Another great coaching moment...this motivational video clip highlights an inspiring coach who understands how to empower a team, through one player - even in the face of pessimism, doubt and a naysaying.
From the coach, "I want everything you've got...don't quit...you keep going...you're doing good...I know it hurts...keep going, you promised me your best!"
After Brock achieves the goal, the coach says to him, "You are the most influencial player on this team. If you walk around defeated, so will they. Don't tell me you can't give me more than what I've been seeing...God's gifted you with the ability of leadership; don't waste it. Can I count on you?"
This is motivation. It's the same on the sales field as on the football field.
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What we all want in life is a shot; what we do with it is the story we all want to tell. This inspirational video is a story that brings incredible emotion into play, a story of triumph which amounts to more than a shot.
Diagnosed with autism at the age of two, Jason McElwain, or J-Mac as his friends call him, is now considered highly functional, "normal like everybody else."
He was always at practice, but he did more than just set up the clock, get water and be enthusiastic! In his last 3 years, he missed only one game, but only had one chance at play with the Varsity team.
In the final home game of the season, with only 4:19 left as Greece Athena competed against Spencerport, Jason's coach put him in the game. Jason scored 20 points, but it wasn't about the points...it was about his dream, and what he accomplished in the lives of other students and his team. J-Mac's story was purchased by Columbia Pictures to be made into a major motion picture. J-Mac has also written a book, "The Game of My Life: A True Story of Challenge, Triumph and Growing Up Autistic"
Jim Johnson J-Mac's coach, recalls, "It was the most incredible moment I'd ever had in coaching...I was so touched. His dream came true...that I could help that was awesome!"
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The best sales people are leaders in an organization. And whether they’re leaders of themselves, teams of 5 or teams of 100, they are responsible for building high performance results. Roy Saunderson of Incentive Magazine interviews ING Direct Canada CEO Peter Aceto who comments, “I do absolutely believe that companies with the most engaged employees are the companies that perform over the long run.”
Aceto says that recognition is one of the easiest things to do. He adds that hand written appreciation letters, emails acknowledging a job well done, and one-on-one time together are part of engaging the organization. “People want to feel, for all the effort that they gave you, that you notice it and appreciate it.”
An Awards Dinner is a great place to recognize and engage your sales team…everyone is excited, and they deserve to be! In the time surrounding the event, it’s a place to find out what drives career aspirations, as well as learn about the family of your best performers.
Motivational videos like “Simply the Best” are customizable with profiles of the best districts. These videoclips not only kick off an Awards Event, they're also an integral part of what makes the recognition event so engaging!
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Ginger Stephens is no ordinary, award winning Producer! In a recent Podcast interview, Ginger reveals the value of what she terms professional 'quarterbacking' of a media production.
How do you measure the power of an inspirational clip on an audience? Can it visibly change the attitude of attendees? Is media influencial enough to help people clearly see a concept that they've never understood before?
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In addition to documentaries, Ginger produces motivational videos; perfect for kick starting a large meeting or simply bringing people back from break. They're customizable, which means that they can be adapted for any organization with custom phrases and an organization logo.
Click below to view three of her recent motivational videos:
The Right Stuff: an energizing motivational video that lifts the energy of everyone attending!
Bridging Partnerships kicks off with 3D animation connecting to key partner islands, followed with layered iconic bridges blended with trusted advisors. This meeting opener was designed for San Francisco, the city with many bridges!
Reaching for New Heights chronicles several teams that have risked everything to explore and summit Mt. Everest, celebrating sweet victory!
And the best part of all ...Ginger clears all music and image licenses (the footage is not stolen); no second guessing about copyrights! Congratulations on great quarterbacking, Ginger!
This American Airlines motivational video clip, "Thank you", in support of those who serve not only contains a powerful emotional component, it also contains an effective call to action for the website, where guests 
can participate in supporting our US troops, as well as find ways to get involved in Haiti relief, American’s Miles For Kids In Need®, and several other initiatives.
Motivational videos provide the authority to help people take action that they wouldn't take otherwise. And when integrated into a larger campaign like a corporate team building exercise, a televised broadcast or viral video, it builds brand awareness along with getting people involved in a worthy cause.
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This motivational movie clip tells an absolutely wonderful, cohesive story of innovation one event at a time. Director Rupert Sanders (along with ad agency TBWA Chiat Day, NY) is thinking out-of-the-box.
Short, innovative video clips like these can set an exciting tone for your team meeting; at the same time they can make a statement about the values of your organization, challenging your people to take action. Imagine how a social responsibility campaign integrated into your meeting might stir emotions and document the activity at the same time.
Interested in the behind the scenes of how this motivational video clip was created? See six stories. Do you want to design something similar for your meeting? Find the perfect motivational video clip.
It's the opening day of your big meeting. The members of your sales team have arrived at the hotel, checked into their rooms, identified themselves with a lanyard tag and assembled for the opening session. The lights dim. Success hinges on what happens next...
