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Network Topics
The amount of misinformation given to actors on a daily basis around this country and world is staggering. It is amazing that in a multi-billion dollar industry there would be so little true education. Yet the truth is…that is the truth. Even the "so-called" arts Universities in the U.S. do very little to provide their students with contemporary information on how Hollywood really works. The reason for this is simple, their staff and faculty don’t live here, they don’t pursue a career in the 21st century.

So who does? Members of The Actors' Network and their staff, that’s who. We have never stopped and we never will. Since our inception we have been working to constantly lessen the efforts and remove the unnecessary obstacles so you can get where you want to go. Our monthly Network Calendar has between four and six Topical discussions. We have created a menu of nearly 100 over the years. Subjects, topics and areas that not only need to be discussed, but should be. When you’re a LA based member of The Actors' Network, you have the right to attend any or all of these on a monthly basis.
  1. Accents/Dialects
  2. Actor Pie
  3. Actor Plan
  4. Agent's True Purpose
  5. Attacking Commercials
  6. Attacking Pilots
  7. Areas of Industry
  8. Audition Scenarios
  9. Call Back Scenarios
  10. Chasing Your Tail
  11. Contracts: Film Negotiations
  12. Contracts: Modified Agreements
  13. Contracts: New Media
  14. Contracts: Self-Negotiation
  15. Contracts: TV Negotiations
  16. Cover Letters
  17. Demo Reel: Getting Tape
  18. Demo Reel: Produce Yours
  19. Doing Rounds / Drop Offs
  20. Finding Your Type
  21. Goals: 5-3-1
  22. Goals: New Years
  23. How To: Be a Reader
  24. How To: Say "No"
  25. Industry Bulls-eye
  26. Internships: The Relationship
  27. Interview Techniques
  28. Issue Time (General Actor)
  29. LA Theatre: Perspective
  30. Mailings: Casting Directors
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  1. Mailings: Producers/Directors
  2. Mailings: Representatives
  3. Manager’s True Purpose
  4. Marketing: Odd-Sized/Self-Promo
  5. Marketing: Online Communities
  6. Networking
  7. Non-Union Projects
  8. Perception vs. Reality
  9. Phone Technique
  10. Photographs: Get the Best
  11. Photographs: Type Me
  12. Process vs. Result
  13. Production Charts: Film
  14. Production Charts: TV
  15. Professionally Pushy
  16. Publicity
  17. Pursuing Tips
  18. Qualifying Contacts
  19. Resume
  20. Showcases: Class/Self-Produced
  21. Special Skills
  22. Student Projects
  23. Studio Lots
  24. Target List: Agents/Managers
  25. Target List: Casting Directors
  26. Target List: Directors/Producers
  27. Trade Papers
  28. Understanding Breakdowns
  29. Workshops: Paid For
  30. Year End Close Out
    31.
    Quarterly Activities
  1. Type Me
  2. Self-Marketing: As a career
  3. Demo Reel: Editing/Philosophy
    Annual Special Topics
  1. V/O Demos - Auditions
  2. Actor Taxes
  3. Organizing: Home/Office
  4. One person show: Develop/Produce
  5. Databasing
  6. Hosting: Ear/Tele-prompt
  7. Script Coverage
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