Organization Holds Annual Conference Offering Experienced Training and Networking Opportunities.

GULF BREEZE, FL—October 1, 2009 — The Association of Video Professionals is pleased to announce that registration is now open for their 5th Annual Conference & Training Workshop. The conference will be held in sunny Los Angeles, California January 28th-30th, 2010 at the Radisson Hotel, LAX.
Bringing together the very best video educators, trainers, and professionals in the industry, AVP’s annual conference offers great training and opportunities to network and build relationships (and sometimes partnerships) with other professionals that continue years beyond the conference. With three days of training and over 18 different sessions on topics from lighting and green screen techniques, to Final Cut Pro shortcuts, to expert techniques on creating smooth and crisp web videos, you are sure to find what you are looking for.
“We are excited to have leaders in the industry heading up our training sessions including Larry Jordan, Philip Hodgetts, Mark Spencer, Bruce Nazarian, Frank Rohmer and more” said Dave Mungai, Executive Director of AVP. “Based on survey results from the attendees, they rated the overall value of the conference to their businesses at 4.8 out of 5! I think we achieve our goal of providing timely, pertinent training that our members can take home and put to use in their businesses right away.”
Information and registration is available online at www.aovpros.com/conference. Take advantage of their early bird discount by registering by October 31, 2009 and receive a $100 savings on the conference.
About the Association of Video Professionals:
The Association of Video Professionals (AVP) was founded in 2006 by a group of video studio owners who saw the need to help video companies grow their business. AVP was built from the ground up by it’s members and led by a Board of Directors whose location is throughout the country. For more information on AVP, please visit us online at www.aovpros.com

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American Guild of Court Videographers

Casper, WY: The American Guild of Court Videographers is proud to announce the certification of professional videographer Jeffrey T. DeMello, owner of Stockton Legal Video Services, a division of DeMello Video & Photo Services LLC, located in Stockton, California as a “Certified Court Video Specialist” (CCVS) after having successfully completing all the requirements of the AGCV for certification as a forensic videographer.

The AGCV is the only organization in the United States that is training and certifying professional videographers in all phases of legal video. As a “Fellow” in good standing in the AGCV, Mr. DeMello becomes one of a very few in the nation allowed to promote and advertise their expertise in the field of legal video using the official logo and certification provided by the AGCV.

The AGCV training includes preparing its members in meeting all the stipulations of the Federal Rule 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal Rules of Evidence in regard to the video taping of depositions, producing day-in-the-life and settlement documentaries, taping scenes of crimes and incidents, showing video evidence of damages, video recording mock trials, the will execution ceremony, construction surveys and actually displaying the video evidence in the courtroom during trial.

The certification provided by the AGCV is limited to “professional videographers” as the AGCV is not in the business of training amateurs on the operation of a video camera. To meet the requirements of the rapidly changing technology, each certified member is required to stay abreast of the profession by completing additional continuing education.

To be certified as an expert in this exciting and exacting legal video profession is indeed a great accomplishment and we at AVP extend our congratulations to Jeff.

To learn more, visit: www.stocktonlegalvideo.com or www.demellovideo.com

Ran across the following site the other day when looking to add some custom shapes to my Photoshop library.

www.ladyoak.com

This is a fantastic site with hundreds of free shape libraries, layer styles, gradients, and even free tutorials. After the AVP training session in February on creating better DVD Studio Pro menu’s with Motion and Photoshop, I’ve been doing more with button overlays and custom menu’s. I was looking for more ideas on creative button’s and this site certainly filled that bill. Content is totally free. Check it out!

The Association of Video Professionals just completed their Winter 2009 Member conference and training in Orlando Florida. “This was probably the best conference & training event we’ve had so far”, stated Dave Mungai, Executive Director for the association. “Based on survey results from the attendees, they rated the overall value of the conference to their businesses at 4.8 out of 5! Although there is always room for improvement, I think we achieved our goal of providing timely, pertinent training that our members could take home and put to use in their businesses right away”

Here are just a couple of comments from attendees….

“In my opinion this was the best conference I’ve ever been to regardless of association - great location/facility, great instructors, cool shirt favor, and everything ran very smoothly. I know I speak for everyone when I say we appreciate all the association does”

-   –Bill Stilson, Stilson Video Services, Woodmere, OH.

“I am 100% confident that I could not have managed this weeks work without having attended the recent AVP conference. One day after the training I had thrown my self into the deep end of a big job and I was so so happy I had taken the sound track class and the lighting class last week.  I shot in a factory and followed a money tip (for me) from Dane to capture an ambient noise print before rolling the talent.  Well this plant was full of loud and varies noises so first thing I did when I walked in was go to each spot of the bottling lines and shoot a noise sample.  Now I can remove that easily from my editing piece using the techniques Larry Jordan taught!! Thank the Lord for AVP!”

