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Shawn Lam featured in video marketing book

December 7, 2009

For the second time in only a few months, I’ve been interviewed for a video production book.  The last time it was for Refocus: Cutting Edge Strategies to Evolve Your Video Business by Ron and Tasra Dawson, and this time is it for
50 Interviews: Video Marketers- How America’s Most Skilled, Most Inspired Online Video Advertising [...]

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BCPVA year end speech

December 1, 2009

After 5 years as the President of the BC Professional Videographers Association, I’ve decided that it is time for me to step-aside and allow a new leader to lead this group of professional videographers.  My wife and I are also have a baby in January so the timing was good too.  Below is my closing [...]

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Crowdsourcing Experiment – Select a new logo for Shawn Lam Video

October 26, 2009

Crowdsourcing is a relatively new term.  It is what happens when you replace a role normally filled by an individual with many contributors, or a crowd.  The idea behind crowdsourcing is that the wisdom of the crowd will always exceeds that of an individual.
One of the best known examples of crowdsourcing in action is wikipedia [...]

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What WEVA needs to fix for Expo 2010! Part 2

September 24, 2009

I received a lot of great feedback on my Part one of the my list of things WEVA needs to fix for Expo 2010 – thanks everyone for sharing your insights.
I did get a few comments from presenters who had A/V issues during their presentations wondering if it would make my list – it won’t.  [...]

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What WEVA needs to fix for Expo 2010! Part 1

September 22, 2009

With a flood of photos, forum discussions, and Facebook friend requests floating around since the close of the 2009 WEVA Expo, I felt the timing was right to release my list of things WEVA needs to fix before the 2010 Expo.  Now let me preface this all by saying that the purpose of this list [...]

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WEVA Expo 2009

September 19, 2009

For the 6th year in a row I attended the annual WEVA Expo, the event video production industry’s largest and longest running convention and trade show.
As you can see by all of my colourful ribbons, I was pretty busy with several responsibilities:
Red: Speaker
Green: MPV Accreditation
Navy: Local Association President
White: Press
Red: Panelist
Orange Sticker: [...]

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Shawn Lam featured in REFOCUS book

August 21, 2009

A few months ago I was approached by video production colleagues and friends, Ron and Tasra Dawson of Dare Dreamer Media, to contribute to a book they were writing for Peachpit Press. The book is titled REFOCUS: Cutting-Edge Strategies to Evolve Your Video Business. I was pretty busy at the time as [...]

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Vancouver Video Producer to Speak at Orlando Conference

July 30, 2009

It’s official – My latest proposal to speak at the 2009 WEVA EXPO has been accepted. WEVA is the event video industry’s largest and most successful trade association and Expo is their annual conference and trade show. The 2009 Expo will be my 6th as an attendee and 4th as a presenter!
How [...]

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The videographer is keeping busy!

July 8, 2009

I consider May and June my dance recital season as this year it has been especially busy. Although my dance numbers grew, thanks to a new system I implemented with Spiral Dance Co that saw me ship 1,588 DVDs to them this week (and hitting my self-imposed 3 week deadline), my unusual busyness has [...]

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The economy, news media, and video production

May 6, 2009

As a member of the press and contributing editor for EventDV Magazine, I have been following the effects of the US recession and the subsequent fall-out on print media. Newspapers appear to be taking the largest hit, with many outlets closing or switching to online only. Magazines have not escaped unscathed and Time [...]

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