Greg Dixon is launching a companion to Story Productions at LifeVault.Online.
Hi provides complete creation and publishing solutions or celebrating and preserving your family stories and legacy, including secure storage of important documents.
Stories are Your Heritage and Your Legacy
Greg Dixon is launching a companion to Story Productions at LifeVault.Online.
Hi provides complete creation and publishing solutions or celebrating and preserving your family stories and legacy, including secure storage of important documents.
What is a Life Vault, you are likely asking?
I have been helping people collect, create, and publish stories, concerts, projects, and products for many decades.
A Life Vault is a collection of anything a person wants to preserve and share about their life.
It could be family stories and history.
It could be a business story, like Disney, or Ben and Jerry’s. These companies are very good at sharing their stories.
Marketing legends like Dan Kennedy talk about releasing things from their substantial Business Vault. Or selling access to their Business Vault.
I can help you build and publish your own Life Vault.
I have worked with Vancouver musician, author, and course creator Rocket Norton for many decades. He was the drummer in bands like The Seeds of Time, PRiSM, The Rocket Norton Band, H.U.N.N., and more.
I have helped him create, publish, and promote a tremendous amount of content and projects over the years, including his book Rocket Norton: Lost In Space which takes us through his musical adventures with many of the top Vancouver area and Canadian musicians that are still heard on Classic Rock stations today.
His recent F**K Cancer Benefit Concert featured members of Loverboy, Trooper, Chilliwack, Headpins, Streetheart, The Legendary Powdered Blues Band, Lee Aaron, Nick Guilder, and more. The concert raised nearly $200K for the BC Cancer Foundation.
The Rocket Norton Vault contains a growing collection of rare content, including Rocket Norton: Lost In Space, three other books, concert video clips, rare audio recordings, photos, and the entire How to Coach Baseball to Kids video course.
Learn more at https://www.rocketnorton.com/
Even if you do not see a Life Vault for yourself, you may want to create one for a loved one or your family as a way to preserve and share stories and heritage—a way to leave a legacy.
The process of collecting content and stories can be fun and enlightening in itself.
My father and mother have both passed. Our four siblings collectively have a spotty outline of our father’s life with some mysteries that could be the basis of a novel someday.
I have a vague recollection that my father rode the rails during The Great Depression. Perhaps my mother told me that. None of my siblings ever heard anything about that.
Sometimes we don’t know much about the people who are in our lives.
A Life Vault is a way to discover, preserve, and share their stories and accomplishments.
I create multimedia vaults that can contain almost anything digital, including:
There are various ways of assembling content, including:
One of the first steps is to create a content roadmap for the Life Vault and a plan for how to assemble or create each piece.
I use Kartra Memberships and WordPress to publish Life Vaults.
The Rocket Norton Vault is in a Kartra Membership because it supports all of the content we want to include, we are charging for access, and we may want to protect some of the content with special access levels.
Other course publishing platforms could work for you. WordPress and other website builders can work for public information. There are pros and cons for each platform.
I would be glad to discuss options with you. Please book an appointment at https://www.gregdixon.net/
I am working on a book and an online course for people who want to build and publish their own Life Vaults.
I can also work with you to plan, build, and publish a Life Vault for you, your loved ones, your family, or your business.
Please send me a note or book an appointment with me at https://www.gregdixon.net/ to discuss if a Life Vault is right for you.
It could be the perfect gift for the holiday season!
First of all, is a Personal Business Story different than a Business Story?
Often, yes. If you are a sole entrepreneur or have a business mostly based on your journey and your gifts to the world, then it is your Personal Business Story.
If you are part of a large enterprise that you started, your personal story quickly takes a back seat to the vision and why of the company. You may have started it, but the company now has a life of its own.
In 2019 Bonnie and I were traveling in the Story Van shooting interviews and recording our own videos.
We used about $10,000 worth of gear, including a large Sony camera on a tripod, boom microphone, lighting kit, a green-screen, and at least one other camera to get different angles and to make sure we had a good shot.
Then we would download the video from the cameras and edit together in Final Cut Pro.
Then COVID-19 hit.
The world changed.
Everything changed with the lockdown and travel restrictions.
Persona meetings became Zoom meetings. Live events became streaming events.
Facebook Live began to make sense.
For many people and businesses, there is not going back, even when the global pandemic is over.
It has never been easier to capture you business story or that of others with Zoom.
TellYouStory.Productions has lots of examples of doing Zoom interviews, then editing a little.
I have paid gigs where I capture Facebook Live presentations such as the Unity of Nashville Service with Reverend John McLean, edit, then post on YouTube and unityofnashville.org.
Now when Bonnie and I want to record our own stories or video posts, we simple use Zoom to record.
You can do it too.
If you are reading this, you probably have a computer with a built-in camera, microphone, and a connection.
Often that is good enough.
Simple Tips:
Assuming you have at least written an outline of your Person Business Story, simple press the Record button and start telling your story to the one person in your mind that is behind the camera lens.
Try to look at the camera lens instead of yourself on the screen.
Stop and start as many times as needed.
Try different approaches.
Edit up the one you like best.
We use Final Cut Pro. You can do simple edits with QuickTime, iMovie, or other video editor you may have on your computer. There are many online and installable options.
We can also edit your videos as a service.
Consider using more than one version at different times.
Our favourite vocal coach is Danielle Benzon of TheInspiredSpeaker.com.
Here are some quick tips from Danielle:
Check out Danielle’s Authentic Speaker Membership Portal.
You will have a lot of fun becoming a better speaker!
