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Our privacy policy

· Policies

Privacy Policy

Hunting With Pixels is committed to providing quality services to you and this policy outlines our ongoing obligations to you in respect of how we manage your Personal Information.

We have adopted the Australian Privacy Principles (APPs) contained in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) (the Privacy Act). The NPPs govern the way in which we collect, use, disclose, store, secure and dispose of your Personal Information.

A copy of the Australian Privacy Principles may be obtained from the website of The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner at https://www.oaic.gov.au/.

What is Personal Information and why do we collect it?

Personal Information is information or an opinion that identifies an individual. Examples of Personal Information we collect includes names, addresses, email addresses, phone and facsimile numbers.

This Personal Information is obtained in many ways including [interviews, correspondence, by telephone and facsimile, by email, via our website www.yourbusinessname.com.au, from your website, from media and publications, from other publicly available sources, from cookies- delete all that aren’t applicable] and from third parties. We don’t guarantee website links or policy of authorised third parties.

We collect your Personal Information for the primary purpose of providing our services to you, providing information to our clients and marketing. We may also use your Personal Information for secondary purposes closely related to the primary purpose, in circumstances where you would reasonably expect such use or disclosure. You may unsubscribe from our mailing/marketing lists at any time by contacting us in writing.

When we collect Personal Information we will, where appropriate and where possible, explain to you why we are collecting the information and how we plan to use it.

Sensitive Information

Sensitive information is defined in the Privacy Act to include information or opinion about such things as an individual’s racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, membership of a political association, religious or philosophical beliefs, membership of a trade union or other professional body, criminal record or health information.

Sensitive information will be used by us only:

• For the primary purpose for which it was obtained

• For a secondary purpose that is directly related to the primary purpose

• With your consent; or where required or authorised by law.

Third Parties

Where reasonable and practicable to do so, we will collect your Personal Information only from you. However, in some circumstances we may be provided with information by third parties. In such a case we will take reasonable steps to ensure that you are made aware of the information provided to us by the third party.

Disclosure of Personal Information

Your Personal Information may be disclosed in a number of circumstances including the following:

• Third parties where you consent to the use or disclosure; and

• Where required or authorised by law.

Security of Personal Information

Your Personal Information is stored in a manner that reasonably protects it from misuse and loss and from unauthorized access, modification or disclosure.

When your Personal Information is no longer needed for the purpose for which it was obtained, we will take reasonable steps to destroy or permanently de-identify your Personal Information. However, most of the Personal Information is or will be stored in client files which will be kept by us for a minimum of 7 years.

Access to your Personal Information

You may access the Personal Information we hold about you and to update and/or correct it, subject to certain exceptions. If you wish to access your Personal Information, please contact us in writing.

[Your business name] will not charge any fee for your access request, but may charge an administrative fee for providing a copy of your Personal Information.

In order to protect your Personal Information we may require identification from you before releasing the requested information.

Maintaining the Quality of your Personal Information

It is an important to us that your Personal Information is up to date. We  will  take reasonable steps to make sure that your Personal Information is accurate, complete and up-to-date. If you find that the information we have is not up to date or is inaccurate, please advise us as soon as practicable so we can update our records and ensure we can continue to provide quality services to you.

Policy Updates

This Policy may change from time to time and is available on our website.

Privacy Policy Complaints and Enquiries

If you have any queries or complaints about our Privacy Policy please contact through our website form.

Stories we love

· Blog

Sam Maresh – the power of Humility

We love this insight that Sam Maresh shared with us when we interviewed him for a video we created for GE.

Humility is at the core of what engineers do: humility is about being open to learning and contributing to other people’s success.

 

Kon Karapanagiotidis – Connection through purpose

It was inspiring to have a conversation with Kon Karapanagiotidis from the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre about how to build trust as a leader.

Kon believes leaders need to connect people to each other by gathering around a purpose that is bigger than them.

As leaders, we need to bring them along on the journey to create a community that is kinder, more connected and more compassionate.

 

Tane Hunter – Scientific evidence enhances your stories

It’s always a joy to have conversations with the wonderful people of FutureCrunch. FutureCrunch is a group of awesome scientists and experts who tell stories of progress that help us have hope for the future.

In this video, Tane Hunter talks about how we can connect to each other through our ideas.

As leaders, we need both credibility and connection to have the impact we desire, so it’s key that we have both scientific evidence as well as the ability to tell stories.

Scientific evidence is not the opposite of good storytelling. Scientific evidence enhances and enriches our stories, giving us so many reasons to be excited about the possible future of humanity.

