Speaking

A veteran of numerous conferences, our principal analyst, Jim Stroud, is available to speak at your event.  Mr. Stroud has spoken at over 20 conferences including CES, NAB, SBCA, and Digital Hollywood in numerous capacities such as a foundation speaker, a moderator and as a panelist. Mr. Stroud has also been a featured analyst on such television and radio programs and channels as CNN’s Moneyline, PBS’s News Hour with Jim Lehrer, TechTV, NPR, and CNET Radio.

 

Keynote Presentation

A keynote presentation can be anything from 60 minutes to four hours in length. One presentation that Mr. Stroud completed was as Foundation Speaker for USC’s Western Knight Center for Specialized Journalism at the Annenberg School of Communication. His role was to teach journalists from around the country about the coming changes in digital media in a 4 hour presentation titled “Covering Entertainment in the Digital Age.”

 

Panel Moderator/Facilitator

An experienced moderator, Mr. Stroud has moderated panels at the CEO level across numerous industries including television broadcasting, satellite TV, video games, streaming media and publishing. Unafraid to ask the tough questions and engage the audience, Mr. Stroud can be a panel moderator/facilitator for any important conference.

 

TV Appearances

PBS, CNN and TechTV have all sought out Mr. Stroud’s views. He is available to speak on any of the topics listed below to add a different voice to your program.

 

Sales Training

Our focus on sales training is activity and efficiency. Sales is not an easy profession. After taking lumps in his early years, Mr. Stroud now focuses on building flexible systems for his clients that maximize sales.  Its simple: maximize your time in front of qualified prospects and sales will follow. Our system teaches your sales force to do just that.

 

Ideal topics include:

  • Digital Media and How to Integrate It Into a Strategy
  • Interactive TV
  • Streaming Media
  • Social Media
  • Video Games
  • HDTV
  • Subscription Entertainment
  • Maximizing Technology to Increase Sales
  • Digital Music
  • The Future of Technology