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LF07 DVD and Web Videos

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Finally, the recorded content from the 2007 Leadership Forum is now available in two flavors:

DVD

All 21 conference sessions were recorded and are now available for purchase on DVD. The 4-disc set of hi-res video is priced at $99 (plus shipping). If you would like to purchase a copy, please email us via sales[at]igda.org and we’ll forward you the order form.

Web Videos

You can watch the lo-res videos hosted at Google Video via the following links:

Leadership Track:

Production Track:

Keynotes:

Call for Proposals: 2008 IGDA Leadership Forum

Written by Posted in Conference News,Leadership Forum'08,LF08 Conference News,LF08 GeneralTags: , April 2, 20081 comment

We invite your participation in the second annual IGDA Leadership Forum, focused on advancing the state of the art in game production and management. This event is valuable for producers, discipline leads, project managers, studio directors, and all others seeking to become better leaders, create successful games, and learn from other working professionals in the game industry.

The first IGDA Leadership Forum was a smashing success with top rated sessions by Don Daglow (Stormfront Studios), Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk (BioWare), Tim Schafer (Double-Fine), Mike Capps (Epic Games) and Clinton Keith (ex High Moon Studios). And, we welcomed 300+ delegates from over 15 countries, including the UK, Finland, India and Australia.

The 2008 IGDA Leadership Forum is EXPANDING its session offerings so we can encompass a broad range of leadership topics, including personal leadership, project leadership and management leadership. The sessions will run in parallel tracks and will consist of a mix of lectures, panels, and interactive workshop sessions.

Personal Leadership sessions will cover the skills we all need to be successful leaders, such as:

  • effective communication
  • entrepreneurialism and taking initiative
  • persuasion and making ideas stick
  • personality analysis (Myers-Briggs, etc)
  • handling challenging situations/conflict
  • personal time management and “life hacking”
  • career planning
  • “personal MBA”

Project Leadership sessions will focus on the nuts and bolts of game production, such as:

  • development methodologies and best practices
  • risk assessment and analysis
  • scheduling and scoping techniques
  • pipeline optimization
  • pre-production and prototyping
  • post-mortems and case studies
  • metrics
  • outsourcing and remote development

Management Leadership sessions will cover broader scale topics that go beyond a single team or project, such as:

  • multi-team/site management
  • company culture and sharing a core vision
  • motivation and morale
  • hiring and retention strategies
  • 3rd party relationship management
  • studio lifecycle planning and scaling
  • HR best practices
  • quality of life
  • workforce development/training

The Program Committee welcomes session proposals from qualified speakers for all three areas. Please send an informal email proposal, with the topic(s) and format(s) of interest and qualifications, to leadership-forum[at]igda.org by May 1st.

The Committee also welcomes suggestions for session topics and feedback on what would interest prospective attendees.

We appreciate your help in growing the IGDA Leadership Forum for 2008!

- Heather Chandler
Chair, Program Committee
Executive Producer, Media Sunshine



“The IGDA Leadership Forum has, without question, the highest quality of content of any game industry event I have ever attended. As far as “”bang for the buck”" it is the best conference for producers and managers in our industry. Any studio looking to upgrade its production and management techniques should make this a must attend event for their studio’s production and management leads. The annual IGDA Charitable Foundation dinner is also not to be missed.”

- Tom Buscaglia, The Game Attorney


“I’ve had the pleasure of attending the IGDA Leadership Forum for 2 years now. The conference is small and focused, which is its greatest strength. Not only does it offer an excellent schedule with high quality speakers, attendees have many opportunities to connect with other developers. This networking and sharing of ideas is what gives someone the additional tools, and perspective to be better at their job. The IGDA Leadership Forum has had a huge impact on my career. Every year, I’ve come away with new friends and mentors, and new inspiration that I can immediately apply to create positive impact within my company. For such a low cost with such high return, I ask you this: How can you not afford to send yourself and your employees to the IGDA Leadership Forum?”

- Kim Sellentin, Associate Producer, Blizzard Entertainment


“I’ve attended the Leadership forum every year since its inception. It’s my can’t miss conference each year for a couple of reasons… 1. It’s a very personal conference, small enough to get to know everyone and large enough to attract great speakers. 2. The game industry tends to build leaders from with in, but being a great developer does not make a great leader. The Leadership Forum provides a wonderful opportunity to develop those traits and learn how others have gotten there. 3. Unlike some large events, this is a very focused conference. The topic is narrow enough to attract a lot of like minded people and broad enough to cross disciplines. I can’t recomend the Leadership Forum highly enoughto any producer, leader, or simply those in our industry seeking to be the best at their craft. ”

- Chuck Hoover, Studio Production Director, Schell Games


“If you’re a manager in the games industry, or you have managers reporting to you, you owe it to yourself to come out or send them to the IGDA Leadership Forum next year. Your competitors are out here trying to figure out how to get better at capturing the lightning and putting it in a package to ship out to customers. We desperately need better trained leaders in the industry, and this is a proven place where they can come and improve their skills. This year I found an insight in every talk to make me better at my job, and to help my reports become better at their jobs. I really don’t feel like I can afford *not* to go. Can you?”

- Brett Douville, Lead Systems Programmer, Bethesda Softworks
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