...Ask Walt Walt Disney in his office Walt Disney, on his daily rounds through Disneyland Walt Disney: A Short Biography Short Biography of Walt Disney (a condensed version of the Long Biography) Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago Illinois, to his father Elias Disney, and mother Flora Call Disney. Walt was one of five children, four boys and a girl. After Walt's birth, the Disney family moved to Marceline Missouri, Walt lived most of his childhood here. Walt had very early interests in art, he would often sell drawings to neighbors to make extra money. He pursued his art career, by studying art and photography by going to McKinley High School in Chicago. Walt began to love, and appreciate nature and wildlife, and family and community, which were a large part of agrarian living. Though his father could be quite stern, and often there was little money, Walt was encouraged by his mother, and older brother, Roy to pursue his talents. During the fall of 1918, Disney attempted to enlist for military service. Rejected because he was under age, only sixteen years old at the time. Instead, Walt joined the Red Cross and was sent overseas to France, where he spent a year driving an ambulance and chauffeuring Red Cross officials. His ambulance was covered from stem to stern, not with stock camouflage, but with Disney cartoons. Once Walt...
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...Introduction Walt Disney, born Walter Elias Disney, was a great man, with faults of his own. He started as a boy with a dream; and with the help and belief of his associates, friends, and family, Walt created what is now an “entertainment empire” that, in 2009, had revenue of over U.S. $35 billion. Upon his death, Walt’s brother Roy continued the company they had started together and pushed to achieve Walt’s dream. Walter Elias Disney – His Life Walter Elias Disney was born on December 5th, 1901, in Chicago, Illinois. His father, Elias Disney, an Irish-Canadian, and his mother, Flora Call Disney, a German-American, had five children, four sons and one daughter. The Disney family moved to Marceline, Missouri and there Walt began drawing. Walt began selling his sketches and drawing of animals and nature to friends and neighbors at the age of seven (Disney Archives, 2010). In 1918, Walt tried to enlist in the Army but was rejected as he was only sixteen at the time. Determined to serve his country, he joined the Red Cross and was sent to France to drive an ambulance and to be a chauffeur for Red Cross officials (Just Disney, 2010). Walt Disney was a pioneer and innovator and had on of the most fertile imaginations the world had ever seen. Walt, and his employees, received more than 950 honors, including 48 Academy Awards and seven Emmys in his lifetime. “Walt Disney’s personal awards included honorary degrees from Harvard, Yale, the University of Southern California, and UCLA;...
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...Elias Disney, established himself as a legend in the cartoon industry. His by products have become a genuine part of the American culture. Walt Disney has had a profound effect on many people and will continue to have for many years to come. In 1901, on December 5th in Chicago, Illinois, Walter Elias Disney was born to Elias and Flora Disney. Even though he loved to draw, moving to a farm near Marceline, Montana in 1906 is probably what influenced his later creations. His first drawings were creations of farm animals. At the age of sixteen his family returned to Chicago where he attended McKinley High School. His real interests were at night when he took courses at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. He enlisted in Military service during World War I, but was rejected because of his young age of sixteen. He then joined the Red Cross where he spent a year overseas driving an ambulance. The exterior of his ambulance was covered all over with his cartoon drawings. After World War I, he returned to Kansas City, where he began his career as an advertising cartoonist. Here, in 1920 he created and marketed his first original animated cartoons. A few years later, he perfected a new method for combining live-action and animation. In Kansas City, Missouri, Walt Disney met animator, Ub Iwerks and composer Carl Stalling, whom later became important to his future success. Unfortunately, the company that they had started soon went bankrupt. In August of 1923, Walt Disney left Kansas...
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...Qualities of a Successful Leader Having graduated College and receiving a diploma, it is now time to get a job. After taking Dr. Rossi’s class I am very inspired to pursue my goal of joining an entrepreneurial start up so that I can be part of a successful team and have the satisfaction of starting a business. The most important part of a business plan of success is the management team and the qualities they possess. There are so many qualities to look for in a business leader, but the three main qualities to possess are character, enthusiastic, and be committed to excellence. Because you are taking a great risk when you start a company, a great leader is a must, because they can set a direction of success for a team. Also an entrepreneurial startup can give you excitement for a lifetime if the leader possesses the right qualities. First of all, character is the most important of the qualities to possess as a leader. True authority comes out of the respect of your peers, and without respect there is no way that you can lead because being a good leader is someone who is a role model to others. Once you respect someone you that individual becomes inspirational to you and if that person is on the right path it is likely you will be too. To have character is to be trust worthy, live your life with integrity and honesty and to treat others the way you would like to be treated. An individual who shows great character is Bill gates. Bill, who started with almost nothing...