The opening moments of a corporate or organization meeting can make or break the event. You can engage your audience during those moments, providing attendees an energizing experience that sends their emotions rocketing and sweet victory is accomplished - everyone on your leadership team becomes a hero.
How do you put a "kick" into your meeting kickoff? Certainly, all the rules of corporate entertainment apply, like a captivating original theme graphic, creative staging and lighting and a well-written, entertaining program integrating PowerPoint and (depending on your budget), interactive games and live entertainment (actors, dancers, singers, stunt teams, musicians and mentalists).
But there's another trick you can pull out of your hat - one that will lend "Hollywood movie magic" to your event: motivational video clips that are licensed and ready to go, specifically designed for corporate and organization meetings.
These presentations promote a variety of themes, including teamwork, patriotism, embracing change and launching new innovation. If you already have a meeting theme in mind, chances are one or more motivational clips will match it. If you don't have a theme, you can develop one around a video clip. In essence, the motivational video clip becomes the Velcro that connects all the elements of your meeting together.
In addition, motivational video clips 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 inventive 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.
Clients who've introduced motivational video clips love how it sets the tone for the meeting, increases the value for the attendees, and makes your message memorable long after the event.
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We've all been to a wonderful movie and experienced powerful music sound beds underneath the film which swayed our emotions and provided a heightened sense of excitement, or perhaps fear, or a compassionate sense of empathy.
How important is a sound bed on a film clip for a corporate event?
A movie, or motivational film clip, is individually made up of words, imagery and music, but when creatively mixed together, it's powerful and exciting!
Pauline Reay in her helpful book "Music in Film: Soundtracks and Synergy", cites Aaron Copeland (Fanfare for the Common Man, among other famous compositions) who in 1949 offered a useful summary of five functions of film music (and by way of association, five functions of sound beds for film clips):
- it conveys convincing atmosphere of time and place
- it underlines the unspoken feelings or psychological states of the characters
- it serves as a kind of neutral background filler to the action
- it gives a sense of continuity to the editing
- it accentuates the theatrical build up of a scene and rounds it off with a feeling of finality.
The most common request I receive for musical sound beds resonate with some variation of this statement, "Let's use music that will pump them up", or "set the tone" or "get the audience excited".
There are so many wonderful genre's of "pumped up" music: pop, classical, jazz, country, rock, jock-jam, etc. In fact, when you look up the term music genre's in Wikipedia, you'll find over 1,000 genre's.
Music used as a sound bed is very personal, even for an audience of 2,000. Music is often associated with an experience we've had in our past. For instance, when we hear the organ playing progressions of cords to get the audience clapping, we think of a game at the baseball stadium, and it can bring back wonderfully happy sensations. When we hear Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" from the 70's, it brings back memories associated with that time. The same happens when we hear a film soundtrack like the "Titanic".
So, when working side by side with a client to provide definition to the type of music they have in their minds-eye, I ask for a song that has the same rhythm, a similar melody and harmony as they desire for their corporate event. (My Grandfather, a church musician trainer, always reminded me that music is defined by three key elements: melody, harmony and rhythm).
Selecting a song that resonates with the audience is wonderfully helpful because it allows me as the creative director to do one of three things: compose a soundalike sound bed, license a sound-alike (using a synchronization license) through a library like APM, or contact the composer and record company of an exisiting popular song (i.e. Van Halen's Right Now).
To demonstrate how diverse the music selection can be for a phrase like "music that will pump them up", sample the four 'pumped' songs below (wait 5 seconds for the song to load, then click on the white arrow in the small black circle to play). See which of these songs provides the emotion you would enjoy at your corporate event!
1) Race for the Prize (piano/instrumental)
2) Victories (dramatic/orchestral)
3) Skate Park (pop/rock/edge)
4) Themes & Trailers 3 (electronica, jazz)
So how exactly, do I go about selecting music that is the perfect fit for the video clips? It's the million dollar question. It's a really subjective, intuitive -- and yet critically important -- process. Even as I write this, I am listening to music to get my juices flowing...to help me explain the emotional quotient behind how powerful the sound bed supports film clips.
In a creative session, after narrowing hundreds of choices down to the top three or four, I present the short list to my client so they have the final say-so.
The exciting thing is that generally clients select the same 'favored' fit that I have pre-selected (without telling my favorite).
Tell me about your favorite sound beds for films, and what they have emotionally brought about in you: specifically, how do they make you feel? How do you respond? I'd love to hear from you!
The Human Element is a wonderful, short 1 - 1/2 minute reminder that the most important ingredient in each organization is exactly that...for each of us, there is a moment of discovery. We see it more clearly when potassium bonds with potential, when hydrogen and oxygen form desire. The Human Element is the element of change that gives us our footing and touches lives, which impacts our future. 
This is one of those timeless motivational videos. To license this inspirational video or something similar, contact us about our personal shopping service.
Kicking off a meeting with a powerful story like this one about DJ Gregory can do wonders in engaging a sales team. The emotion of this short 12-minute motivational video is powerful and can inspire individuals in the audience to give their absolute best to achieve their own goals!
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