Ep. 175: Zoom Pitching And Busted Give A Damns

Happier in Hollywood

Lemonada Media

Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Education

4.8 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2020

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Liz and Sarah discuss their upcoming Zoom pitch. How can they keep their audience engaged when they’re not in the same room? Pro tip: Use more visuals. In their new Amplify segment, they share two great resources — Cup of Jo’s “How to Vote in Every State” and Fast Company’s “How to Find and Support Black Owned Businesses Wherever You Are.” This week’s Take A Hike is inspired by a country song Sarah heard on rural Minnesota radio. Is your give a damn as busted as Liz and Sarah’s are? Finally, Sarah shares a Hollywood Hack that’s helped her pare down her belongings: Ask yourself — if you had to fit everything in an 8‘ x 4’ Uhaul, what you take? If you want to order a Happier In Hollywood rainbow Silipint travel cup with lid, email happierinhollywood@gmail.com for more information. Happier in Hollywood is part of ‘The Onward Project,’ a family of podcasts brought together by Gretchen Rubin—all about how to make your life better. Check out the other Onward Project podcasts—Happier with Gretchen Rubin, Side Hustle School, Do The Thing, and Everything Happens with Kate Bowler . If you liked this episode, please subscribe, leave a review, and tell your friends! Dressing For Zoom Meetings With Allyson Fanger: https://happierinhollywood.com/episode156/ Cup of Jo’s “How to Vote in Every State:” https://cupofjo.com/2020/09/how-to-vote-in-every-state/#more-235405 Fast Company’s “How to Find and Support Black Owned Businesses Wherever You Are:” https://www.fastcompany.com/90512942/how-to-find-and-support-black-owned-businesses-wherever-you-are My Give A Damn Is Busted by Jo Dee Messina: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o40fwZgSFPI To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we start the show, we want to send good thoughts to all the people on the West Coast
0:05.0	who are dealing with these horrible fires all the way from Washington through Oregon and California.
0:11.9	We're thinking of you. Yeah, and we want to send our appreciation to all the firefighters
0:16.8	and the first responders and everyone battling these fires.
0:21.2	Hi and welcome to Happier in Hollywood, the podcast about how to be happier, healthier,
0:31.4	sane, or more creative, more successful, and more productive,
0:34.5	in a back-biting superficial, chaotic, unpredictable, fundamentally insane world.
0:39.9	I'm Sarah Fain, a TV writer and producer living in LA, and with me is my high school friend
0:44.6	and writing partner Liz. That's me, Liz Kraft. On this podcast, we talk about being
0:49.3	writers in Hollywood, how we balance a career in friendship, and how to survive the war of
0:54.0	attrition that is life in Los Angeles. In this episode, we're going to talk about pitching on Zoom.
1:00.3	What techniques can we use to keep our audience engaged and focused when we're not all in the room together?
1:06.8	In our Amplify segment, we'll shout out two great resources, and this week's Take a Hike is
1:12.5	inspired by a country song Sarah heard on a drive to Goodwill in rural Minnesota.
1:18.5	And finally, this week's Hollywood hack is inspired by the U-Haul I rented for my temporary
1:23.0	move to the lake. A lot has come out of this particular trip, Liz. Yes, a lot of content.
1:28.8	But first, we have an update, Sarah. In episode 174, we talked about why it's a good idea to look
1:36.2	around your house with fresh eyes. Yes, and Liz, you recently looked around your home office with
1:43.5	fresh eyes. Yes. So actually, Sarah, what I realized is that I hadn't looked around enough,
1:49.4	even after you and I had that whole discussion. I work in this office every single day,
1:55.5	and the shades covering our sliding glass doors have always been closed. Okay, so the sliding doors
2:02.7	have been behind shades. I never questioned this fact. I figured Adam had some reason that he
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