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...he 1964 world première of “Mary Poppins” was held at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, and it was the kind of spectacle for which the Disney organization had become famous. Throngs of screaming fans were greeted by Mickey Mouse, Goofy, Snow White and the dwarfs, as well as by entertainers who gestured toward the movie’s Edwardian setting: a twelve-piece pearly band, chimney-sweep dancers, valets dressed as bobbies, and a bevy of pretty Disneyland hostesses, whose traditional uniforms (kilts and black velvet riding helmets) suggested a general Englishness. Hollywood luminaries arrived in chauffeured automobiles, the women in ball gowns and mink stoles (Angie Dickinson, Maureen O’Hara, Suzanne Pleshette), the men wearing dinner jackets (Edward G. Robinson, Cesar Romero, Buddy Ebsen). The arrival of the movie’s principals aroused muted excitement: Julie Andrews, who played Mary Poppins, had never appeared in a movie before, and Dick Van Dyke—the chimney sweep Bert—became much better known after the film’s release. Then Walt Disney himself arrived, stepping out of a stretch limousine and gallantly reaching a hand into the car to help his wife, Lillian, onto the pavement. Disney was by then immensely famous, appearing on his own television show every Sunday night. He had carefully engineered his entrance: when his car pulled up, the Disney characters mobbed it, and soon afterward clouds of balloons were released into the air. Inside the packed twelve-hundred-seat theatre,...
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...report is on Walt Disney, a man who demonstrated, both positive and negative leadership throughout his life. The leadership theories which will be focused on for this report include concept of power, trait approach, skills approach, style approach, and transformational leadership will be explored and applied to Disney’s experiences. Biography Walt Disney was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois. At the age of four, his family moved to Missouri, where his love for drawing and arts developed. When he was 18 he moved to Kansas and was employed at the Pesmen-Rubin Art Studio (Mosley, 2002). He soon after opened his first animation studio, Laugh O’ Grams with his brother, Roy Disney (World Biography, 2014). The studio grew in popularity, but eventually went bankrupt due to poor financial managing and high employee costs (Mosley, 2002). This prompted the brother’s move to California. Here they opened the Disney Brothers’ Studio in Hollywood (Disney, 2014). Walt met his wife, Lillian Bounds, who was hired at the studio in 1925. The pair got married and had two daughters, Diane and Sharon (Mosley, 2002). In 1926, Mickey Mouse was created and featured in the first animated short with sound, Steamboat Willie (World Biography, 2014). Nine years later, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs premiered in Los Angeles. This was soon followed by many more successful animated classics including Dumbo, Pinocchio, Fantasia, and Bambi (Disney, 2014). Today, Disney is recognized...
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...Walter Elias Disney was a man who wanted to bring happiness to adults and children through his creations and movies. Walt installed his creations in the hearts and minds of children all over America. Walt was born on December 5, 1901 in Chicago, Illinois (Lane). His father, Elias Disney, stressed hard work and perfection from his children at an early age. He and his family moved several times throughout his childhood. The family moved to a farm in Marceline, Missouri. There, he went to school and, more importantly, discovered his talent for drawing. One of his favorite activities was to sketch the farm animals (Slayman). He stayed in Marceline until 1911 when the family moved again to Kansas City. His father ran a paper route and hired his sons, Walter and Roy, as delivery boys. The paper route traumatized Walt, however. He...
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...HTM2501 Man and the Mouse Roy and Walt Disney founded the Walt Disney Company on October 16, 1923. Its original name was Disney Brothers cartoon studio. While traveling on a train to California Disney came up with an character named Mortimer Mouse. Later on re-named Mickey, and has now become quite possibly the most recognized figure in the world today. The first Disney film with sound was called Steamboat Willie, which starred the now iconic mouse. By 1937 the Disney brothers had become quite successful with their other endeavor’s and cartoon shorts. But in December Disney Bros. released their first feature length film called “Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs” it was one of the highest grossing films of its time. By using the funds from the successful “Snow White” film the now Walt Disney Studios company built an 51 acre studio complex in Burbank, California and that is where the companies headquarters is to this day. On the July 18th, 1955 Walt opened Disneyland an amusement park in Southern California and sent his company into the stratosphere. In 2013 the Walt Disney Company has numerous television stations, movie studios and world class resorts. Disney’s Television assets The Walt Disney Company owns ESPN and its family of networks such as its flagship station ESPN, as well as ESPN 2, ESPN classic, ESPNews, ESPN films plus many more. The ESPN family of networks is one of the if not the most successful network on cable TV. Airing live highlight sports shows...
