A reporter from the Globe is interested in writing about us! She is the one that Stu also contacted through his connections and at the same time - she is the writer that Andrea knows, and pitched the story idea to - how serendipitous.
Great work ! Avanti! PS> We need to do some photos at Kennedy's for the Globe before FRI night - anyone in? ( norah )
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Qs and ideas and updates...
Shall we write comments on this in different colors? Or have a phone call soon to check in ?
DORIA: Great news ! So glad final Shelburne went well and that sound worked. Yes, camera adds attention to event , somehow....
Great that all enjoyed the day, know would be true for audience and hope especially for tellers? !
ALL: I need to get Arts Council Grants done! after listening to Arts Council workshop think the best idea is to write a grant to do 3 themed story slams in Cambridge...and get aired on CCTV. Comments? Thoughts? Ideas? We thought the storybridge idea too huge and tricky to pull off with our small numbers. And if we could create a track record of getting and doing a good job with a grant - this is VERY valuable. Still researching how to do a video contest. Our grant must be done by OCT 15th. Will NEED resumes from you all if you want to be listed as staff who organize ?
NEWS: Meanwhile the city o Cambridge wide storytelling festival we heard of is confirmed and in the works for the FALL of 2011. We just heard from Library people last FRI - not a peep since then - they are setting up new library and not into communication.
STU DORIA AND ANDREA:
Had an idea - since we are invited through Andrea and there is always an open mic at Haley House Cafe How about making OCT 29th THURS at 7 ish ( Andrea was tapped by the organizer) the next mouthoff ? Open mic feature has the same theme as the slam - do we think we can make ? - and is a good place for story. It is just a few days later than slam so would work for people who feel left out?
ALL: Continuing to promote slam - I have 120 flyers for the slam to put up at schools of theater, voice , performance - to start. Was thinking to drive some young friends and have them jump out and post stuff while I keep motor running. Also have emails for profs of theater too. We should keep sending out posters ( pdfs at massmouth.ning at Rules) and PR kits as much as possible - and will need tp make follow up calls next week?
STU AND DORIA:
Andrea had the idea of student discount at the door I liked it - $2 with ID and extra $1 if they write a 6 word story ( flash fiction) and put on a card to be picked and read at random during show - Example "For Sale. Baby shoes. Never worn." - Ernest Hemingway Attached in email is a bunch of a 6 word stories, some better than others - we can seed the bag with these one ? also a link to 50 word stories.... http://tangents.co.uk/50words/ Other ideas? Your opinions?
ANDREA - did we send the link to the judges ? We can also send them the form
(attached in email) Comments or changes first ?
ALL:
Wondering, were story peeps at Shelburne into the slam ?
What is your sense, everybody ? Is excitement building-
Will we need to call just about everybody and invite them personally?
more later!
all the best,
Norah
DORIA: Great news ! So glad final Shelburne went well and that sound worked. Yes, camera adds attention to event , somehow....
Great that all enjoyed the day, know would be true for audience and hope especially for tellers? !
ALL: I need to get Arts Council Grants done! after listening to Arts Council workshop think the best idea is to write a grant to do 3 themed story slams in Cambridge...and get aired on CCTV. Comments? Thoughts? Ideas? We thought the storybridge idea too huge and tricky to pull off with our small numbers. And if we could create a track record of getting and doing a good job with a grant - this is VERY valuable. Still researching how to do a video contest. Our grant must be done by OCT 15th. Will NEED resumes from you all if you want to be listed as staff who organize ?
NEWS: Meanwhile the city o Cambridge wide storytelling festival we heard of is confirmed and in the works for the FALL of 2011. We just heard from Library people last FRI - not a peep since then - they are setting up new library and not into communication.
STU DORIA AND ANDREA:
Had an idea - since we are invited through Andrea and there is always an open mic at Haley House Cafe How about making OCT 29th THURS at 7 ish ( Andrea was tapped by the organizer) the next mouthoff ? Open mic feature has the same theme as the slam - do we think we can make ? - and is a good place for story. It is just a few days later than slam so would work for people who feel left out?
ALL: Continuing to promote slam - I have 120 flyers for the slam to put up at schools of theater, voice , performance - to start. Was thinking to drive some young friends and have them jump out and post stuff while I keep motor running. Also have emails for profs of theater too. We should keep sending out posters ( pdfs at massmouth.ning at Rules) and PR kits as much as possible - and will need tp make follow up calls next week?
