Posted on Thu, Aug 17, 2006
27TH ANNUAL TELLY AWARDS WINNERS ANNOUNCED
OPENING MOMENTS MEDIA RECEIVES DOUBLE HONORS
Phoenix, AZ, Aug 17, 2006 Opening Moments Media, LLC was honored twice this year at the 27th Annual Telly Awards, receiving a Bronze Telly for the video "Abraham" (client: Pat Sullivan) and another Bronze Telly for the presentation "Jazz Up Your Results" (client: IMS Health). With a record 13,379 entries from all 50 states and around the world, this year's competition has been the most competitive and successful in the long history of the Telly Awards.
David Haneke, Creative Director at Opening Moments said, "We've always invested energy on the front end of a project to determine the purpose, impact and message of a presentation, then we hand-select the production team that best matches the requirements of that project. The Telly Award demonstrates the standard of excellence of the Opening Moments production team from both the creative and professional angle, and it opens more opportunities to produce inspiration for our corporate clients."
Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards is the premier award honoring outstanding local, regional, and cable TV commercials and programs, as well as the finest video and film productions. Winners represent the best work of the most respected advertising agencies, production companies, television stations, cable operators, and corporate video departments in the world.
About Opening Moments Media, LLC
For over a decade, Opening Moments Media, LLC has produced motivational experiences for America's largest organizations through creative design of media, collateral materials, entertainers and inspirational media for international audiences in multiple languages, in various formats including big screen, digital PDA and broadcast distribution. Opening Moments original creative media increases content retention, improves sales team performance and enhances client partnerships. Additional information and streaming examples available on the website.
Website: http://www.openingmoments.com
About "Abraham" and Pat Sullivan
The production of "Abraham: Walk By Faith" involved 16 actors, live animals, a Bedouin tent, costumes and makeup. The video was developed for a large faith-based corporate audience, highlighting events in the life of the Biblical Abraham in memorable vignettes, demonstrating how his faith led him without fully understanding the outcome years later. Ginger Stephens, Producer, said, "Our client wanted a high-end production and he knew the impact these production elements would have on his messaging. Pat also knew it would take an experienced production company to get him the results that he was looking for."
Pat Sullivan is widely recognized as a pioneer and visionary in the high-tech industry who created ACT! ®-the best-selling contact manager-used by millions of business professionals around the world. Sullivan was named as one of the "80 Most Influential People in Sales and Marketing History" along with Henry Ford, Walt Disney, Jack Welch, Donald Trump, and Bill Gates. He was also honored with the prestigious Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award not once, but twice-first for creating and marketing ACT!® and again for SalesLogix®, the leading mid-market customer relationship manager. In 2005, Pat Sullivan launched Jigsaw Health and published the book "Wellness Piece by Piece: How a Successful Entrepreneur Discovered the Pieces to His Chronic Health Puzzle".
Website: http://www.jigsawhealth.org/
About "Jazz Up Your Results" and IMS Health
The motivational opener "Jazz Up Your Results" produced by Opening Moments Media, LLC for IMS Health was designed for a large annual client meeting in New Orleans, combining IMS service distinctives with jazz overtones. The "Jazz Up Your Results" soundtrack blends a smooth saxophone into an emotive, rhythmical guitar riff, combining contemporary jazz performers and animated sequences to demonstrate IMS' unique blend of experience and expertise; the effect was an upbeat, lively meeting opener that set the tone and heightened expectations for the client conference.
Operating in more than 100 countries, IMS Health is the world's leading provider of market intelligence to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries. With $1.8 billion in 2005 revenue and more than 50 years of industry experience, IMS offers leading-edge business intelligence products and services that are integral to clients' day-to-day operations, including portfolio optimization capabilities; launch and brand management solutions; sales force effectiveness innovations; managed care and over-the-counter offerings; and consulting and services solutions that improve ROI and the delivery of quality healthcare worldwide.
Website: http://www.imshealth.com
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For Immediate Release
Date: May 12, 2003
Contact: David Haneke
Phone: (602) 640-1444
E-mail: dhaneke@openingmoments.com
Motivational video clips featuring Navy Blue Angels take meeting openings to new heights
Phoenix, Ariz. - When the members of the Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration team throttle up and launch themselves skyward, the emotions of their audience also take flight. Now, thanks to an innovative video series entitled A Matter of Honor, the "Navy Blues" can infuse the opening moments of corporate meetings with that same pulse pounding, highflying energy.
