Story

Episode 64 : It’s About Your Story – Hindenburg Editing Software

9 December 2011

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Hindenburg makes editing your Life Story simple so you can concentrate on the Story

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I know the feeling of getting bogged down on the details of Creating a Life Story. There are so many things that can take you attention away from what a project is all about… The Story.

One of the …

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Interviewing and Story Telling with Ira Glass and Richard Fidler

10 November 2011

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What we can learn from the professionals.
I was listening to this episode of Richard Fidler’s wonderful Conversations, interview programme on the ABC and thinking how much of it is relevant to what we’re doing with Life Stories.

From Richard’s recent trip to the US we have this interview with Ira Glass, host of the hugely …

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Who’s Life Story do You Wish you’d Recorded?

26 October 2011

Everyone has missed some stories.
It doesn’t matter who I mention Create Your Life Story to, but everyone; Everyone!!! says that there is someone from their life who they didn’t happen to get that information, that story, that understanding, of what their life was all about… and how they wished they had

Then in the …

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70 Year Journey Back in Time

7 July 2011

Your own personal Time Machine
Imagine for a moment stepping through a door, back in time to the dark days of WWII. What would you see if you could travel in that time machine? How many little things would be the same and how many would have changed?

Recently a woman who owned a flat near …

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What Story Got You Out of a Tricky Situation?

2 June 2011

Sometimes a great story will help you to get away with anything.

Although all tongue in cheek this shows the power of a good story even if it’s only to sell something

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Anzac Day Dawn Service 2011

25 April 2011

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Sometimes we need to appreciate our good fortune

Anzac Day has always been a very special day for me, funny really. I have no direct connection to the military. None of my direct relatives have ever been involved in a conflict. Two of my father’s older brothers were in WW2 but that is too distant …

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Episode 26 : Telling Your Story

30 November 2010

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It’s more than just a conversation when you tell a story

Have you ever noticed when you have those very casual conversations that sometimes there is a shift in the way things are mentioned. Instead of it just being a back and forth exchange of thoughts and experiences someone will capture the conversation with …

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I’m Gutted – What Happens when You Wait too Long

27 June 2010

The other day I received a message on Facebook from a friend who listens to Your Story and this Podcast. I didn’t even know Tony was listening to the show but he has since mentioned that it was the motivation for him to get on with recording his Dad’s life story. Something that he …

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Episode 6 : Start Recording a Life Story

22 June 2010

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Start Small, Just Record

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With any new project, like recording a Your Life Story, it’s important to start!
Filling your life with the preparation is often a form of procrastination. For that reason it’s important to get underway and seeing results as quickly as possible and here is a simply way to start, …

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An Autobiography – What a Great Idea.

19 June 2010

I was talking to my mother the other day. I had just phoned to wish her a happy birthday and catching up when she mentioned the computer course that she is doing with a class of similarly aged people.

I had not mentioned to her what I had been doing here with Create Your Life …

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A Picture Needs a Thousand Words

5 June 2010

You’ve heard the saying “A picture says a thousand words”. That however is only when you know about the image within context.

This image to the left is a ? (the answer is at the bottom of this post)

Without context it could be one of many things. That’s the very reason we have captions under …

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How to Record a Life Story

17 May 2010

Recording Life Stories free e-Book is the perfect introduction to the ideas of recording an audio Life Story and then how to publish and share with family or the world.

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Something to Say?

7 April 2010

Well, have you?
Sure you have, you wouldn’t be here if you didn’t have something to get off your chest or something that you want to say. I’m sure you have things to share with the world or at least stories that would fascinate your family.
That’s what this site is about, this is a place …