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The 7 Most Overlooked Daily Habits of a Successful Voice Actor

April 3, 2013 By 4 Comments

forestIsn’t it funny the stuff you pick up from your acting assignments sometimes?

My inspiration for this blog article actually came from an E-Learning module I was reading yesterday.

The script used the old adage “can’t see the forest for the trees” to make a point for the presentation being developed.  As the analogy played-out in the copy, I began to appreciate the wisdom of it, and thought how timely it would be to adapt the theme for the day-to-day life of voice-actors.

So, at the risk of sounding a bit like Stephen Covey’s landmark book:  The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People (which everyone should read, BTW)… also taking a chance that I might be overstating the obvious… bear with me while I offer a bit of homespun advice gleaned from nothing else but my own experience… overview stuff you forget while you’re toiling in the trenches.  (with examples)

#1 Overlooked Daily Habit of Successful Voice Actor

Take care of your mind and body and soul.  Health, good eating, sleep, exercise, and equanimity/moderation in all things.  It’s the core.  The center.  Get off-kilter in any of those foundational concepts, and the strain starts to show elsewhere…like your reads!
(example: I get asked at least once-a-week, “…do you ever sleep?”.  Yes.  7-8 hours.  Just not your hours.)

#2 Overlooked Daily Habit of Successful Voice Actor

Relationships.  Before we knew anything else, we were relational.  Family, friends, acquaintances, work-mates, neighbors, and virtual/distant persons.  Not just people in voice acting, but people from your past, your present, and relations-in-progress.  This is the richness of life.
(see this comment that came in just yesterday to my blog “Embarrasingly True Story”…it’s a great example of relationship, written by a voice actor)

#3 Overlooked Daily Habit of Successful Voice Actor

Perspective.  …also known as balance.  Spend too much time on any one thing, and you miss the big picture (forest/trees?)  Be a well-read, broadly-influenced, renaissance man/woman.  Inspiration can be drawn from the most unexpected reaches of newly-discoverd corners.
(one of my best long-term clients hired me because I have an extensive education in exercise physiology and know how to pronounce anatomical terms for his physical therapy website)

#4 Overlooked Daily Habit of Successful Voice Actor

Career vs. Job  I’ve mentioned this before on my blog.  Jobs can be gotten.  Careers are planned.  Jobs pay the bills (sometimes).  Careers set you up for life and retirement.  Jobs can run your life and your schedule.  When you have a career, you can more often choose time and place.  A job will keep you in the trenches, with a career, you can at least choose which trench.
(Pat Fraley is an excellent voice talent.  He can get jobs doing that.  He chose a career as a mentor, teacher, and coach.  He gets to voice, but also exalt in his student’s success.   That’s a career.)

#5 Overlooked Daily Habit of Successful Voice Actor

See the broad/high/long view.  Details are important.  You can diligently build a beautiful house, but if you did so with the wrong plans, then your detail work is for naught.  Keep the value of hard work, but look up from the plans long enough, and often enough, to make sure you’re following the right blueprints.  In Driver’s Ed (remember Driver’s Ed?) they used to call that the broad view — keeping your eyes high and attentive.
(voice actor and ace audio engineer Cliff Zellman can dig into his extreme knowledge of production values and make you a helluva demo.  But if you and he didn’t capture your essence and abilities in the recording…the demo is an empty promise.)

#6 Overlooked Daily Habit of Successful Voice Actor

Surprise yourself.  Restated:  Stretch yourself.  Sometimes you just have to ask yourself:  “If I don’t do this, will I spend the rest of my life wondering if I should have?”  But the admonition here is beyond challenging yourself.  It’s choosing to place yourself in an uncomfortable position to reap the rewards of discovery.  Did it work?  Maybe not, But you learned something.
(In 2007, I ran into John Puden at the first VOICE conference.  We could all hear his intelligence in the great voice he had, but a direction escaped him…until he took a chance on AudioBooks.  Now he’s constantly busy narrating.)