Human progress is about intelligent, informed optimism.

 

Rebecca – Is giving up on a dream a good thing?

Our personalities aren’t as fixed as we used to think –  what we value or what excites us changes over time, and with it our purpose.

And when that happens, you may have to move on from a dream that you’ve held dear for a long time. 

 

Three questions to ask yourself when you feel you lost your mojo

Dream more!

Never give up on your dreams. Just accept that they may change, and if they do, you’re about to learn something new and exciting about yourself!

Check out Rebecca’s white paper about decoding purpose:

https://www.rebeccatapp.com/newday

Katherine – being credible when you’re trying to do the right thing

Doing the right thing is more than just committing to a technical goal like reducing emissions because if you simply decide, announce and defend what you’re doing you can actually reduce the amount of support and social license you have.

You need also demonstrate that you have understood the expectations of society, you have evolved your thinking because of those expectations and that you are genuinely grappling with the issue in all of its nuance and complexity.

 

It starts with listening

So it really comes down to listening and ensuring that other feel heard and understood.

If you listen to others with the intention of really understanding their point of view instead of waiting for your turn to talk, you show that you’re genuinely interested in doing more than simply arguing one side of a debate.

If we want to solve the bigger problems of the world, we start with listening.

Katherine Teh is a strategist who specialises in social license and runs empathy training programs. She’s also the founder of Futureye, a business that helps organisations understand societal attitudes around how they operate.

Clinton – Cooking Sunday Dinner

Last month we started a series of short video stories about credibility and connection for leaders.

As part of this project, we ran a little pilot with our friend Clinton who runs Kitchen After Dark.  Kitchen After Dark does many things, but according to 8-year-old Mobius Moorman, they make the world’s best cookies.

Extensive and repeated research by the rest of the Moorman family has so for confirmed this finding, but MORE RESEARCH IS NEEDED. Way more research.

Food as a way to connect.

We loved the story about how cooking Sunday Dinner is a rite of passage in the Hazel family.

If you need to do your own cookie research, here’s where you can find Kitchen After Dark.

https://www.instagram.com/_kitchenafterdark/

https://kitchenafterdark.com.au/

 

Adaptability Quotient

I love how some interviews give me a spring in my step.  Here’s a video featuring the FutureCrunch people about our Adaptability Quotient.

AQ is about how to handle change; do we embrace and maybe even enjoy it or do we batten down the hatches or double down on our fixed ideas?

Intelligent Optimism is a choice

 

 

Cycling safely during and after the Covid 19 lockdown

· Corona Virus

It’s great to see so many people using the lockdown to get back on their bikes for exercise and transport.

I’ve never seen so many people on the trails. My worry is that all those ‘new’ riders don’t have the right skill set to rejoin traffic in a safe manner.

This is why creating social media content around riding safely is so important right now. Here are a few things we’re working on at Bikefilms at the moment to support the effort.

Project 01 – Cycling safety project with the City Of Sydney

Here’s a video that’s part of a project we’re doing with the City Of Sydney and BikeWise to help riders be more empowered, confident and skillful when riding in traffic.

Project 02 – Covid-19 lockdown: is your bike safe to ride?

Here’s a video we created with BikeWise that was commissioned by the WA Roads.

Project 03 – driving a car around people on bikes

A project we’re doing with the University Of Adelaide to promote safe driving around cyclists. These videos are being used in an online test that you can find on cycleaware.org.

What can we do to make riding safer during the Covid-19 lockdown

One of the effects of the lockdown is that more people than ever are getting on their bikes. This is good news, but also a challenge.

The challenge is that we were already seeing a significant spike in injuries and deaths among cyclists in the months leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic.

This trend could be accelerated by more inexperienced riders entering the roads, especially if they keep riding after the pandemic subsides.

Now is the time to get ready

At Hunting With Pixels, we’re very passionate about making riding a bike the way it should be: fun, healthy and safe.

We want to use the spare capacity we have over the next few months to make a difference.

We’d love to talk to you on how we could collaborate on this.

 

 

 

Staying in touch with your people during the Covid 19 Virus lock down

· Corona Virus

These are challenging times.

Since the lockdown started, as a leader you suddenly have to manage a team over dozens, if not hundreds of team members working from home.

If you run a small business, you suddenly don’t have the network in place to stay connected to your clients.

People are looking at you as the leader to offer comfort and guidance in challenging times. Staying connected requires meaningful interactions.

Group emails and Zoom calls are great technologies for information, but not for connection.

As leaders, we need to inspire and support our people.