          –Steven Volk, Volk Video Services, Birmingham, MI

This conference featured training on production lighting and composition by 25 year broadcast veteran and documentarian J. Dane MacKendrick (www.danedv.biz). Final Cut & Soundtrack Pro training from FCP Guru Larry Jordan (www.larryjordan.biz), Motion & DVD Studio Pro training by Klark Perez and Mary Plummer, both Apple Certified Master trainers and authors of the Apple DVDSP & Motion Training manuals (www.invisiondigital.com), Also featured was Ron Sukenick (www.ronsukenick.com) who taught a class on low cost/no cost marketing techniques and also delivered a key note speech on growing your business in a down economy.

In addition to the great training provided, members also enjoyed many social benefits at the conference. “Our members are spread across the country from California to New York. We meet just twice a year so typically communication between members is done via our forum or over the phone” says Mungai. “One of the biggest benefits of these conferences is the opportunity to share ideas and interact with each other face to face”.

The Association of Video Professionals just completed their Fall 2007 Member conference and training in Atlanta Georgia. By all accounts, it was deemed as a big success by it’s members. “The instructors were ‘top notch’, and the content really hit the mark of what our members need in their businesses” states Dave Mungai, Executive Director for the association.

The conference featured a line up of nationally and internationally renowned instructors like Larry Jordon (Final Cut Guru extraordinaire), Frank Dorritte (two time Grammy award winner), Clay Asbury (Director of Training at MTA Atlanta), Larry Weaver (SEO Optimization Expert) and Bill Eveleth (ActionCoach Master Licensee).

Members took advantage of technical classes such as Advanced Final Cut Editing techniques, Soundtrack Pro, Improving audio in your video productions, and Photoshop for video. There were also several business related classes focused on supplying AVP members with tools they can use to grow their businesses and increase profits. Patricia Greene of Greene Video Services in Phoenix AZ states “It was a fantastic overall training session and the instructors were great!”

In addition to the great training provided, members also enjoyed many social benefits at the conference. “Our members are spread across the country from California to New York. We meet just twice a year so typically communication between members is done via our forum or over the phone” says Mungai. “One of the biggest benefits of these conferences is the opportunity to share ideas and interact with each other face to face”.

Pictures are available on the AVP Events Web Page.

With this conference behind them, AVP will now begin planning it’s next conference which is slated for February 2008 on the west coast.

The Association of Video Professionals is a cooperative membership organization for independent video professionals that provides quality marketing support, technical support, and on-going training through the collaborative efforts of its members. As a community of video professionals, AVP members are in business for themselves, but not by themselves. Services offered by it’s members include Video Production Services, Video, DVD, and CD Duplication, Video Editing, Home Movie Transfers, and many many more. For more information on AVP, or to find a Video Professional near you, visit www.aovpros.com.

The Association of Video Professionals has finalized their Autumn 2007 Training Conference, which is being held September 11-16, 2007.

“We are fortunate to have signed an excellent instructional staff for Atlanta.”, states Dave Mungi, Executive Director. “They bring a wealth of video, audio, and business knowledge to the table, which should be well received by our attendees”.

Larry Jordan, one of the Top 100 Corporate Producers in America, will cover Optimizing Final Cut Pro Workflow, in which he’ll show you how to understand and optimize your daily editing workflow, along with Setting Up and Troubleshooting Your Hardware in which he’ll cover all sorts of aspects of video and processing hardware for your studio. Larry will also be presenting on Growing Your Video Business, a must see overview on how to excel at your video business.

Clay Asbury, an Apple Certified FCP Trainer and Adobe Photo Shop Trainer, will be teaching classes on Sound Track Pro, Intermediate and Advanced Final Cut Pro, Photoshop Elements for Video and Photoshop CS2 for Video.

Larry Weaver, Director of Internet Marketing Services for Cii Associates, Inc., will be teaching Fundamentals of Search Engine Marketing, will provide many tips on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Search Engine Marketing (SEM).

Bill Eveleth, ActionCoach, will cover 6 Steps to a Better Business and a GrowthCLUB Workshop to help attendees map out plans for their business.

And returning for his second AVP conference will be Frank Dorittie, 9 time Grammy nominee and 2 time Grammy winner, and current Chair of Recording Arts at Los Medanos College in Pittsburg, CA. Frank will be teaching two sessions on Improving Audio Quality in your Video Productions.

The AVP Training Conference is free for AVP members, and for non-members: $295/day or $1,095 for the entire conference.

Current information on the training conference is available on the AVP Events web page.

The Association of Video Professionals is proud to announce that the Days Inn Downtown Atlanta has been chosen for our Autumn 2007 Training Conference, which is being held September 11-16, 2007.

“The Days Inn was chosen due to its location in beautiful downtown Atlanta,” says Jeff DeMello, conference organizer, “along with their excellent conference support. Our members are looking forward to another excellent training conference, following our well attended conference earlier this year in San Francisco”.

AVP will be providing training on subjects such as Final Cut Studio, Advanced Video Production Techniques, Advanced Audio Techniques, Video Business Management, and Advanced Photoshop.

Current information on the training conference is available on the AVP Events web page.