The November "Create Your Own Video Biography" workshop was fun and informative for all! And now that the 2006 workshop season is a wrap, we're looking forward to 2007. We'd like to make the workshops bigger, better and even more beneficial for you. To do that, we need your help. Please take a moment to fill out our online workshop survey. It's an easy way to get your name on our waiting list - AND your answers will help Family Legacy Video design a workshop experience that will benefit you. Click here to fill out the survey.

Here are some scenes from the November 2006 workshop:
 

You'll find a description of the workshop (along with testimonials from past workshop participants) on the workshop page of the Family Legacy Video Web site. 

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An interview with my mom - it's been something I've been wanting to do for a long time. And this year I finally did it. Mom came out from New Jersey to celebrate two November milestone birthdays (I turned 50 and she reached 70) as well as Thanksgiving, which was sandwiched in between. We had a great visit, and on the day after we celebrated her birthday, we sat down for an interview that celebrated her life (that's us in the picture at the top of the page.)

I'm so glad I took advantage of her holiday visit to preserve my mother's stories on video. And this holiday season I urge you to do the same. A holiday visit can afford you the time you need to interview family members you may not see during the rest of the year. If you have a relative whose memories you'd like to record, give them a call and arrange an interview while he or she is in your neck of the woods.

Here's another idea: We all have lots of memories centered around the holidays. Think about grabbing short interviews with as many family members as possible - interviews that focus solely on their remembrances of past Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice, Kwanzaa and/or New Year's celebrations. Then use these interviews to create a "family holiday memories" DVD that you and your family will treasure.

Whatever holiday you're celebrating this month, have a wonderful time - and don't forget to capture some of your family storytellers on video!

- - Steve Pender

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Up for an award.

Family Legacy Video is a finalist in the technology category of the 2007 SASIE Awards. SASIE stands for "Southern Arizona Smart Inspiring Enterprise Awards" and is sponsored by the Arizona Small Business Administration and Tucson Business Edge, a Tucson business newspaper. The SASIE Awards honor outstanding entrepreneurs in Southern Arizona whose innovative business approaches deserve recognition.

Needless to say, it's a thrill to be a finalist. Winners will be announced on March 6th, 2007 - and you'll learn the results in the April e-Newsletter.

Inspiring women to create legacies of stories.

On October 26th, Steve Pender was a guest presenter at the Positive Aging for Women Conference, sponsored by the City of Tucson. Steve conducted two hour-long workshops, entitled "Creating a Family Legacy: A History of Your Family on Video." A letter to Family Legacy Video from Tucson's Vice Mayor, Carol West, stated that Steve's workshops, "...brought rave reviews from the women who attended. The information you shared awakened many of these women to think more about the legacy they will want to leave their family. We hope that you will join us again at a future conference."

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