Basil's Biztalk posts

Online Video

So, Day 1 of BizJam had several presenters noting that online video is a must for businesses. The fact that there were so many video production company owners at BizJam (myself included) seemed like another indication that the need (and resources to fulfill them) exist. But, online video can cost money that many new business owners don't have.

That said, I've decided to put together a few online resources for business owners who want to create video themselves. Here are a few tutorials and articles that I found useful:

A couple of good articles that were written for journalists but have a broader appeal:

• http://www.ojr.org/ojr/wiki/video/

• http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050303mccombs/

Shooting The Video:

• http://lifehacker.com/software/digital-video/8-ways-to-shoot-video-like-a-pro-214043.php

Better Sound for Online Video:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hldfhy63cw

Video Editing 101:

• http://lifehacker.com/software/digital-video/alpha-geek-video-editing-101-220595.php

• http://www.videomaker.com/article/12654/

Well, it's not exhaustive, but it is a great start. Questions? Feel free to ask.

How does your business go green?

The company that I work with is run with 7 guiding principles. One of them is "sustainability." We talk about it like this:

sustainability: we work with an eye on the long-haul: for ourselves, for you and for the earth.

Some of the things we do to maintain this principle are:

• Have honest business relationships with our clients,
• Manage our life/business balance,
• Be environmentally conscious business owners.

For this discussion, I'm really interested in hearing about the ways that BizNik members make their businesses "green."

We do the following:

• Work from home (Although we've gone back and forth about the relevance of this. We know it saves us fuel, but it makes the life/business balance more difficult).
• Minimize waste through recycling, composting, and re-using (envelopes & note-paper mostly).
• Have phone or net-based meetings when we can.
• Monitor our power supply and turn things off when we can.

Even if you do similar things, what are the ways that you put your environmental consciousness into place with your business?

Hello Everyone!

I've recently learned about BizNik and am excited to join and network with others. I'm a producer at being MEdia productions, a video production and new media company in the Seattle area.