the backbone of organizational success, fostering collaboration, transparency, and engagement among team members. Consistency and clarity ensure everyone stays on the same page, while feedback empowers employees to contribute and grow. Inclusivity and alignment with organizational goals create a sense of belonging and purpose. Information-sharing enables informed decision-making, driving innovation and progress. Ultimately, strong internal communication cultivates a positive workplace culture built on trust and teamwork, driving the organization towards its goals.
"Beyond the Shot: Unlocking the Power of Video Communication"
"Beyond the Shot: Unlocking the Power of Video Communication"
I learned early that video production often focuses on capturing the perfect shot. However, through years of experience, I’ve realized that the true importance lies in delivering a compelling message to the intended audience. Video production exceeds visuals; it’s a powerful form of communication aimed at engaging, entertaining, and informing viewers.
I understand the transformative potential of video communication. My approach goes beyond simply creating videos – I craft targeted messages designed to engage with either your internal employees, external customers, or a specific message. Whether you aim to train your staff, showcase a new product, or connect with your audience online, we collaborate closely with you and your team to bring your vision to life.
Understand our commitment doesn’t end with delivering the final product. We believe in fostering an open dialogue with our clients and encouraging ongoing communication and collaboration. Your feedback, questions, and ideas are priceless and serve as motivations for problem-solving, knowledge-sharing, and innovation.
I would like to explore the possibilities of video communication and how it can elevate your business. Reach out and start a conversation. Together, we can solve challenges, address questions, and spark new ideas.
The DMVFood Experiment....Interviewing area eateries!!
When I first started making film, and it hasn’t been that long. Side story prior to doing this I worked for UPS for a very very long time….I left to chase a dream to make a film (which I have made five award-winning ones to date that can be seen on Hulu, Amazon, and HBO)……
Anywho, I loved CNN’s “parts unknown,” and I wanted to try and produce my own little version. These five interviews were my first “try” at telling stories through video, I think.. I did most of these around 2011 / 2012, but the experience and things I learned producing these helped me in my business as it showed me how to produce, meet people, and tell stores.
I still had a lot to learn, but the stories were good, and fun……….take a look at the videos all are not longer then five minutes and hopefully, you will have time to taste some of the food from the ones that are still around even if only by delivery.
DMV Food ....Recipes
The Idea….
With the current pandemic going on and the video production industry in freefalll, this has given me tons of time to go through old videos and see what I was doing years ago. Actually, I’m going to post these videos over the next few days, and they are ones I had lost, and just like going through old albums, it’s a cross of disbelief, “I’m never showing this to anyone” and “Oh yeah remember that.”
So hopefully, you enjoy some of the stuff, as I think it will be at least entertaining.
MJ
A few years ago…..well actually I still am a foodie……but…. a few years ago I wanted to do a food channel which consisted of interviewing restaurants, talking about their food and them and of course recipes…..on this post I show some of the recipes I liked cooking personally.
Try them
Walking Down Memory Lane, First Post
With the current pandemic going on and the video production industry in freefalll, this has given me tons of time to go through old videos and see what I was doing years ago. Actually, I’m going to post these videos over the next few days, and they are ones I had lost, and just like going through old albums, it’s a cross of disbelief, “I’m never showing this to anyone” and “Oh yeah remember that.”
So hopefully, you enjoy some of the stuff, as I think it will be at least entertaining.
MJ
So here is my first video, it’s actually my first reel. IF you don’t know what a reel is, it is supposed to be the combination of your best work that you show to prospective clients in order to get work. I watched this thing a thousand times when I made it as I couldn’t believe I even had one….
It’s funny as there are so many first in this video…the check thing was my first job with TJ Max and Homestore it was surreal as I was still working a day job at the time, and I had to take a lunch break to film the grand opening in Georgetown. It was such a big deal that my parents came out to see me work (hahaha)….Oooohhhhh the dodge challenger commercial!! That was my first car commercial actually I had a friend you told their manager I do video as they were looking for a local production shot for their website…it was so guerilla-style as at the time I only had a camera and a mic, in the end, that’s all you need but showing up to a set with just you, a book bag, and a mic…and your client asking where are your lights…was definitely a learning experience……
How to Advertise your Event, Service or Product with Video
You don’t know how often I receive a phone or email inquiry requesting an advertising video. Well, more specifically, a video to highlight an upcoming event. The first thing I’m told is that they want a three to a five-minute video highlighting the event with the goal of having people come to the event. Their thought process is; they will post the video on youtube, Facebook, or their website, pay for advertising or not, and people will watch the full video and immediately come to their event.
My first question to you is, when was the last time you watched a full three to five minute video of an event, activity, or conference that you had no idea about and/or just popped up in your feed on your phone.
If you’re like most people, the chances of you watching that video is very slim.
Now, with that same thought process, how often would you watch a fifteen to thirty-second video that caught your attention and you no previous knowledge of it? If you’re like most people, you watch just enough of that commercial to understand what it is, what they are offering, and do you want to know more.
When you do any advertising, you want to get the most bang for your buck and drive traffic.
How do you do it?
Produce a short-form video clip with the idea of driving traffic to your website, landing page, or IG page where you have the longer video. With that strategy, you do two things: 1. You will have more engagement with your short-form video because, as I said above, more people will watch it, and in turn, more people will see what you have to offer. 2. That increased number of eyes on your promotion will turn into an increased number of people going to your longer video, which will turn into more engagement with your offering and more sales.
The one thing I like to tell people is that to increase your sales you have to have more eyes on the item you are promoting. You can have the best product, be announcing the best ideas, be doing the most fantastic work, but if no one sees it, then no one can comment, purchase, or engage with it.
The Elaine Massacre Documentary
September 1919, Elaine Arkansas, five whites and an estimated 200 blacks were killed in the deadliest racial confrontation in Arkansas history and possibly the bloodiest ethnic conflict, post-civil war, in the history of the United States.
In the early 1900s, blacks were chasing their part of the American Dream. As US citizens, they were promised the opportunity of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. With the Northern migration, blacks were searching for a way to obtain these rights that seemingly were god-given, society promised by our constitution, but in actuality impossible to achieve.
In Elaine Arkansas Blacks were Sharecroppers, Sharecroppers were a tenant farmer who gives a part of each crop as rent; with the hopes of one day owning the land they worked. During the planting season of 1919, the price of crops were some of the highest it had been in a generation. The black sharecroppers were aware of the unfair practices of the white landowners; this year, they would ensure that their voices would be heard, and they would receive a fair dollar settlement for the corps they provided through unionization. When the local white landowners heard about the organization and formation of the Union by their sharecroppers, they wanted to ensure that even though this organization for fairness began, it would not continue….
INTERVIEWEES FOR THE FILM
David Krugler
Author of “1919, The Year of Racial Violence” & Professor of History at University of Wisconsin,
Shelia Walker
The descendant of Albert Giles
Robert Whitaker
Author of “On the Laps of Gods” and Journalist
LTC Malcholm Reese U.S. Army (Ret.)
Historian & Resident of Helena
Chester Johnson
Historian & Descendant
Patrick Garland
Historian & Scholar
Kyle Monroe
Resident of Elaine
Pictures from the Film