#7 Overlooked Daily Habit of Successful Voice Actor

Never underestimate practice, persistence, patience.  Now it’s time to get into the trees.  Application of desire and planning.  Can you look yourself in the mirror at the end of the day and assure yourself that you did the WORK?  Was there progress?  Do you have the patience to build on today’s incremental success to achieve your goal in the long run?
(luck happens when hard work meets opportunity.  Josh Groban was called up to sit in for Celine Dion’s male singing partner one day when that guy was sick.  He’d done the work.  He was ready.  She was so impressed with Groban, that she sponsored him, made him her opening act, and lifted him to get the start on his big celebrity status today.)

CourVO

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Plant Your Flag

February 20, 2013 By 3 Comments

VO FLAGTuesday, I spent an hour of my valuable time speaking to a 70-ish group of mostly Jewish women about Journalism and TV news.

It was one of the many public appearances I make on behalf of the TV station every month.

They had good questions about ratings, and stories, and coverage, and politics, and what constitutes news; and of course, they’re in a generation that still WATCHES TV news.  Gen-X or “Y”, or whatever-gen-it-is-now don’t watch TV…they get their news on their smartphone.

The Heart of Journalism

Even more challenging were questions about journalism itself.  I’ve worked in the milieu of newsrooms for more than 30 years, but I’ve never had a journalism course in my life.  My degree from the University of Illinois is a Masters in Exercise Physiology.  Yup.  I’ve been faking it all this time.  :)

My approach to my job as a TV news anchor has always meant more focus on performance than the nuts ‘n’ bolts of journalism.  Don’t get me wrong, after all those years, I have the cut-throat determination to get the story first and get it right that all proud journalists have.  I have also developed excellent writing and grammar skills, and I enjoy the enterprising hunt and dig for a great story.  In many ways, I’m more of a journalist today, than someone with diploma in journalism.

Day in and day out.. my performance on camera (with a journalist’s instinct) is important.  But what matters most.. and the reason I’ve thrived in journalism without a journalism degree is my integrity and my reputation.  Day in and day out, the viewers know what to expect from me: excellence, high standards, and an unflinching dedication to getting it right.  Looking great and having my tie straight wouldn’t matter a hoot if my integrity and reputation were crap.

The Flag

I planted that flag a long time ago.  Where is yours?  As a voice-actor, what is the bedrock mission statement of your business?  How do you want to be thought of?  Under what basic creed to you operate?  What is the driving factor that underscores every action you make as a voice-actor?

Mine has been and always will be excellence, customer service, integrity, and dependability.  All that leads to an impervious reputation.

How Journalism is Like Voice-Acting

Let me point out a striking similarity between voice actors and journalists: Anyone can claim to be one.

No certifying or accreditation body exists to qualify you into the profession.  A lot of bloggers claim they’re journalists.  They’re not.  A lot of people with a mic and a computer claim their voice-actors.  They’re not.

What makes you a voice actor is your proven dedication to your craft…your reputation…your customer service matched with a good business sense, a diehard work ethic, a willingness to grow/change, and decent marketing skills.  The pipes ultimately don’t matter (although it helps).

I wouldn’t recommend trying to fake it at anything.  Work hard and apply yourself.  Plant your flag of integrity.  Decide what you want your reputation to be, go out and get great coaching, then apply yourself.  Work hard some more, and watch for your opportunities.

When the time is right, someone will see your flag and what it stands for.

CourVO

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Delight/Dismay

February 8, 2013 By 1 Comment

critiqueThey say there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

After reading the latest edition of AudioFile Magazine, I’m not so sure.

AudioFile Magazine is all about Audiobooks.  The periodical is for those who listen, narrate, publish, produce or are otherwise involved in the business.  If you’re interested in narrating audiobooks, you need to get a subscription, and start paying attention to this resource.

The magazine has articles, reviews, ads, notices, and generally serves as a rallying point in the audiobook community.

To be reviewed as a narrator in AudioFile is somewhat of a sign that you’ve arrived.  Or if you’ve already arrived, that you’re relevant and working.

So imagine my delight to see one of my recent narrations being reviewed….only to immediately experience the dismay of a harsh critique…just hanging out there for the whole world to see.

Now… I’ve been in the public eye for 30+ years, and I’ve been skewered by critics before, so I’ve learned to grow a thick skin about this stuff.  But that’s news.  That’s TV.  This is ME.  At least that’s how it felt.  More personal.

