Rustin Hamilton, writer, producer, and partner at Illumina Filmworks, spoke at the 73rd NAFB Convention bout ways to improve your “on-air” sound during a Friday morning workshop.
 
“Step out on a cliff and do something someone else wasn’t willing to do,” said Hamilton. 

A tip from today's session on ways to improve your "on-air" sound: Record yourself, and then listen and evaluate. -Rustin Hamilton. #NAFB16

— NAFB (@NAFB) November 11, 2016

Hamilton offered several tips to guide on-air improvement, including:

1. Immerse yourself in quality media and entertainment.
2. Record yourself, then listen and evaluate. Read aloud as you write. 
3. Use words that evoke images, and can be understood the first time. 
4. Keep it tight; no wasted words or phrasing. 
5. Don’t be afraid of your imagination. 

 
Hamilton posed the following questions to serve as larger guides of improving your on-air presence:

1. Who is your inspiration?
2. What can you control?
3. What are you doing now and how can you make it better?

 
“Create your own path, and think big!” said Hamilton.

Post by 2016 NAFB Social Media Corps member Leann Fox, an agricultural communications and journalism student at Utah State University. The 2016 NAFB Social Media Corps is sponsored by Farm Credit.