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...without the presence of Disney characters in it. Growing up in Chicago Illinois, Walter Elias Disney strived for greatness. His decision to move to California ultimately would engine his profession as the most well known cartoonist of all time. Soon after his big break with the featurette of “Alice Comedy” he began his production in Hollywood. Walter Disney revolutionized the idea of entertainment by creating Mickey Mouse, Disneyland land, and also establishing the California Institute of the Arts. [86] From silent films to weekly programs, Mickey Mouse has always been in our lives. According to Walt Disney: A Biography http://disney.go.com/vault/read/walt/index.html, Mickey Mouse was created in 1928 and was used in a silent film entitled “ Plane Crazy” but later made his debut in “Steamboat Willie” the worlds first fully synchronized sound cartoon. Now in days we always see fully synchronized cartoons and don’t really give much thought to it because its normal. Walt Disney’s drive to perfect animation was tireless and to his success he became the first to create a fully synchronized sound cartoon in the late twenties. As Walt Disney said “ I only hope that we don’t lose sight of one thing- that it was all started by a mouse.” The whole Disney empire was started by one character whom at first didn’t even talk . Mickey Mouse is even the iconic symbol for the wonderful Disney franchise. As a result Mickey Mouse was the engine that helped fuel Walt Disney’s success as an...
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...This paper will discuss the history and development of Walt Disneyland and Walt Disney himself. It will describe Walt Disney’s life and what gave him the idea to start such an amazing and magical kingdom. You will understand the reasons on why Walt decided to open up another park in the United States and then all over the world. Such an amazing park with so much history helps explain some of the secrets that Disneyland and Disney World posses. July 17, 1955 was the day the magnificent park was opened to the public. President Ronald Regan, not yet president at the time stood at the gates of Disneyland in Anaheim, California in front of thousands of children and their families introducing Walt Disney to everyone. Walt open the gates to what would soon be known as the Magical Kingdom where dreams come true. Walt christened his new park with these famous words, "To all that come to this happy place: welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past, and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams, and the hard facts that have created America... with hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world."2 Walter Elias Disney born on December 5,1901 in Chicago Illinois, he was one of five children, four boys and one girl. Walt started at a very young age with his love for drawing and art. At the age of seven Walt would draw pictures and sketches and would sell them to...
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...I choose to write about Walt Disney because as reading his biography I found many challenging events and many problems that he face before reaching fame and popularity, and in my opinion I think that recently when people see the films and cartoons of Disney nobody may think that this person fatigue to reach his ambition and without him it wont be as we see it now. So, I think his life is a lesson to everybody have an aim and want to reach it. In Disney’s early life he and his brother and friend made their own studio called Disney brothers’ studio. In 1925, Disney hired an ink-and-paint artist named Lillian Bounds. After a brief courtship, the couple married. This event is talking about Erikson’s stage intimacy vs. isolation, and its basically is taking about the ability to share one’s self with another person of either sex without losing one’s own identity and sharing love with others. Disney brothers’ studio invented a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit; a few years later they discovered that Winkler and her husband, had stolen the rights to Oswald. Right away the brothers’ invented a new cartoon character called Mickey Mouse. This event is talking about a stage that Erickson’s mention generativity vs. stagnation, which means to direct their energy and focus on solutions to social issues, and in this case Disney resolve a difficulty of facing people who stole his ideas and this issue did not stop his mission but to do something else much better than what he have before...