Here’s the verbatim of the review:

HOW EXCELLENT COMPANIES AVOID DUMB THINGS :
Breaking the 8 Hidden Barriers That Plague Even the Best Businesses
Neil Smith, Patricia O’Connell
Read by Dave Courvoisier

Change and innovation consultant Neil Smith presents eight barriers to change and twelve principles of transformation that can break down these barriers. Narrator Dave Courvoisier begins reading at a pace that is much too fast and comes across as stilted and awkward, though he does slow down as the book progresses. The stories, most from Smith’s own experiences, and the interspersed quotations from personality expert Dr. Richard Levak add color to Smith’s thesis but can be difficult to distinguish from the main text as Courvoisier does not always provide adequate pauses. Once Courvoisier finds a rhythm, however, his expressive voice is a good match for Smith’s direct and sometimes humorous style. E.N. © AudioFile 2012, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2012]

Ouch!  Live and learn.  Take your lumps and do better the next time.  I’ve never done more narrating of audiobooks in my life as I have in the last 4 months.  Publishers keep hiring me, and I know I’m gaining experience and improving.  Take the feedback, and get better, right?

In the end, anything else is just lost energy.

CourVO

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Finding Your Way Through the InfoNoise

February 5, 2013 By Leave a Comment

infooverload-aYesterday, word spread fast that Scott Fortney had a heart attack.  Scott is known to us all as a helpful voice actor who often posts Adobe Audition tutorials on YouTube, and started the Adobe Audition FaceBook group.  His wife had just emerged from an illness, and now this.  Prayers needed.

On the same day, a wonderful video was circulated about Audio Engineers, which was a take on the Dodge Ram commercial with the Paul Harvey soliloquy  on farmers.  It’s called 9th Day, and it was composed by my vo friend Zak Miller. Nice work, Zak!

More is coming out about the destructive behavior of VoiceJockeys (VOICEJOCKEYED…which I just blogged about) in this blog, posted by the BenzTown Blog: A Pay-to-Play Site You Should Avoid.

I could go on.  There are anywhere from 10-20 influential VO blogs…probably 50-100 VO forums on all the Social Media platforms.  There are newsletters, Twitter lists, and Google +communities. I admit I contribute to the info overload.  I’m a news junkie at heart, and I relish the free exchange of info.

But many have raised the question of whether all this shared stream-of-consciousness has a measurable return on investment of time.  Just yesterday, my Social Media maniac VO friend Terry Daniel lamented that there was yet another VO FaceBook group being launched.  Long and vociferous are the debates on these very groups about the over-proliferation of such forums.  Such are the challenges of an open, democratic society.

Not that there’s any easy answer, but here’s my analysis of the pros and cons:

THE UPSIDE

  • Professions that come of age experience this knowledge explosion.  It’s a good sign that we’ve arrived.
  • There is no such thing as “too much” knowledge.
  • The sharing of information benefits everyone.
  • You wouldn’t want the opposite of a free exchange of info.  Think North Korea.
  • Your contribution matters, and is rewarding to you.
  • Some of those information nuggets directly benefit your business and its implementation.

THE DOWNSIDE

  • Information distribution streams are chaotic and unreliable.
  • There is almost no way to measure your return on investment for time spent on data/info mining.
  • Being an info bon vivant can be addictive.
  • Your marketing or information contribution easily gets lost in the noise.
  • A lot of repitition and reduncancy appears.
  • Not all information can be or has been verified/vetted.

BEST PRACTICES

  • Find the handful of reliable sources you know and trust through experience over time, and  stay loyal to those.
  • Don’t extend beyond those sources unless you see a direct benefit to your business (but keep an open mind –  but if you add a source, maybe drop another?)
  • Set a time limit per day to be online.  I could be a half hour 3 times a day, or once in the evening for an hour, etc.  Stick to your “time promise”!
  • Contribute when you have unique content you find valuable, and don’t see it anywhere else.
  • Pay it forward on forums, groups, and communities (share links, info, or tidbits with no expectation of reward).
  • Share info on other sites, keeping in mind that the more you do, the closer you get to the threshold of spamming.

