Ubuntu Education Fund BIOCAST from Double 7 on Vimeo.

PORT ELIZABETH, SOUTH AFRICA – 3 March 2010 – The World Economic Forum announced today that Jacob Lief, Founder and President of Ubuntu Education Fund, has been recognized as a Young Global Leader. This honor is bestowed by the World Economic Forum each year to recognize the most distinguished young leaders below the age of 40 from around the world.

Visit the UBUNTU WEBSITE and check out the project I directed on location at their Port Elizabeth, South Africa headquarters. Congrats Jake!

Indie Film Bootcamp (Promo 3) from Double 7 on Vimeo.

6 SEMINARS. 3 SPEAKERS. 8+ HOURS CONTENT.

All for $99 with a 10% Discount for folks that register before Saturday March, 6th!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER and insert this code for your 10% discount: D7LUV-327

WHY I’M INVOLVED WITH INDIE FILM BOOTCAMP:
Along this journey I’ve come across both helpful folks and… let’s just say… some “not-so-helpful” folks (fill in the quotes with the appropriate expletive). Some people seem more interested in hoarding the nuggets they’ve acquired over the years than sharing a few tidbits that might help those of us who are next in line. I understand this philosophy in theory — but wholeheartedly disagree with it! The very nature of business is competitive, but that doesn’t mean that Michael Jordan shouldn’t tell Kobe Bryant where to buy the shoes that might help his game because he doesn’t want the competition. The more people you have in a given industry, the stronger that industry becomes as the best ideas and talent rise to the top. It’s with this in mind that I’ve joined together with 2 very talented artists to deliver an All Day Indie Film Bootcamp for aspiring film and new media makers in NYC. The event will take place on Saturday, March 27th.

Check our other PROMO VIDEOS after the jump and don’t miss out on this exclusive opportunity to assist in your journey from script to screen for ANY type of project!

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Here we go again.

Welcome back folks to yet another edition of an inside look at urban schooling through the lens of my edu-blog. This week we’re talking about why teachers can’t go to other teachers’ classrooms during the school day when someone doesn’t like you.

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I ain’t got lyrics neither, but I’m not trying to have a rap career.

Fast Company is the most inspiring magazine that I read. Just renewed my subscription matter of fact, and coupled it with Inc. Magazine (the second most inspiring magazine I read). Each year they run a special issue where the staff determines the 50 Most Innovative Companies in the world and every year they are ahead of the curve while providing analysis on last year’s movements.

Click HERE to check out the article and think about what it means to have 350,000,000 users. That’s gangsta.

(VIA Fast Company)

If you’ve yet to check out my page on Tanqueray’s “We Resist Simple” Lifestyle Community I can only ask, “where have you been?”… Impressions are climbing, traffic is bananas, and I wanna send a shout out to the Double 7 Community for putting 4 of my posts in the Top 5 Most Popular! Visit my page HERE and be sure to rate and comment.

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Just a taste of what’s to come on March 27th @ Indie Film Bootcamp. Tickets are flyin today… be sure to get yours while the early bird discount still stands!

(VIA Indie Film Bootcamp)

Tim O’Neill’s Editing Reel from Tim O'Neill on Vimeo.

We just showed Tim’s short “The Night We Killed” at Short Shorts: Episode 17. Check out his reel above and click HERE to see more of his work.

Wanna get a brief taste of INDIE FILM BOOTCAMP’s tone, style and content? Well, listen to Instructor Anthony Q. Artis talk about “Dealing With Haters” HERE! If you haven’t registered yet, make sure you do to take advantage of the EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION HERE. See you on March 27th! And peep the VIDEO PROMO after the jump!

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* THE DOUBLE DOWN FILM SHOW — WEDNESDAY, March 3rd @ 9pm EST *

Listen in LIVE from your computer HERE OR from your phone @ 646-929-1956!

On the next Double Down Film Show we’ll have an open conversation with writer/director, Bridget Bedard.

Just five years removed from film school, Bridget now crafts scripts for two of the hottest new shows on the air, the runaway hit, Madmen, and the new series, Men of a Certain Age. Along with her writing colleagues, she recently won a WGA Award for Best New Series and was nominated for an award for Best Dramatic Series for her work on the first season of Madmen.

Bridget is a rare breed: a working female on a hit show in the heavily male-dominated writing segment of the business who didn’t have to work her way up from the bottom rung.

· How did she skip the normal path to the writer’s table?

· How does tv writing differ from feature writing?

· What do managers do for you that agents don’t?

· What did she learn in the “real world” that she didn’t in film school?

· What are the pros and cons of writing in N.Y. vs. L.A.?

Find out the answer to all these questions, plus a whole lot more practical wisdom and advice for aspiring filmmakers as we probe for the formula to a successful television writing career on the next Double Down Film Show.

By filmmakers. For filmmakers. No fluff, puff, or silly stuff…just the real answers you need to succeed every Wednesday night at 9pm. Listen and learn!