Just caught up with the latest GI posts... Dorothy's right - somehow amidst all the fuss and feathers of work and launch and site struggles and new stories and old stories, and... and... stuff... the blog fell right off the radar! Who'd believe it?
So as our intrepid senior producer gives you the big BIG picture, here's a small sampling of what you've missed over the past few months...
1. We have a new intern - James. He's absolutely enormous - but very fit. Not so long ago a bigtime football player, now he's learning the production ropes. He digitalizes tapes ("diging" with a soft "g") he edits stories, he copies dvd's - he does it all - and for such a tower of a man, he does it all very quietly and elegantly and smoothly. You'd hardly know he was there sometimes. (I, on the other hand am 5'2 and 3/4" and it's virtually impossible to be unaware of my presence for even a moment... how is that possible???) So a big welcome to James!
2. We launched our broadcast! Back on October 26th - the first story ran on TVO (8:47 P.M. preceisely I'm pretty sure) and it was as exhiliarating as I'd hoped. To see the first of our wonderful stories (Blake Goldring and Canada Company; they started the first challenge too - to make every DAY of November "Remembrance Day" or "Remembrance Month as Dorothy puts it.) It was immensely gratifying, and if you haven't seen any of our stories yet, go immediately to the "Watch" page and check out Blake's story, or Mark Cutrara's story, or the journey of the amazing Eisens. Each is totally different (totally!) yet you'll be amazed at what's the same: the spirit of following a passion. It makes people glow. You'll be inspired - I promise! Or check out the debut of our next story on TVO this Sunday. You're in for a treat.
And - 3. We had our launch party and launched the whole kit and caboodle - show, website - the lot!!!! We invited all our profilees and held it at the Centre for Social Innovation - threw in a little wine, a little cheese, a little fruit - and a room full of the most amazing people you could EVER meet. Honestly? it was an honour to be there. And you could feel the energy in the room - it was extraordinary. There was Canada's most decorated soldier... next to volunteer (and 70-plus fabulous dame) Dorothy Creaser... next to Geri Berholz of Future Possibilities (and her equally inspiring husband Harry) who stood next Tonya Surman of CSI... who stood next to Dan Tisch of SVP... who stood next to the head of TVO... who stood next to Dennis and Denise Harrison (whose amazing story about the transformation of their farm includes the transformation of their family... and Denise brought that transformation - baby Olivia (!) who was born just weeks after we shot the story) who stood side by side with Dorothy Engelman - who started this whole project and deserved every bit of congratulations she recieved for not just pulling it off (and believe me, I was there: this was a FEAT) but presenting profiles and stories of such exceptional quality and depth, that people continue to be deeply moved and inspired. It was nosiy and funny and serious and special - and altogether the best evening I can remember.
Wish you were ALL there - maybe next time...!
The 21st Century Citizen. How do we Get Involved Today?
For the past ten years my partner at qmedia solutions and I have been doing a lot of pro bono work for a number of not-for-profits and charities. We've really enjoyed it but we wanted to do more. First we wanted to tell stories about some of the amazing people who had inspired us. And so we started with TV storytelling and on October 26th Get Involved had it's World Premiere on TVO-- Ontario's premiere public broadcaster. So far we have produced 25 profiles of amazing innovators, social entrepreneurs and activists. Take a look at our stories. Tell us what you think. Tell us about people or organizations that inspire you. During our research we sensed a growing movement growing all around us-- people realizing their skills and their expertise can be used not only to bring them financial rewards but deeper connection and meaning in their lives. And so our next step was to concieve of a website that would transform the inspiration of the television profiles and help propell people into action and Getinvolved.ca was born. Join the conversation...
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