Timely, carefully crafted messages help your people stay engaged and productive.

To support you during the lockdown, we’re offering to create content with you that will help you stay connected. If you’re a friend or client we’ll do this on a ‘pay what you can’ basis, and in some cases even pro bono.

People don’t remember what you said. They remember how you made them feel.

Here’s how the CEO of Marriott communicated to his team.

Arne shows his humanity, while also delivering an honest assessment on how challenging the coming months will be.

The video has been shared and retweeted millions of times.

Case study 01: Deakin – Covid 19 announcement

This is how Jenni communicates the effects of the lockdown to the students of the Deakin Law School.

Follow up content for Deakin University

After the announcement, Jenni followed up with a piece about optimism and focus on opportunities in challenging times, urging students to use this time to upskill or to fast track their studies.

Case study 02: Acorro –  how to work from home effectively

After the initial announcement, you can stay in touch on a regular basis with shorter updates.

Case study 03 – WordPress – involve your team while keeping them safe

Here’s an example of a video based on team members filming themselves on their phones. We took care of the concept, direction and production management.  we did for WordPress

We support leaders during the lockdown

Here’s how we can support you as a leader;

  1. We craft your message. We help you create the right message at the right time
  2. We create strategy. The timing and order of what you say when matters.
  3. We coach you on how you deliver your messages.

The process

Lock Down discounts – pay what you can

We’re in this together.

Let’s have an honest, open conversation on where you’re at and what is possible in the current situation.

This is the time for all of us to support each other and to stay connected.

How do you build the courage to tell your story from the heart?

· Blog, Case Studies

Trust and connection are the basis on which we run our businesses.

This is why it’s crucial that your content supports the building of trust and connection. Your video content needs to feel like a conversation, where you look happy, confident and in control.

How ‘videographers’ work

We don’t like being called a ‘videographers’ because videography is a technical process. We believe content creation is a people process.

Videographers typically put people in a small room, flick on a bunch of very bright lights and run the interviewee through a question list.

This approach is based on a learned default based on what we know from producing TV or news items. It’s fast and cost effective and leads to results like this: a perfectly adequate corporate video.

Interviewing vs having a conversation

Telling your story from the heart is a very different process. We focus on creating an environment where the people we talk to feel happy and confident.

It’s a process where we create conversations around meaningful connection. This is part of the coaching and facilitation process that is central to our brand: Confidence, Courage, Connection.

Here’s the same client, but now we’re having a conversation:

The 3 key differences

  1. What vs Why. When you have a conversation you get past the ‘what’ (features and benefits) to the ‘why’: talking about the experience of being part of the law clinic.

2. Ownership. Our process creates a sense of ownership for everyone involved. Instead of being told what to say, your team sees their own stories and experiences in your brand.

3. Connection. The viewer feels that they’re being talked to instead of ‘presented’ to. Instead of ‘presenting’ we’re being present with our viewers.

Being present, confident and courageous is how meaningful connection is created. From there, you can build trust with your audience.

That’s where you really start Hunting With Pixels!

Using the Vimeo Review page

· Blog

Here’s a quick tutorial on using the review page that we just sent you.

Once you land on the page, you can click directly on a frame, anywhere in the video, to leave feedback in a time-coded note.

You can also treat notes as “to-dos” to remind yourself to come back to them later, and check them off when they’re resolved.

Instant communication

We can directly reply to your notes and we automatically get notified once you make a comment.

Works on mobile

Best thing; it works on your mobile too! We’d love to hear what your thoughts are on your new video.

We Are Them. They Are Us.

· Blog

This is a project about connection.

How to prepare for your video shoot with Hunting With Pixels

· Blog

Self care

You look and sound best when your brain is performing well. There are two things that will help you be the best version of yourself on camera.

Enough sleep. Ensure that you get a good night’s sleep the day before.

You’ll look fresher but most importantly your brain will be much better at handling the cognitive workload of being out of your comfort zone while trying to remember your key messages and connecting to the viewer.

Your brain is going to get a major work out; make sure it’s rested.

Stress free. Eliminate any form of stress where possible.

Postpone a difficult phone conversation, ensure that you only have people in the room that you feel comfortable around, don’t cram too many tasks in the day.

Taking direction

Be selective about who you take feedback and direction from. Trust your own instinct; you’re the expert in your field and you look and sound best if you’re ‘just’ you.

If you get mixed messages during the shoot, you probably have too many people in the room.

Only have the absolute key people in the room and ensure everyone prepared well.

