Never quite had the courage to initiate those difficult conversations with your co-writer, director, editor or other colleagues in the business? Not sure how to start the conversation and get through it with grace?
This interactive workshop with Entertainment Career Coach/Talent Agent Consultant/NFMLA Workshop Facilitator Jim Arnoff will give you the insider’s take on what it takes to start that conversation, maintain the courage throughout and come out with a powerful result.
It’s all about confidence, trust, authenticity and knowing that tough talks are really about creating a stronger connection. This workshop will give you specific tools to frame the conversation, choose empowering words, listen in a more empathetic way and come away with a deeper respect for each other.
Jim Arnoff
Entertainment Career Coach
About Jim Arnoff:
Jim is a Certified Career/Business/Life Coach to the entertainment industry, small business owners, veterans in film and television, women in finance and NYU alumni. Jim is certified by the International Coach Federation and founded the Gay Coaches Collective/NYC. Jim Arnoff consults as a talent agent having represented television production companies in developing and selling original programming. As a consultant, he shapes pitches, strengthens sizzle reels and works with producers to launch their own production companies. He practices entertainment law in television, film and digital. Jim worked at the William Morris Agency as both an in-house lawyer and television packaging agent.
Jim graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, George Washington University School of Law and the Institute for Professional Excellence in Coaching. He leads workshops for Veterans in Media and Entertainment, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Alliance of Women Directors, Writers Guild of America/East and West, Writers Guild Foundation/Veterans Writing Project, New York Women in Film & Television, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, NYU Arts & Entertainment Alumni Network, The Entertainment Community Fund, Hollywood Radio & Television Society, Women in Film, Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, AFI, Greenlight Women, PANO and Film Independent. Jim is an adjunct faculty member of the School of Visual Arts (“Pitching Your Scripted Television Series to the Industry Experts”) featuring scripted showrunners and network development executives. He is a member of the New York State, New York City and LGBT Bar Associations. (Website: jimarnoff.com)
IMPORTANT DETAILS:
This panel will take place virtually over ZOOM. Ticket purchasers will receive a ZOOM link to this panel 2 hours before the published start time. If you don’t already have the ZOOM app, please make sure to download on your device before the panel start time.
If you purchase an All-Access Pass for our February Festival events prior to the date of this panel, you will also receive admission to this virtual panel, included as part of your pass.
If you are a current Annual Member of NFMLA, please email info@nfmla.org to receive a complimentary ticket to this panel. If you are not an Annual Member of NFMLA and would like to join, you can become a member here.
