You're Hearing Voices

This week, Dan chats with Mr. Remi Ogunpitan, the managing director of Nigeria's leading digital production company, IBST Limited. 

Remi tells his story of how working on video production projects while in the British armed forces peaked his interest in making a career out of video production and digital media, and how he started IBST from scratch.

IBST now boasts a wide range of clients such as Coca Cola, Airtel, ESPN, CNN, just to name a few.

Dan and Remi discuss the commercial process, the changes that Remi has observed in his 30-plus years in producing digital video content, and the unique demographics of Nigeria and the challenges of serving an ever-changing market.

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This week on "You're Hearing Voices," Dan speaks with Janie Vu, an instructional designer based in Calgary, Alberta.

Janie takes us through her progression from her academic background in Organizational Psychology and working in academia developing an online career development course for students to her current role as a freelance instructional designer.

Janie helps us understand how training courses are developed in a manner that learners gain actionable knowledge, and how clients  keep track of relevant data so that employees are getting the training that they need.

We also explore her experiences as a freelancer, how she finds clients, and an exciting new venture she's working on to help artisans sell their crafts online.

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This week on the podcast, I have the great honor of speaking with Lawrence Shum, the president of Núcleo de Criação, an audio production company in beautiful São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in all manner of business communication.

Lawrence got his start in radio, and turned his efforts to voice acting, and now spends his time expanding the reach of his company with the help of voice talents from all over the world. Join us for a sneak peak into the world of audio production for the corporate market, where the demand for all manner of English VO accents in the global market is growing daily.

PS - Lawrence is always looking for new talent! If you are an English native VO speaker with an interest in educational or corporate projects, here's how to get in touch with him: https://www.nucleodecriacao.com.br/en/contact-us/

This week, I speak with Yukiko Fujimura, a bi-lingual voice artist from Sendai, Japan. Yukiko has done VO work for prestigious brands such as Google, Microsoft, IBM, PRADA, Zurich, Amazon, among others.

Yukiko talks about her ten-plus years as a news anchor, and her transition into voice over. In addition to her VO work, she also coaches fellow voice actors in Japan on how to get work in the international market.

Yukiko shares with us 7 key tips on getting more VO work in the international market.

This week, Dan chats with Dorin Sovarosi, aka "Dorin the Videographer," from beautiful Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada.

We talk about his ten-plus years in the videography industry, how he got his start, how he finds his clients, evolving trends in the videography industry, and a client horror story that serves as a reminder to always cover your assets from a legal perspective.

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This week, Dan travels virtually to Australia to chat with Emily Walker and Steve Corney about e-Learning. 

Emily is the founder of Change Republic, Australia's very first marketplace for freelance learning, training and development professionals and providers.

Steve is the Chief Learning Strategist at Learn Awesome, an e-Learning consultancy shell that handles everything from storyboarding through to development and design.

Although Emily and Steve are technically competitors, they have worked together on many projects, and share a wealth of knowledge on how e-Learning projects get made, who uses them, and what the future holds for the industry.

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This week, Dan chats with Adam Tunikowski, the CEO of Juice, a full service visual effects and sound studio based in Warsaw, Poland.

Of course, visual effects must be seen to be fully appreciated, and Adam and his team create some really cool stuff, so check out their website:  http://juice.pl/

We talk about Adam's formative years in the video production/visual effects field in New York, the founding of Juice as a collaboration of talented and passionate visual effects professionals with diverse backgrounds and skills, and how the company evolved from taking on projects just for the fun of it to a profit-making enterprise with a global reach. 

Check out this peek into the fascinating world of visual effects!

This week, Dan chats with Aparna Desai, CEO of Ventura Learning Technologies, a Learning Technology Solutions company in Pune, India.

Aparna draws on her 15 years of e-Learning experience to help us understand some basics:

• • Who makes e-Learning, and who uses it?
  • The key phases of e-Learning development: Instructional Design, Graphic Design, course development, and then….voice over!   
  • The background and core mission of Ventura Technologies, from establishment in the Indian market and the company's evolution into 11 countries
  • Why shorter “micro modules” are the new trend in e-Learning
  • Why India is an untapped market for e-Learning voice over
  • The unique aspects of the Indian business culture

Join us for this scintillating episode of "You're Hearing Voices"!

This week, Dan chats with best-selling author and branding expert Sean Pillot de Chenecey about his excellent book, "The Post Truth Business: How to Rebuild Brand Authenticity in a Distrusting World."

We discuss the following topics:

-- How do businesses build and maintain "reputation capital"?

-- How brands can differentiate themselves in a highly commoditized, highly competitive marketplace;

-- How "adland" has evolved since the days of Don Draper, and what factors influence the decisions that we as consumers make regarding the brands we choose to associate with;

-- The worst, most tone deaf ad in the history of modern advertising;

-- Why it is essential for today's brands to be trustworthy, reliable, and competent;

and finally....

-- Will Artificial Intelligence and voice synth technology put voice actors out of work? Sean has some interesting (and perhaps reassuring) thoughts on this topic!

How much do you know about e-Learning?  If you're like me, maybe you've done some e-Learning VO work, and would like to do more, but some basic, foundational knowledge of the e-Learning industry would serve you well.

In this week's episode of "You're Hearing Voices," Dan chats with Mr. Mike Blum, e-Learning Specialist and Program Manager at the College of William and Mary in beautiful colonial Williamsburg, Virginia.

We talk about the basics - what is e-Learning?  Who uses it?  How is it made?  Where is it most widely used?  What does the future hold?

Tune into this week's episode of "You're Hearing Voices!"