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Workforce Development Solutions
For a New Economy
As we emerge from this current downturn, companies need to find, train and groom committed, invested, and accountable leaders to create change and fuel growth within their business cultures and communities.
Media/Entertainment veteran John Tarnoff has created a program to help progressive companies in all sectors get more from their employees, and spur creativity and innovation.
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Based on best practices developed at DreamWorks Animation, and through years of working with managers, technologists and artists, John's management consultancy provides an end-to-end Workforce Development solution. John's program addresses leadership, retention, loyalty, and empowerment challenges in today's rapidly evolving and volatile workforce, and helps forward-thinking companies develop creative and innovative employees.
Based on best practices developed at DreamWorks Animation, and through years of working with managers, technologists and artists, John's management consultancy provides an end-to-end Workforce Development solution.
John's program addresses leadership, retention, loyalty, and empowerment challenges in today's rapidly evolving and volatile workforce, and helps forward-thinking companies develop creative and innovative employees.
THINK ABOUT THIS:
- Beyond Job Fairs: Building real recruiting partnerships with universities
- Employees as Stakeholders: Community is more than Friday keggers, intramurals and life/work balance.
- Cascading Mentorshipâ¢: Groom your workforce by "paying it forward."
- Internal Customer Service: The secrets to managing up, managing down, and how to do "bottom up."
ABOUT JOHN TARNOFFMost recently, John oversaw Talent Development for DreamWorks Animation (Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda ) from 2003 - 2009, including the company's internal artistic enrichment program, its outreach program to schools in the CG animation space, and developing strategies for the "front end" of the animation process, including visual development, design and storyboarding.From 1996 until 2002, John was the co-founder and C.E.O. of Talkie, Inc an internet technology startup that pioneered online conversational animated characters for marketing, brand building, lead generation, customer service and training. To develop its products, the company created proprietary artificial intelligence and behavioral animation software. Clients included Sprint, Intel Corporation, Progressive Insurance and Scottrade.John has been in media/entertainment for 30 years. As a producer and studio executive, he supervised films such as Diner, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure, and The Power of One during the 80s and early 90s. He branched into multimedia, writing and producing CD-ROM games in the early 90s, including Wargames, based on the MGM movie, and Big Brother, based on George Orwells classic novel, 1984.
ABOUT JOHN TARNOFF
Most recently, John oversaw Talent Development for DreamWorks Animation (Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda ) from 2003 - 2009, including the company's internal artistic enrichment program, its outreach program to schools in the CG animation space, and developing strategies for the "front end" of the animation process, including visual development, design and storyboarding.
From 1996 until 2002, John was the co-founder and C.E.O. of Talkie, Inc an internet technology startup that pioneered online conversational animated characters for marketing, brand building, lead generation, customer service and training. To develop its products, the company created proprietary artificial intelligence and behavioral animation software. Clients included Sprint, Intel Corporation, Progressive Insurance and Scottrade.
John has been in media/entertainment for 30 years. As a producer and studio executive, he supervised films such as Diner, Pink Floyd: The Wall, Bill and Teds Excellent Adventure, and The Power of One during the 80s and early 90s. He branched into multimedia, writing and producing CD-ROM games in the early 90s, including Wargames, based on the MGM movie, and Big Brother, based on George Orwells classic novel, 1984.
Commencement Address at Flashpoint Academy in Chicago, May 2009
Communications University of China
Beijing 2009
My Team at DreamWorks
Awarding Mentorship _ DreamWorks - 2006
Annecy Festival Short Film Jury - 2007
With Bob Redford at the 2007 Americans For The Arts National Policy Roundtable
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"The objective of John Tarnoffs workforce development program at DreamWorks Animation was to seed the next generation of creative talent for the Studio. As the head of the program, John was instrumental to its success during a time of significant growth at the company."
Jeffrey Katzenberg
CEO, DreamWorks Animation SKG
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