Posted by FCP User on 09/20/07 00:42

In article <5ldnltF7p5chU1@mid.individual.net>,
"Richard Crowley" <rcrowley@xp7rt.net> wrote:

> "Bill Fright" wrote ...
> > Exactly. I still have the same question though. Why is nappy so threatened
> > with video maker magazine?
>
> He doesn't appear threatened. He appears annoyed with
> what appears to be just another marketing/propaganda
> campaign dressed up as "training" and charging $$$ yet.
> Nice work if you can get it. And if your conscience will let
> you get away with it.

Okay Richard,

You claim that Videomaker's training programs are "marketing/propaganda"
dressed up as "training" (directly quoting) and you seem to imply that
their programs are somehow too expensive for what the attendee gets.

I'm interested in the experiences that you've had with Videomaker
programs that back up these public allegations.

Have you attended any of the classes?

Do you know people who have?

Have you read reviews of the sessions?

During my tenure I taught probably 100 separate classes for them -
ranging in attendence from small 20 person sessions to keynotes with as
many as 500 in the audience.

In every single class I taught, each and every participant was provided
with a feedback form and vocally encouraged to rate the session, the
instruction, the delivery, and the content. We unfailingly collected and
read our participant evaluations VERY carefully.

And I'm telling you that the VAST majority of the people I lectured to
in those classes - generally gave our lectures extremely high
evaluations.

Are you somehow implying that the audiences who spent the money to
attend were made up entirely of people who were too stupid to evaluate
the quality of their own learning experiences?

The way free markets are supposed to work is that people produce goods
and services, and the CONSUMER is allowed to decide the level of quality
and price they're willing to pay.

Videomaker appeals to a legitimate market segment - the
hobbyist/prosumer. The people who have spent MILLIONS with companies
like Sony, Canon, JVC and others creating an amazingly innovative
"prosumer" market that has driven technology WAY down in price and WAY
up in price/performance ratio.

The DV Expo folks target a slightly higher-end segment (at greater cost,
I may add) and for those with much deeper pockets there are Trade
Schools, and University based Film Schools.

Each serves an audience and they sink or swim depending on how well they
meet the needs of their customers.

I taught those seminars for many, many years, and I'm telling you we
took our attendees needs VERY seriously and did our best to provide them
real value for their dollars.

If you're going to claim different. I'd appreciate it if you'd provide
some back up facts for your allegation that what I was providing during
all those hours was merely "marketing/propaganda dressed up as training."

Because in a cabinet somewhere in California there's stacks and stacks
of those evaluations from people in a MUCH better position to judge the
truth of that than you.

And that's not what THEY said.

--
Bill Davis
StartEditingNow.com
DVD editing instruction with Multi-Track Movies

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