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And now, your hosts, Paul Stefano and Sean Daeley.
All right, so I’m here back live at VOcation 2019 with Courtney Cole. Is this your first VOcation conference?
It is my first VO conference of any kind, yes.
I was kidding, actually, because you know it’s the inaugural…
You got me! You got me!
But this is your first conference of any kind?
Yes.
Okay, so this is a good question to ask them. What do you hope to get out of a conference like this?
Contacts, networking. I’ve already gotten an amazing amount of questions. The panels have prompted so many questions, so that alone, I have so much to follow up on.
What was the biggest aha moment so far?
I think it’s about just how you be smarter about using your time. Using your time in ways that other people can do is not going to be cost-effective for you. That’s what I think.
I’m trying to think. I’ve had several aha moments, but…
I agree with you, by the way. When I started outsourcing my editing, it was like the skies opened up. It was a burden that was instantly lifted off my shoulders, making it so much easier to focus on what you do well, which is talking to a microphone.
Exactly. And everybody has things that they like to do, but even if you like to do it, it doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best thing for your business, for you to spend your time that way.
I like editing, actually. And it’s too time-consuming, really, to do it most of the time, and that’s the reason I outsource it now.
Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. Oh, another aha moment.
Until they asked the question up on the stage, is your demo on your website downloadable? I can’t believe it never occurred to me. Nobody’s ever asked me for this, and I still don’t know.
I have to go figure that out, but I’m guessing it probably isn’t. It’s on SoundCloud.
If not, there’s plenty of people that can help, like our upcoming presenters, Joe Davis, Brad Newman. They can help you out with that sort of thing.
Yeah, it’s on SoundCloud. It’s a link to SoundCloud. Okay, then it probably is.
Oh, you think it is?
Most likely.
Interesting.
So what are you most looking forward to and the time remaining?
The breakout panels. The breakout panels are just beginning, and to be able to get into more detail on topics, I can’t wait. Marketing, marketing, marketing.
I feel like that’s what I need most, but all of them. And I really appreciate, just while we’re on the topic, people like yourself who are actually mingling around and being here during the meals or break out, break times. Because it’s really nice to be able to actually ask the questions face to face.
Because it comes up in the conversation.
Well, you’ll find almost without fail that the VO community is the most welcoming and helpful of any industry, and it just shows again here at the conference.
Yeah, I love, love that everybody has been so free with their knowledge and helpful. But I always feel like it’s in part because we’re not competing with each other. No two voices are the same.
So even if you were a female with a similar voice profile to mine, our read of the script is going to be different, and our intonation is going to be different. So, I mean, maybe that’s in part why, but we’re all in it together, really.
Well, enjoy the rest of the conference, and we’ll talk to you again soon. Thank you very much.
Thank you. Pleasure.
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