In the foreseeable future, the laws of a free market culture will determine who survives this info onslaught (MySpace?).  Until then, the part you play helps to determine those who will succeed in this competitive milieu.  Choose wisely!

CourVO

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Ear to the Ground

January 28, 2013 By Leave a Comment

earMy weekend was quiet…which meant I spent a lot of time on the internet.

Big surprise, huh?

But what I found out was a heckuva lot…only retrenching my belief that “if I rest, I rust” (German proverb: rast ich, so rost ich).

FIRST
I was surprised to see that one of the top community-relations guys in the VO business was saying goodbye to his employer. Steven Lowell of Voice123 said in his blog over the weekend, that basically he needed a reset.  Read about it in Voice the Dream.  You can say what you want about P2P sites, or Alex Torrenegra, or bad business plans, but Steven always worked patiently, honestly, and earnestly to explain things.  He made converts, and made sense.  Without him, I have no idea how V123 will survive.

SECOND
And speaking of P2P’s…over on the Voice-Over Pros FaceBook Group…a deep and erudite discussion over why Voices.com would strip from client/talent communications ANY contact information, URL’s, email addresses, or other info that (gasp!) might foster a relationship between seeker and voicer. To her credit, Stephanie Ciccarelli waded into the conversation, and that took guts (so did Steven Lowell, BTW).  Ciccarelli is as pleasant-a-person as you could ask for, and (like Steven) always listens.  While the Ciccarelli’s have a business to run, they DO seem to have a heart for their talents’ happiness.  We’ll see if they change there policies because of members’ dislike.  They have before.

THIRD
Over on Ed Victor’s “Working Voice Actor” group on LinkedIn, another robust conversation gained momentum on the efficacy of the ACX compensation model, and whether it was even worth the ROI for a voice actor to even spend one’s time narrating audiobooks.  The usually loquacious and always experienced posts of JS Gilbert held sway, but if you ever had ANY questions about whether the Royalty-Share compensation option at ACX was worth the trouble, you’ll find your answer there.

FOURTH
This Thursday, if you can make it to San Francisco, you might still find a seat for a screening of a movie about the VO business called:  “In a world…” A preview of the flic got a lot of attention at the Sundance Film Festival last week.  Cameo’s by Joe Cipriano, Mark Graue, and Melissa Disney make this a must-see for voice-actors.  Details on VoiceOverXtra

FIFTH
Last night’s EWABS show was another winner.  Hosts George Whittam and Dan Lenard throw out lots of great info about making your recording environment better.  But beyond that, their esteemed guest was none other than top VO coach Marice Tobias.  Tobias is a self-described student of sociology, and her coaching style reflects the astute observations she makes on entertainment industry trends.  It doesn’t hurt that she knows the business inside and out, and has the experience to see things change.  If you get a chance, make sure to review the show once it’s posted.

SIXTH
Over at World-Voices.org, things are happening and fast.  Uber-geek Andy Curtis, a member of the WoVO Executive board, has launched a social media site just for voice-actors that is a worthy challenger to FaceBook.  The amazing thing is that he had already launched a site like this, then trashed it, started from scratch, and in days had launched another one…  Check it out at WorldVO.com.  Right now, basic membership is open and free.  At World-Voices Organization we want to get things rolling, and this is an open-arms way to do it.  More invitations are going out all the time, and if you want to get an official invite write me at courvo@courvo.com, and I’ll get you on the next mailing.  Membership opens up areas of the WorldVO.com site that will bring added value to the site’s functionality AND to your VO career!

Honorable Mention
Just by way of follow-up…I dug deep and had a new computer built for my studio.  The outgoing machine was 7 years old, and I wasted SO MUCH time waiting for it to DO something.  The new one has a 500Gig Solid State Hard Drive (no moving parts!), and so much RAM it could be a Dodge Truck.  The result?  A rise in productivity that is making it SO worth the expense.  I’m not bragging…just suggesting that you might want to consider how much time you’re wasting sitting on your hands, when a new computer can make you smile everyday!

Have a great week!

