Picture of: assorted nieces and daughters playing a game at our New Year's Eve partyToday I: shopped for party; did last minute banking; listened to a podcast on developing ethical behavior with storytelling- left me uncomfortable with conclusions drawn- maybe I will blog or article it; picked up kid from work; worked on www.twitter.com/storyteller; in the midst of the party; happy new year to you.::C2008. Picture blog for storyteller Sean Buvala ( www.seantells.com). My written blog is at www.seanblogs.com::
Picture of: the calendar I was working on with my wife today. Today I: spent time with my family laying out the month of May; did the post office and bank run; worked on the May edition of the storytelling podcast, which you can listen to now when you click here; banged my head against virtual walls in a forum::C2008. Picture blog for storyteller Sean Buvala ( www.seantells.com). My written blog is at www.seanblogs.com::
Picture of: my friend Gina who is very excited about the cookie she is going to eat.Today I: returned the rental car I had to use this weekend; worked on a new mailing to western states; met for lunch with Gina- a young woman who was in one of my youth groups many many years ago and is now moving on to exciting new out of state adventures with her husband (best of luck Gina- this is exciting); reviewed Emails from a corporate storytelling sponsor and ran them through my "interpret, express, integrate" process to create a basic proposal idea for them; went to the bank and the post office; took daughter #1 to work and back again; found my GTD notebook and began a fresh new mind sweep; created new voiceover scripts for David Ian Davies to record for the upcoming podcast beds- David does BRILLIANT audiobooks of Sherlock Holmes stories; spoke on the phone with the sponsor for Wednesday's school shows; didn't send out expiration notices to Storyteller.net members as I was afraid they'd take it as an April Fools jokes; reviewed all of my 2008pics.com postings and realized I have so far met my goal of # of postings- yay me.
::C2008. Picture blog for storyteller Sean Buvala ( www.seantells.com). My written blog is at www.seanblogs.com::
Picture of: Liz Weir during the recording of the next Storyteller.net Amphitheater. (Photo by Mark Goldstein-ty Mark.).Today I: had a meeting with future corporate sponsor; did the Amphitheater recording and had lunch with Liz Weir, Liz Warren and LynnAnn Wojciechowicz to discuss the past and present future of storytelling in the world; did initial edit of Amphitheater, probably will post later this week; evaluated submitted materials for upcoming conference gig; completed paperwork for a sponsor so I can get paid when the time comes; researched travel and airfare for possible Miami gig; dealt with customers for Storytellingproducts.com
Picture of: screenshot from my audio editing software I used all day today. Today I: edited sound files for podcasts and future marketing training products; made my post office and banking runs; edited pages for a teller at Storyteller.net; sent reminder notices out to some Storyteller.net members; talked on the phone with the program director for my gig on Wednesday; talked with a new sponsor and booked a September event for a Women's Luncheon gathering; created invoices for upcoming events
Picture of: a cupcake with green sprinkles and serving of my potato soup. Today I: "got things done"; worked on the St Pat's day podcast and somehow ended up with a bug that wouldn't let me post it- sigh- it will be up on Tuesday; otherwise laid low today and made Irish dinner for my family, feeding them potato soup, fancy cupcakes and Culcannon, which daughter #3 refers to as (say it like a leprechaun) "fiddlelee dee potatoes"; passed out green cupcakes to various family members; tried to figure out what I am supposed to be doing for the school class I am taking. Sigh, I really don't need to learn how to appreciate classic literature...again.::C2008. Picture blog for storyteller Sean Buvala ( www.seantells.com). My written blog is at www.seanblogs.com::
Picture of: two Arizona automobile license plates. One reads STORY and one reads TELLER. Aww, how precious. We finally got them (I'm Teller) lined up at the OISBC camp last week. Today I: reworked the schedule for the Outside In Camp and found a way to add even more content; got some great books from Margaret Read MacDonald today- I love it when when she autographs the books she sends me; did a lot of work on the website for the marketing camp- most of it is done with the new information and we are ready for booking the August event; wrote a blog post about the cost of our Storyteller.net Live events; posted the comments from the camp; negotiated with an Arizona hotel for the Recording Workshop and the OISBC this summer; had lunch with my kids; made a commitment to tell at the South Mountain Spring Festival; tried to fend off my FMS exhaustion; talked with another podcaster about his work; discovered another podcaster doesn't understand about the real nature of Storyteller.net and what I do; posted the Storyteller.net mission statement on the Storyteller.net website.
Picture of: assorted nieces and daughters playing a game at our New Year's Eve party
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