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...Walt Disney was born on December 5th 1901 in Hermosa, Illinois. Disney was one of 5 children, 4 boys and a girl. He grew up in Marceline, Missouri, where he started art work; painting and drawing. He was always surrounded by friends and family. He sold this art to neighbors and friends. At age 10 he moved, and was introduced to his love for trains and mechanics. Disney went to McKinley High School; he took many classes including drawing and photography classes. He was also a main cartoonist for the school paper. He also took courses at the Chicago Art Institute. Later in life he perused a cartoon artist career for a newspaper, but instead he got a job at a film company that made animated commercials, where he made animations out of cutouts. Walt Disney has contributed a lot to America. He made many inspirational Disney movies, and even made a theme park, and not just in America! He’s made thousands and thousands of jobs that helps society, but he’s also made society more fun. Dreaming is believing and believing is doing, he thought that to the world. Like I said believing is doing, he inspired me to follow my dreams, not just dream it but do it. He’s shown that anything is possible. H-Harness-He wanted to go into the Army, but declined because of his age, he decided to be an artist. U-Underestimate- He dropped out of high school, but after he wasn’t permitted to the Army he went to an Art School. N-Network- His first real job his brother set up, he animated for commercials...
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...effectiveness through strengthening its current status, grabbing opportunities and reducing weaknesses and protecting business from threats (Hitt, Ireland & Hoskisson, 2008). In addition to this, SWOT analysis is quite appropriate to make decision to invest in a particular company by an investor. Being a mutual fund manager, this paper will discuss about SWOT analysis of Walt Disney for getting clarity about investmentdecision. In context of SWOT analysis, key strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Walt Disney would be presented to get clarity about the company's current position. It would be quite effective to mutual fund manager to make investment decision for Walt Disney. SWOT Analysis Walt Disney is one of the diversified well-knownbrands of Entertainment Company. Itdeals in different segments of entertainment industry in terms ofanimated films, theme parks, resorts and studios etc. (The Walt Disney Company, 2012).In context of Walt- Disney, several strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats are associated with the company that are presented as below: Strengths: Walt Disney is a well-known brand of entertainment industry that has unique positioning around the world. It is the key strength of the company as global customers know the company for innovation and creativity (Ungson& Wong, 2008). At the same time, the company has portfolio of diversified products and services as it deals in studios, animated films, theme parks and resorts, media networks...
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...Building a Visionary Company James C. Collins Jerry I. Porras Above all, there was the ability to build and build and build—never stopping, never looking back, never finishing—the institution.... In the last analysis, Walt Disney's greatest aeation was Walt Disney [the company]. —Richard Schickel, The Disney Version' I have concentrated all along on building the finest retailing company that we possibly could. Period. Creating a huge personal fortune was never particularly a goal of mine. —Sam Walton, Founder, Wal-Mart^ magine you met a remarkable person who could look at the sun or stars at any time of day or night and state the exact time and date: "It's April 23, 1401, 2:36 A.M., and 12 seconds." This person would be an amazing time teller, and we'd probably revere that person for the ability to tell time. But wouldn't that person be even more amazing if, instead of telling the time, he or she built a clock that could tell the time forever, even after he or she was dead and gone?' Having a great idea or being a charismatic visionary leader is "time telling"; building a company that can prosper far beyond the presence of any single leader and through multiple product life cycles is "clock building." The builders of visionary companies tend to be clock builders, not time tellers. They concentrate primarily on building an organization—building a ticking clock— From 6u/;t to Last by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. Copyright © 1994 by James C. Collins and Jerry...
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...Accountability and Rhetoric during a Crisis: Walt Disney’s 1940 Letter to Stockholders Joel H. Amcrnic UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO and Russell J. Craig AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY ACCOUNTABILITY AND RHETORIC DURING A CRISIS: WALT DISNEY’S 1940 LETTER TO STOCKHOLDERS Abstract: In 1940, Walt Disney was faced with crafting a message of corporate accountability under duress. His company, the product of his creative genius, had been forced to submit to public accountability. It had a pressing need to raise preferred equity finance for a major expansion during a period of market uncertainty, war, and reported losses. This paper conducts a “close reading” of the “Letter to Stockholders” in Walt Disney Productions’ 1940 annual report, the first such letter signed by Walt Disney. The letter’s rhetorical features, including metaphor and ideology, are examined in the context of the times. What is revealed is an accountability document skillfully crafted with the exigencies faced by Disney’s company firmly in mind. The letter offers suggestive insight to the world as Disney made sense of it. The paper contributes to understanding the use of rhetoric by top management in activities related to aspects of financial accountability and reporting. It also helps to understand better a significant public persona of the 20th century, Walt Disnev. Acknowledgment The authors wish to acknowledge the helpful comments of the reviewers. SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES Analysis of annual reports, including letters...
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