CourVO

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Quandarius Conceptualitus

January 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment

quandaryBelow is an actual email from a client…wavering between two different styles for their production I’m supposed to voice:

“Sorry for the delay – we were just about to send it over to you when we got in a debate over what sort of style we were looking for. 

I originally wanted to do a video similar to what you did for our old site, www.xxxxx.com, only a little more high-energy.  Your voice would sound like the “infomercial guy”, and the background music would be some generic high-energy rock music, e.g. in the style of “Eye of the Tiger” (similar to the background music they use if you’ve ever watched NFL highlights on ESPN). 

But then Txxxy pointed out that a lot of sites now are going to background-musicless “conversational” audio, such as the video here on www.dropbox.com.  The voiceover is not supposed to sound like an infomercial; instead it sounds like your best buddy just telling you about his favorite website. 

Anyway,  not sure if you would have any thoughts on that kind of thing, but we have to decide one way or the other before sending it over to you, because it would affect how you do the voice.  So just wanted to update you on where we’re at.  We’re asking some marketing guys we know for their opinion right now.”

I love this email for several reasons:
1) for it’s honesty
2) for the thought going into their production
3) for the clichè debate (announcery v. conversational)
4) that they asked for my input
5) that they’re not rushing the project for expediency’s sake

This is not a big-budget job, nor is the client a major force…yet.  But doncha wish more clients took the time to tread thoughtfully through the copywriting and conceptualizing minefield?

I do.)))))sigh(((((

Why does that go away when the client/producer/agent gets too big for their britches and somehow your opinion doesn’t matter any more?

Don’t you come to the studio as part of the “team” of professionals to make said project the best it can be?

I think so.

That’s the “sell” I’m making to my clients…that I have a valued professional opinion, and it can benefit their product concept.

CourVO

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Your January Planner

December 19, 2012 By 5 Comments

january2013You build your business.  You set your goals.  You make progress.

What was priority in 2010 is a past accomplishment in 2013.

For instance, I’ve been putting off too long the need for an efficient, workable, online, intuitive bookkeeping solution.  Now that next year’s tax season is looming, I’m especially aware of my 2012 shortcomings in this area.  I WILL start out the new year with a system in place.

In that spirit, I’m throwing out some ideas for you in this article.

Some might stick against the wall, and others are gonna slide right down, and end up on the floor.  It’s not exhaustive, nor is it all-encompassing, but it might rattle something in your brain that you forgot needed to be on the front burner.

I’ve mentioned before I’m a prodigious list-maker.  Some of the stuff in the list below may be behind you… or too far out in front to handle in 2013.  It’s neither a newbie nor an advanced list.  It’s just a brainstorming session:

  • Time to tweak your demo?
  • Do you need to develop OTHER niche demos?
  • Does the website need an upgrade?
  • When’s the last time you offered to help someone?
  • How’s your computer doing?  Hard Drive making funny sounds?
  • When’s the last time you backed-up your files?
  • Are you keeping a database of clients/colleagues/prospects?
  • What are you using for Customer Relationship Management (CRM)?
  • When’s the last time you dusted your equipment?  ;-}
  • Is this the year you get your dream mic?
  • Which VO events/webinars/meet-ups/mixers are you going to attend in 2013?
  • What coach or coaching will you pursue?
  • Will you tune into EWABS every Sunday?
  • Will you seek a mentor this year?
  • Is your DAW software doing what you need?
  • How are you handling your finances?
  • Are you setting aside a portion of your proceeds for taxes each paycheck?
  • What is your follow-up procedure for keeping regular clients happy?
  • Are YOU happy?
  • Do you take enough time for your family?
  • Would an intern help your workflow?
  • Time to spruce up your Social Media presence?
  • When’s the last time you said ‘Thank You’?
  • What is your strategy for getting new clients?
  • Will you stay with online subscription sites?  What is the ROI there?
  • Do you need an agent/more agents?
  • Could WoVO help you out?
  • Can you justify the expense of Source-Connect or ISDN?
  • Finally time to get those acting/improv classes?
  • Do you need a tablet?
  • What about a cloud computing solution for your files?
  • Will a regular newsletter to your clients come in 2013?
  • Are your rates due for a step-up?
  • What task will you delegate to free up time?
  • Are you in a MasterMind or Stand-up group?
  • Is a whisper-room in your budget this year?
  • Did you visit VoiceOverXtra today?
  • What advantage would going/droppping union bring you?
  • When’s the last time you called your agent to say thanks?
  • Will you commit to reading Voice-Acting in Vegas every day? (just checking)
  • Which annoying habit will you conquer in your delivery?
  • Did you go paperless yet?
  • Can you do an audiobook?
  • Do you have a marketing plan that’s measurably working?
  • What part of your business should you jettison/stop regardless of how dear it is?
  • Which colleague have you asked for a frank opinion on your sound?
  • When’s the last time your revamped your LinkedIn/FaceBook/Twitter profile?
  • How can you better manage your time?
  • Is your financial bookkeeping up-to-snuff?
  • Will you be at FaffCon FINALLY/again?
  • Are you looking for VO jobs, or a VO career?

