Reporting Your Family Story

19 October 2011

Look at your life, like a journalist would.
Have you thought about approaching your own life and therefore, your families story as a journalist would?

In a recent post on CNN Mark Whitaker suggested some great ideas to help you dig deeper into your family, using some of the skills that he’s gained in 35 years …

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I’ve Been Meaning to… Oh! Too Late.

6 October 2011

Is recording a Life Story something that you have written on your white board?
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Episode 60 : Remember the Stories of Community

5 October 2011
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Remember the groups of people and the stories of shared lives.

We all live in different communities that change over time. Some we leave some change but all are filled with the people who we share our lives with, forming the stories of our lives. What are the stories of your communities through your life?

Look …

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Manhatta – Time Travel to 90 Years Ago

3 October 2011

Mundane life today is the fascinating story for tomorrow
Now, after a significant period of time, (in this case more than one lifetime), we have the chance to see people, long gone in daily activities that they took for granted.  We have the chance to look through a portal back in time.

As is always the case, new …

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This Life Story Deserves to be Share with the World

2 October 2011

My father the forger
Here is another of the wonderful TED talks that shows the power of storytelling not only to get a message across but also to have the emotional impact.

My favourite quote from the talk.
“In one hour he could make 30 forged documents. If he slept one hour 30 people would die.”
All about …

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iPhone 5 Wish List

28 September 2011

All I want for Christmas is an iPhone 5
Today we seem to be getting the news that at long last we have the imminent release of the, not to be called iPhone 5. One thing that has been confirmed is that it won’t be called the iPhone 5

Australia’s major telco Telstra has tactically released a, “so called” Secret …

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National Oral History Conference

27 September 2011

Are you coming to the Oral History Association of Australia Conference?

This years theme is Communities of Memory as seen but the some of the topics to be considered.

Memory and Catastrophe
Memory Work for Human Rights
Indigenous Memory Place
Community, Memory
Communities of Identity
Contested Communities
Communities of Gender and Sexuality
Migrants and Refugees
Communities of Work or Leisure
Activist Communities
War Memories
Generational Communities
Theories of …

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Live Question & Answer Show

17 September 2011

Come and join us on our first live Q&A on Ustream.
 

Everyone is welcome to join the First live broadcast of Create Your Life Story with host Ian Kath.

Live broadcast by Ustream
I mentioned the graphic with links on the images that could be used to generate a linkable PDF. This is the Linkable PDF that …

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Episode 59 : Smash and Mash Your Life Story

13 September 2011
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Make your Life Story more than the sum of the parts

Once you start digging into it, your live can seem like an archaeological expedition. There are just so many things that you can start to bring to surface to help remind you of your life story. Just some of them are:

Photos.
Documents.
Journals & diaries.
Films & …

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Stunning Memorial to a Fragile Life

8 September 2011

You just have to listen to this!

Sometimes it’s not about someone telling their story – but of us telling the story, of what they meant to us. Sometimes we just need to get our thoughts out there and in doing so we manage to capture an essence of who they are/were.

Kevin Farkas from the Social Voice …

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Episode 58 : Oral History View of Life Stories

6 September 2011
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Oral History shows the professional methods to a Life Story

Creating your own personal family history, Life Story will utilise some the methods of various different techniques of human communication. In the past we talked about the skills of Storytelling and how to get across the story with the emotional impact that we want. The other discipline …

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More Hindenburg Audio Editing Tips for Your LifeStory

2 September 2011

Go a little deeper with Hindenburg without getting in the way of the story.
Hindenburg is, I feel the best and simpiest audio editing software specifically for voice for us that is available. You can try free trial version for 30 days but after that it’s no longer free unlike other editors such as Audacity …

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Questions, Answers and Topics Discussed on Live WebCast

31 August 2011

Coming soon to an internet connection near you
17/18 September 2011
In the latest podcast episode, Storyboard to See Your Whole Life Story, I mentioned that we’ll be having our first opportunity to get together live, to answer questions and discuss aspects of creating a Life Story.
Too often we just wonder about things and never consider specific topics. This is …

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Episode 57 : Storyboard to See Your Whole Life Story

29 August 2011
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A simple tool to discover the topics of your Life Story
and a different way to share the whole of your life in one view!

Today’s episode of Create Your Life Story is full of listener feedback about how their individual projects are developing including a conversation with Paul Harbath about his personal Life Story project and the …

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Your Grandmother the Nazi Killing War Hero.

19 August 2011

Contradiction creates the interest in a great story.
The Australian heroine and most decorated servicewomen of WWII, Nancy Wake, recently  died at he age of 98 in London. This diminutive old lady, once a beautiful young woman, was the Gestapo’s most wanted person with a 5-million-franc price on her head and thought nothing of killing Nazis to aid …

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Episode 56 : The Secret – They’ll Telling You Everything

15 August 2011
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Your infatuation will cause them to open up

Great storytellers can draw you into their world of interests but most people need someone to be a provocateur to help them express themselves. That’s your role! It’s never an interview but a directed conversation where you keep the conversation on track through engagement.
But how to engage …

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