A Matter of Honor is the brainchild of David Haneke, President and Owner of Opening Moments Media, in Phoenix. Haneke had long been inspired by the achievements of the elite Navy fliers and felt the same qualities and attitudes driving the team's relentless pursuit of perfection also applied to success in the corporate world. After six months of negotiations with the Blue Angels he landed an exclusive three-year licensing agreement. "To get approved and licensed by the team was a lengthy and difficult process," says Haneke. "But I had a dream to bring the Blues to corporate America, as well as to the parents of students in high school and college. The team loved the idea, seeing it as a way to showcase the time-honored ideals that make the Navy and Marines great and to demonstrate some of the exciting opportunities that serving in the Navy offers."
The proprietary series offers corporations and organizations an inexpensive alternative to the licensing headaches associated with producing custom videos. Plus, clients can rent one or all of the segments for a fraction of the cost, in money and time, of producing a video from scratch.
A Matter of Honor allows clients to identify with highly recognizable and inspirational international icons - the Navy Blue Angels. Says Haneke, "Everyone can take pride in the presentations and feel good about the Blues being represented at their company meeting. The messages and emotions conveyed by this team can spell success for any organization that embraces them."
"A Matter of Honor" can be previewed on the Opening Moments Web site.
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David Haneke is Owner and President of Phoenix-based Opening Moments Media (www.openingmoments.com). Opening Moments Media specializes in preproduced, motivational video clips for large business and sales meetings. The company also produces meetings for corporations and organizations.
Posted on Wed, Mar 12, 2003
By David Haneke
It's the opening day of your big meeting. The members of your sales team have arrived at the hotel, checked into their rooms, clipped on their nametags and assembled for the opening session. The lights dim. The moment of truth arrives. Success hinges on what happens next...
The opening moments of a corporate or organization meeting can make or break the event. Challenge, engage and enthrall your audience during those moments, give attendees a cathartic experience that sends their emotions rocketing and victory is yours - everyone on your leadership team becomes a hero.
How do you put a "kick" into your meeting kickoff? Certainly, all the rules of business theatre apply, like a captivating original theme and logo, creative staging and lighting and a well-written, entertaining program integrating (depending on your budget) PowerPoint and live entertainment (actors, dancers, singers, stunt teams, musicians and magicians).
But there's another trick you can pull out of your hat - one that will lend "Hollywood movie magic" to your event: Preproduced motivational video clips.
Now, don't confuse motivational video presentations with the multi-image slide shows that dominated the meeting arena for nearly two decades. They have as much in common as PlayStation®2 and Pong. Today's preproduced video openers deliver sensory experiences far and above those of their slide show predecessors. And they provide pulse-pounding entertainment value and audience involvement for a fraction of what it costs to create a video from scratch.
For example, Opening Moments Media offers nineteen different presentations, ranging in length from one-and-a-half to five minutes. They are specifically designed for corporate and organization meetings and promote a variety of themes, including teamwork, patriotism, American spirit, challenging boundaries and embracing change. If you already have a meeting theme in mind, chances are one or more of these motivational clips will match it. If you don't have a theme, you can develop one around an already produced video. In essence, the video becomes the Velcro that connects all the elements of your meeting together.
In addition, motivational videos are communication tools. They're designed, like your meeting, with a particular goal in mind - to get your audience to react: to say, feel, do AND even think the way you want them to think. Original music scores and dynamic images appeal to your audience's emotions, sending the excitement and expectation in the room sky high - ensuring an enthusiastic reception for the presenter who follows the video. Preproduced clips are perfect for annual meetings, sales events, recognizing achievers, promoting teamwork, announcing re-organizations and even signaling coffee breaks.
Preproduced video presentations can even put well-known proprietary brands to work for you. Opening Moments Media pioneered this concept, having just produced an exclusive new series, A Matter of Honor, featuring the U.S. Navy's famed Blue Angels. Each segment in the five-part series speaks to a corporate theme, with titles like Recognizing Leadership, Collaboration, and Vision: Anticipating the Unknown. Each segment of the series, like all the programs in our catalogue, can be rented "as is." Or, for a small customization fee, the clips can integrate your company brand and services. This means inserting your company logo and video of your organization's products and services. In short, you get a customized video for about a quarter of the price you'd pay to produce the program yourself. In the case of A Matter of Honor, your meeting can feature highly recognizable icons - the Blue Angels - without putting you through the time and hassle of licensing them on your own.
Clients who've tried our motivational video clips love the quality, cost-effectiveness, value and impact of the productions. They appreciate obtaining a video they couldn't create on their own, a video featuring recognizable icons, for a minimal investment and with quick turnaround (usually less than ten days).
So, to create a successful meeting experience for the entire company, incorporate video clips into those important opening moments. Their power and impact will be felt and remembered long after the meeting ends.
David Haneke is Owner and President of Phoenix-based Opening Moments Media (www.openingmoments.com). Opening Moments Media specializes in preproduced, motivational video clips for large business and sales meetings. The company also produces meetings for corporations and organizations.
