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“Content marketing is like a first date. If you only talk about yourself, there won’t be a second one.” – David Beebe. 

David R. Beebe – Featured Luxe Beat Magazine Contributor

My parents moved to Tampa, FL from the Northeast before I was born and I’ve never felt the need to live elsewhere (Caribbean Island fantasies aside). Living in a sub-tropical zone, we use ice to chill drinks rather than as a road coating to drive upon. I became fascinated with computer programming in high school and attended the University of South Florida’s budding computer science department in…

Lawsuit Takes On Devastating Old-growth Logging Project in Tongass National Forest

Suit Follows Scientist’s Warning That Alexander Archipelago Wolves Are Threatened

From Cascadia Wildlands

PRINCE OF WALES ISLAND, Alaska— Five conservation groups filed a lawsuit today to stop the U.S. Forest Service’s Big Thorne timber project on Prince of Wales Island in southeast Alaska. Big Thorne is by far the largest U.S. Forest Service logging project on the Tongass National Forest since…

Idea to Screen has officially announced that Kendall Rhodes, SVP, Digital Programming & Content Production at Relativity Media will speak at Idea to Screen's Creative Development Panel and VP Boyle and Celina Polanco of Relativity School will facilitate the afternoon workshop and pitch sessions.

Friends of Relativity can register for Idea to Screen and save 25 percent off registration by using this code: RelativitySchoolVIP

The Creative Development Panel includes creative development executives from major digital content distributors, production companies, agencies, and talent management companies. All speakers will share what kind of content they are looking to invest in, the stages of content development, how to work with them, what their pitch process is, and tips and tricks on what to do and more importantly what not to do when pitching ideas. The speakers are:

David Spiegelman, Creative Director, Digital and Manager of Development, Television at FishBowl Worldwide Media/Vin Di Bona Productions 

Jason Berger, Founder and CEO, Kids at Play 

Sandro Corsaro, Vice President, Creative & Content at Fandango/NBCUniversal 

Kendall Rhodes, Senior Vice President of Digital Content and Programming for Relativity Media 

Sarah Passe, Digital & Business Development, CAA

Relativity School is proud to participate in Idea to Screen, an interactive session designed for content creators, executives, producers, writers, actors, hosts and any others interested in learning all aspects of film production including development, financing, distribution and marketing. Idea to Screen will take place on Wednesday, November 13, 2013 at Ignited Spaces in Los Angeles.

Relativity fans and alumni are invited to sign up for the all-day event using discount code "RelativitySchoolVIP" for 25% off registration. Register at http://ideatoscreen.eventbrite.com/.

The event will include speakers from Hollywood Talent Agencies CAA, ICM and Innovative Artists, as well as a lunch discussion with Phil Rosenthal, creator and EP of Everyone Loves Raymond. Relativity School will help facilitate an interactive session during which participants will be divided up into different “production companies” and will be given real world “creative needs” from actual buyers. Each group will be given different creative parameters and guidelines needed to fully develop two different idea from scratch. During the workshop, they will create a one sheet and prep a real life pitch.

Throughout the workshop, the groups will be aided by guest producers who have worked with the actual buyers to help provide feedback and notes. Each group will pitch their ideas to a panel of actual buyers from production companies, distributors, brands, and financers. Each panelist will provide feedback and notes for each pitch from the pitch itself to the creative concepts. You’ll be provided with specific feedback to help form the pitch better and the panelists will have the opportunity to elect pitches for further discussion following the session.