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Hollywood Career Strategist Tanya Kersey offers presentations and workshops for college students and others wishing to break into the entertainment industry, and seeking to improve their networking skills and/or advance their careers in the business world. Tanya’s extensive knowledge, positive insights and humorous comments about the entertainment industry will guarantee an informative and exciting presentation. She is an engaging and powerful speaker who leaves her audiences invigorated and motivated, with a renewed sense of purpose.
Key Topics:
- How to be the STAR in Your Own Life
- Strategies for Hollywood Success
- Building Buzz: Branding and Marketing your Talents, Skills & Ablities
- Becoming a Successful Showbizpreneur
- Unlocking the Keys to Film Festival Success
- The State of Black Hollywood
Fee Range: $2,500 — $7,500
Plus Expenses: First class airfare (Unrestricted). Hotel and ground travel accommodations.
Payment Terms:
50% of speakers fee due upon contract signing. Balance due 1 week prior to the event. 5% discount if entire bill paid upon signing contract and 30 days prior to event.
Client Responsibilities:
Client makes and pays for travel and lodging accommodations. Client sends airline ticket to speaker two weeks before travel. Travels From California
Speaking Engagements (representative list):
- ShowBiz Expo
- Entertainment Publicists Professional Society Conference
- Business Wire’s “Best Practices For Targeting Ethnic Media”
- International Film Festival Summit
- Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference
- National Action Network Urban Policy Roundtable
- Global Cinema & Urban Music Summit-LA
- Entertainment Technology Alliance Expo
- Faithful Central Entertainment Industry Summit
- Howard E. Mitchell Memorial Conference — Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- NAACP Hearings on TV Diversity
- Los Angeles Black Business Expo Entertainment Summit
- Marketing Opportunities in Black Entertainment Conference
- Woodson Regional Library, Chicago Public Library

