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MillimeterFMC Brings Experience to Training
Mar 26, 2004 12:00 PM, By Stephen Porter
 FMC offers hands-on courses that complement the sessions being offered at the NAB Post|Production World Conference. |
As a coproducer of the NAB Post|Production World Conference, Future Media Concepts (FMC) brings to the table an unparalleled level of educational expertise.
Considered the nation's premier digital media training center, FMC has classrooms in New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington DC, Miami, and Orlando and boasts an extensive team of manufacturer-authorized instructors. FMC (www.FMCtraining.com) is a certified-training provider for Adobe, Apple, Avid, Macromedia, Sony, NewTek, Discreet, Boris, Digidesign, and Softimage. In addition to its classrooms on the East Coast, FMC provides on-site training nationwide.
For the NAB Post|Production World Conference, FMC drew heavily on its vast training expertise. Most of the technical chairs of the 25 conference tracks are FMC-affiliated instructors, as are about 35% of the session instructors.
Most impressively, says Ben Kozuch, conference chairperson and president and cofounder of FMC, "every session we will present at the conference has an expanded class behind it. So, for example, if you take a session on color correction and you decide you want to study the topic in more depth, you have the confidence of knowing that FMC can offer you a hands-on, two-day color-correction class. If you take a session on advanced editing tips on the Avid, there is a two-day class on that. And so on."
Although students can clearly get a lot more information in a hands-on, two-day class, Kozuch says the overriding benefit of attending the NAB Post|Production World Conference is the unique opportunity it provides to those who want to get some training on a variety of different tools in a short period of time. That not only broadens an attendee's expertise, but also helps them zero in on areas they might like to explore in more depth.
In addition, says Kozuch, a conference gives attendees the chance to hear a variety of different viewpoints and meet celebrity presenters working on high-profile projects. The conference also gives attendees a chance to develop their personal networks.
"This is a business that relies heavily on networking," says Kozuch, sagely. "It's all about who you know and who knows you. So, when you go to a conference you should make it a goal for yourself to walk away with 10 business cards you did not have before."
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