Here are some places where you can post your Personal Business Story:
Master marketers such as Dave Dee, Kim Walsh Phillips, Amy Porterfield, Jeff Walker, and Russell Brunson often tell a personal business story as part of their introduction on webinars and sales presentations.
Practice and hone your Personal Business Story so it is simply part of who you present to the people you want to serve.
Want Help? Contact Us
gregdixon@sharedvisions.com
604-762-6410
I have produced a series of videos to help you preserve and share your family heritage and your stories.
Learn how to calculate the ideal scanning resolution, store images and documents in the Cloud, and get professional results with your SmartPhone.
The ideal print resulution is 300 dots per inche (dpi).
That means if you want to print an image on 8 by 10 inch photo paper, the scanned image should by 2400 by 3000 pixels (dots).
This video shows the calculations and a demonstration of importing from a scanner to PhotoShop.
There are many scanners and software for scanning, so the demonstration is to show the calculations and general approach.
Here is a short tutorial on Storing Photos and Documents in the Cloud.
Google Drive, Google Photos, Dropbox, and others a good places to store photos and documents.
We use Google Drive for the demonstration, including creating folders, uploading files, uploading whole folders from local and external drive, adding descriptions, and more.
How to get professional results using the video camera built into a modern smartphone.
With careful placement, you can get good results with the phone alone.
I also recommend a few inexpensive additions such as a tripod, external microphone, and lighting to get even better results.
Our business was mostly to visit people and interview them in person to make a story production.
Now that is not possible during the Coronavirus lockdown.
We can still work with you to make stunning Story Productions.
The Story Production Secrets can help you to much of the work yourself.
We can offer coaching through the process and also take the images, videos, family documents, and interviews to create Story Productions featuring you, your loved ones, or your business.
Contact me at greg@tellyourstory.productions to discuss your project.
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The vast majority of people who become infected with the coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) will live to tell the tale.
Are you one of them?
We would like to interview you through an online call and share your story.
Share your experience:
Contact bonnie@tellyourstory.productions or greg@tellyourstory.productions
Sharing your coronavirus survival story is a free public service offer because people need to hear your story.
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We believe that it is important to capture stories and family legacy while people are still alive.
Things change fast.
Accidents happen. Wars happen. Coronavirus and other diseases strike.
Suddenly the opportunity to capture stories is gone.
I wanted to travel to Alberta to capture my Uncle Joe’s WW II stories. I got busy with other things. I didn’t have money for gas. Whatever the reason, I did not go that summer.
Next summer the opportunity was gone.
We have been blessed to capture and present many life stories for use in graduation ceremonies, personal milestones, weddings, anniversaries, and personal life stories to leave for future generations.
We also help people create Story Productions themselves.
Here is our general presentation that we can vary to match the interests of your group.
At the end we will offer the following:
We have an affiliate or Joint Venture program where your organization will receive 20% of any sales from the presentation. The most likely scenario is that someone books an appointment with us then chooses a package.
By the way, the affiliate program works if you run a short blurb in your newsletter with a link to a special offer. We can provide text that you can edit to taste.
We also do Story Productions for businesses and other organizations. Do you want to profile what your organization does?
We offer a short interview with a key member of your organization as thanks for the booking.
Please contact Greg Dixon at greg@tellyourstory.productions to discuss.
Thank You
Do you have a mountain of family photos you are afraid to climb?
Greg Dixon will broadcast a series of videos with priceless tips on how to organize and scan family photos without losing your mind!
Topics Include:
There will be more advanced topics later.
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Do you have an elegant wooden box in your family that holds photos, or fine silverware, jewelry, special keepsakes, or other treasures?
Would you like to create a new Memory Box to give to someone special or family members?
In the digital age, often photos and video exist only in the cloud and on devices. A memory box could contain the video, photos, and other keepsakes to take a proud place on a mantle.
We can help you create some or all of the following Story Productions to go into a Memory Box and also shared online:
The box can contain a combination of digital and printed resources, along with other keepsakes.
A perfect Anniversary Gift.
The perfect Graduation Gift.
A lasting gift to family members at a Memorial.
Can you think of other special occasions?
Etsy.com is a great source of memory boxes of different sizes and styles.
Many can be etched, painted, or engraved to create a special keepsake for your loved ones.
We offer a wide range of Story Productions to go into your special memory Box.
Greg Dixon
gregdixon@tellyourstory.productions
604-762-6410
What a perfect gift to leave for loved ones.
For Memorial Service Providers and Estate Planners, a Memory Box can expand the range of services you offer to clients.
We can brand for your company and provide marketing and sales materials.
Wholesale pricing and terrific margins available.
We would love to work with you. Let’s talk.
Do you have a special Anniversary coming up for you or your parents?
Would you like to do something extra special to celebrate?
How about a stunning video production featuring key moments in the lives of the couple?
How they met.
The wedding.
The adventures shared.
Major accomplishments.
Places
Special stories.
You can show the Anniversary Story Production at the Anniversary event itself.
Or your can share with friends and family who cannot attend the celebration.
Either way, the Anniversary Story Production will provide a lasting record and commemoration of the relationship to leave as a legacy.
We offer a free consultation about your Anniversary Story Production.
As a gift, we will prepare a Story Production Roadmap that you can use to create the production yourself or as a starting point for us to work with you to create something special for the Anniversary.
Contact us at info@tellyourstory.productions to discuss your Anniversary plans.
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We are please to welcome Jan Westendorp as a Story Partner.
Jan can help you design and publish
Please see her profile and book samples.
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