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And now, your hosts, Paul Stefano and Sean Daeley.
Okay, we’re now back live at VOcation 2019, and we just finished the presentation by Maria Pendolino on negotiation tactics. Was it actually called Negotiation Ninja?
No, Negotiation for Voice Actors. I said that I’m a negotiation ninja. I have not trademarked that yet.
Well, you should get on that right away. You talked to Rob. He was in the audience, wasn’t he?
Yeah. So I really enjoyed the session. What were your takeaways from it?
I took away that I think there were a lot of times that I heard people in the audience kind of saying like, ooh, or ah, like it was something that they hadn’t thought about. So, you know, if I can help people think about things that they hadn’t thought about before or something that they didn’t know about or they didn’t know that that was a question that they should have asked, I’m really glad to, you know, bring that ounce of enlightenment to someone as they’re building their business. But also I think it benefits all of us.
Like I really truly believe that the more that we all work together and share this kind of information, like it truly does benefit the entire industry.
And I like the way you said, even if you’re a stone cold beginner, and we saw at the end where they’re giving out some door prizes, that somebody just started on Friday, their first job. It really makes sense to get with this from the get go, right?
Yes, if you think about it as a business person and think of your voice over career as a business from day one, you can make decisions today in your first day as a voice over actor that help protect the interests of the voice actor business that you want to run, the voice actor that you want to be. So if you’re thinking smart today, even if you’re not booking yet or you’re auditioning or whatever, you can be protecting the interests of your career of where it would be at 3 years, 5 years, 10 years, 20 years, and make decisions today that will give you the longevity that you need.
That’s really what it’s all about, because you really don’t know at this point what you don’t know. I know I’ve been burned because I didn’t have this kind of information when I first started. There wasn’t a VOcation 2014, and I’ve been burned, and I wish I’d known the information you put out today.
There weren’t online rate guides in 2014, so if you didn’t know or trust someone that you could ask to bounce an idea off of, or three people, you know, if you didn’t have your own voice over actor focus group, there weren’t resources out there. Now, there are resources. We’re talking about it at conferences.
I think as a voice actor today, if you’re educating yourself, there’s no excuse to not take the time to educate yourself with the resources that are out there so that you can be making good decisions.
Well, I really enjoyed your session. We really appreciate you donating your time, and thanks for being here.
Absolutely, thanks for having me.
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