What am I missing?  What is YOUR priority for your VO business this year?  Name one thing that just can’t be ignored one more year, and HAS to be done in 2013.

CourVO

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Like an Old Comfy Coat

November 28, 2012 By 2 Comments

In the future, some predict we will “wear” our computers.  They’ll be so compact, lightweight, and user-friendly that it will always be with us (can anyone say “smartphone”?).

I like to think of my voice over studio that way.  Sometimes I feel like I actually “wear” my studio.

I live in Las Vegas, and have not yet configured my 5×5 second-floor closet with passive air flow, so in the Summer, it can get a little “close”.

But in the cooler months, I enter my familiar recording place with the enthusiasm of putting on my most comfortable old coat.  Shouldn’t it be that way?

  • Shouldn’t you feel so at home in your own VO studio that you can’t wait to get in there?
  • Isn’t it a relief to close the door and get to work?
  • Don’t you find yourself wishing that sometimes you were there, instead of doing what you’re doing now?

Lest you think I’m getting a little too obsessive or isolationist, let me just ask you:  Would you rather have it be any other way?   Shouldn’t the place where you do your best creative work be pleasant?  If you have to “work” in your soundbooth…why not make it a place you want to be?

I’m a geek, so my comfy studio is packed with electronics and everything is within reach.  It’s dark (thanks to all the Aurealex), has lots of plug-ins, monitors, shelf space, water, a clock, mics sticking out everywhere, and is my castle!

When I slide onto my stool…I’m home.

How ’bout you?  What do you do to make your studio your old comfortable coat?

Do you wear it well?

CourVO

 

 

 

 

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1952

November 9, 2012 By 4 Comments

The small town of Greenville, Illinois didn’t have a hospital in 1952.  My mother gave birth to me in nearby Highland, IL two weeks after my due date.

They did that back then.  C-sections were rare.

I was 10 lbs, 11 oz.

I’m thrilled to have lived well this long…but I’m anxious about being “60″.

You might be able to escape the “old guy” label in your 50′s, but the sixties is a definitive gateway to “elderly”.

Bring it on!

My personal goal is to live a robust, larger-than-life, outgoing and active existence until the good Lord takes me.  The previous 59 years shows I certainly have the capacity for living and loving life in that manner.   A complete physical I had earlier this year revealed some of  the best numbers I’ve ever seen, and I’ve been running, bicycling, and playing racquetball since 1975.

The heart beats strong.

…it’s the head I’m worried about.

Ha Ha Ha!!!!

God bless you on this day for being my friend.  Besides my family… friends have been one of my greatest joys and encouragements.

…and God bless my mom, who passed away at Greenville’s OWN hospital 8 years ago.

CourVO

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How the Election Will Affect Voice-Overs

November 7, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Gone are political ads.

Welcome holiday ads!

…after a long night doing political coverage…that’s about all I got.  :)

I’m sure there must be other effects…and those will be evident in the months ahead.

It’s all good…the long election is over, and it’s time to move forward to the typical marketplace bump-up that happens after a national election, and going into a welcome Thanksgiving season.

There’s certainly much to be thankful for.  2012 has been a watershed year in my VO walk.  I’m busier than ever, and that’s a testament to   lots of hard work, the support of my peers, and the advantages of networking in the digital age.

I hope this is your experience as well.

CourVO

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