"Why We Do What We Do"

The “Best of the Web Speech” I chose to write about is “Tony Robbins asks why we do what we do”. I chose this speaker because Tony Robbins inspires millions of people around the world with his speeches. In the video Tony Robbins talked about what drives people to do what they do, what drives him to do what he does and understanding the human needs. For 30 years Tony has been obsessed with “what makes the difference in the quality of peoples lives?  What makes the difference in their performance? And how they contribute or do something beyond themselves?

Many people claim they cannot achieve their goals because they say they do not have the knowledge, money, technology, or the contacts to achieve their goal but Tony Robbins says you do not resources you need resourcefulness. Resourcefulness means if you do not have the money to reach your goals, but you are creative and determined enough you will find away to come up with the money for you goal. If you do not know anyone in the industry you are trying to work in, you will go to events, and use social media to network with people in that particular industry.

People need to focus on their decisions that shape their destiny; many decisions people make shapes their future and sometimes shape the future of our culture. Tony believes there are six human needs and they are certainty, uncertainty, critical significance, connection/love, growth, and giving. People can find ways to meet the first four need but until they grow and give they will not have full fulfillment of life

I really enjoyed listening to this speech because I want to fulfill all six needs; I want to be able to give back to my community and people in need around the world. When people learn that the world does not evolve around them, give back to others and show their human compassion toward other I believe the world will be a better place. I want to bring smiles to people faces, and bring them closer together through film and television and I hope I will be successful at it.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/tony_robbins_asks_why_we_do_what_we_do.html

Nicki Minaj's Concert Review

       In order for a company to put on a great event there are many things a company must do to make the event one people will never forget. Everything from planning the event to the execution of the event has to be perfect in order to ensure the consumers are satisfied and are having a great time at the event. Award shows, concerts, and movie premieres have to be perfect in order to attract celebrities, and fans. The event I will write about is a concert that was done by rap artist Nicki Minaj in New Orleans, La. on Wednesday, November 10, 2010.

       Nicki’s Minaj’s concert was very poorly planned, the stage setting was half done, the artist was late, the meet and greet was one hour late, and the performance was two hours late. Nicki Minaj thought she could come to the venue late because her team assumed the club would stay open later than 2am. The meet and greet was supposed to begin at 8pm and Nicki Minaj was supposed to go on stage at 10pm.  The promoters were mad and the crowd was getting restless. And Nicki Minaj was only able to perform a few songs before the show was to end. 

        Customer satisfaction is very important when giving an event because the consumers spend a lot of money to attend certain events. If the customer is not satisfied with the performance, music, or the lateness of the show the customers may want the their money back, start a commotion, or just walk out of the venue. Since performers make most of their money from concerts, it is important to give their customers/fans a great show and start on time, and the customers will always come back for more every time the artists returns to their city.  

Teams in the Entertainment Industry

     Teams are important in school, business, entertainment, and sports. Teams can help people learn from each other, network, meet new people, build friendships, and get the job done quicker together than alone. When great teams are put together great films have been made such as Titanic, Dreamgirls, Avatar, Precious, and the Toy Story collection.

    

      Teams are very important in the film and television industry because with out teams it will be hard to produce a great film or television show to the audience. The film and television industry is huge and one person cannot put together a blockbuster film or hit television show together. There are casting teams, writing teams, pre-production teams, post-production teams, editing teams, and all of these teams are important for putting together a successful film and television together.

       If I had to put a team together I would select people with similar work background to be on the same team, whether they are just beginning or experienced team members. The newest person can learn a lot from the experienced people in the industry.  Having producers, directors, and screenwriters, on the same can help the storyboarding for a movie come to life before the film hits the big screen. When different people collaborate on a project a lot of  different ideas come to the table and these ideas create blockbuster films.

       There are many ways for teams to communicate with each other due to the advances in technology. I would communicate with my team through telephone meetings, email, text messages, videoconferences, and in-person meetings. Each member will voice their opinions on the projects whether they agree with the team or not, it is important to get feedback from all team members and meet in the middle to resolve any issues that may occur. The team will meet several over the weeks to ensure the screenplay, editing, or whatever task is needed is done correctly, makes sense, and will be well received by the audience.

       Teams are an essential part of becoming successful because no one can do it alone. Every company, event, film, television was created by a team of people that had/has a vision, and they put their vision into action to create the great film and television industry today.