Leaders – beware of how you affect your team

As the team leader, business owner or CEO you might want to be around for the interviews, because you want to be across what is being said.

This can backfire. Simply being present in the room can be a real obstacle for some of your team members to be conversational and authentic.

The same counts for marketing directors. You’re an expert on the messaging, but being too hand on or directive can diminish your impact.

Think of your interview as building scaffolding

Editors can rearrange things; you’re just here to provide the raw material. You don’t need to come up with all the clever sound bites.

You do need to have a clear idea of the structure of what you’re communicating.

Note down the key messages in a mind map or list, and talk around those. Your expertise and experience enables you to fill in the blanks. Trust it.

You’re not an actor.

Learning a script by heart and communicating it in a way that connects to the audience is a skill.

Unless you’re a trained actor or presenter, we don’t recommend trying to learn too many lines by heart.

You’re not likely to pull it off, and it shows in how you present.

Don’t ‘present’. Be present.

Great video content feels like a conversation you have with your audience. It doesn’t need to be perfect.

You can rely on editors to make things concise and accurate. You don’t need to present. You need to be present.

Being present is about being in the moment and focussed. This can be achieved by doing two things;

– Give yourself a bit of headspace before you do your shoot. A walk, cup of tea or some focussed work on what you want to talk about

Eliminate distractions. Shoot offsite if you can. Turn off your phone.

Best shoot times

We all have different rhythms, but generally spoken we’re at our best in the late morning till early afternoon.

This is where our brain is rested and at it’s more creative.

Take your time and relax

Key is that you feel in charge when you’re being interviewed.

We’re here to help you tell your story: make sure you own it, take your time and refine if you feel it’s necessary.

What to wear

Here’s a post on what to wear at shoots:

Lights, Camera… wait. Make up!

Good luck!

Getting reviews right the first time

· Blog

How to get your project done on time and within budget

We know as a leader you’re busy, so it’s important to plan time to review so this doesn’t become a bottleneck that creates budget or timeline blowouts.

Here are some strategies to save you both in the editing phase of your project.

Plan the time

In our letter of engagement, we mapped out a timeline that includes dates for reviews. We strongly recommend booking an hour per review in your calendar when the project starts. This way you’ve protected your project from interference.

For every 5 minutes of video, expect to spend 30 minutes reviewing and adding notes.

Save time by avoiding double handling

One of the most likely causes of delay and blowouts in content product is unnecessary iterations because things being missed in the reviews. Here are the steps to take to ensure you get reviews right.

How to get reviewing right: be aware of inattention blindness

Inattentional blindness or perceptual blindness occurs when an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, purely as a result of a lack of attention rather than any vision defects or deficits.

A famous example of inattention blindness is a video in which viewers are asked to count how many times the actors are passing the ball. After playing the video, viewers are asked if they noticed the guy in the gorilla suit walking IN FRONT OF the actors. 50% of the viewers missed it!

The key to counteracting inattention blindness is to concentrate on one thing at a time. This is something that even seasoned professionals apply to their work: here’s how they do it.

Step 01: Fresh perspective Hat

You can only get the first impression once. Use it well.

Make sure you capture your initial, emotional response before you get into the detail.

Sit back, relax and play the video. Do not start and stop, but play the video like a user of your website would.

Right after watching and before you get distracted by the next think, answer these questions:

What is my gut feel?
Did I understand the message?

Write. It. Down!

Step 02 – Sound

Play the video in the background,  maybe while making a cuppa. Without concentrating on the visuals, how does the video sound to you?

Step 03 – Brand and titles

It’s very easy to miss spelling mistakes, because we tend to skim over titles in the video. Stop the video, read the title and ensure you’re happy with it.

Visuals, written content and audio are processed in different parts of the brain. As a result, if we get swept away by the emotional arc of the video (which is what should happen!) it’s easy to miss that your name is spelled ‘Jon’ instead of ‘John’.

Why this approach works

Rushing reviews is a false economy.

Reviewing with three different hats on is a great investment of time; I guarantee you that you’ll make back that time fourfold over the course of your project.

 

 

We Create Connection

· Blog

Hunting With Pixels is about creating connection.

Connection is the most powerful tool we have to to create impact. When we truly connect to our audience we earn the permission to educate or create value.

Hunting With Pixels exists to support business owners to be the best version of themselves; clear in their message, authentic in their delivery and connected others.

Here’s an example of recent work we’re particularly proud of.

Working with the wonderful Joanne Woo on this video around parenthood was so much fun!

Loved getting the stories from the parents, especially the proud dads. The world is changing.