STU AND DORIA:
Andrea had the idea of student discount at the door I liked it - $2 with ID and extra $1 if they write a 6 word story ( flash fiction) and put on a card to be picked and read at random during show - Example "For Sale. Baby shoes. Never worn." - Ernest Hemingway Attached in email is a bunch of a 6 word stories, some better than others - we can seed the bag with these one ? also a link to 50 word stories.... http://tangents.co.uk/50words/ Other ideas? Your opinions?
ANDREA - did we send the link to the judges ? We can also send them the form
(attached in email) Comments or changes first ?
ALL:
Wondering, were story peeps at Shelburne into the slam ?
What is your sense, everybody ? Is excitement building-
Will we need to call just about everybody and invite them personally?
more later!
all the best,
Norah
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Response to blurb
First to Norah and Andrea -
Fantastic Job! Wow! - very impressive! - Please remember to "take care of yourselves!- I can't stress this enough - we need you there and around for a long time - there is no point in getting sick (or sicker) - Staying up all night, doing way to much for way too long - i know I have said it before, but I have seen the toll it takes on too many people and groups - it is far better to do less (and do it well) then to do so much that we are all burned out (think 3 apples??!!) - That's the last I will say about it, but I will be trying to take care of myself and have to opt out of somethings if its too much.
Now some edits/suggestions:
1)- I might play down the "only 10 get picked" and say more like "10 lucky tellers will have the opportunity" - focuses more on the positive, and that everyone has a chance, vs. people seeing it as limited to only 10 and thinking they probably won't get a chance, so why come (this sounds picky but wording is important on how people see/feel about something)
2)- Personally I would not say "$5 donation suggested" but go back to "$5 cover" - This is not to exclude people but does two things - one, shows that storytelling and what we are doing is worth paying for - not something that you could "donate to" - Two - we do the "suggested donation" thing at the drum circles we have, and I am the person who collects the money and pushes people to give ( it is not a donation - though it does go to support work in Guinea) - if I am not there people don't always give, some people bulk at the idea that we want them to pay for what they are recieving - so lets make it "$5 cover"
3)- "slam goers can decide to listen or sign up to be on a judging team" - can we make this say something like " all attendees (or whatever we call them) can participate through their listening ( stories only work if there are listeners) or can sign up to be part of a judging team " (The point I want to make is that this is something that everyone has an active role in - your are not coming to "see" a performance but more to be part of it - this separates it from theatre and gets people out of the TV mind set (ie - "I can be there and talk loudly with my friends while someone is telling - its no big deal" - I know we all know this, but as we probably all have experienced, most people don't get this - they are to used to movies, tv, etc. where things happen and they can tune in and out without anything changing.
4)- I am not sure what you mean by "real stories" - unless we are saying that these have to be true stories that have actually happened to you ( which I would find limiting) - I think it is confusing and needs to be clearer
I have one other point (sorry this is so long and might seem "not important" or "concret" enough to be talking about now, but there i believe that now is when we really need to think of this) - I know we have to move fast and get this ( and 100 other things done), but sometimes it feels that we are moving too fast - that there is no time to comment or suggest, just do, do , do and go with what someone else has already set up (not always, just sometimes) - I know Norah is comfortable with this, that her style and thats fine. I feel a bit less comfortable with it, because I want it to be a group thing - and because we want others to be involved (so it is not just the four of us( or Norah and Andrea) doing the bulk of the work.
From experience there are two ways to make this happen - we get people to volunteer for what we already set up ( give them very specific tasks that we need done) - this is useful but not sustainable and doesn't get people to "sign on" long term and or give them the opportunity to be part of something ( Norah has even said that "she will give this another "6 months" and if others aren't buying into it, she will go and do other stuff.
The other way for this to happen is to do less and get people in on the ground floor - people who want to create new things, who want to be a "mover & shaker", etc. - this is sustainable and sets massmouth up as a continuing entity, where we are a part of it or not - I believe that we all want that to be the case, but I don't think that we are making that happen (not sure how to make it happen either) but I think we need to look at this and discuss it.
(I will post this on the blog too - Yes??)
Fantastic Job! Wow! - very impressive! - Please remember to "take care of yourselves!- I can't stress this enough - we need you there and around for a long time - there is no point in getting sick (or sicker) - Staying up all night, doing way to much for way too long - i know I have said it before, but I have seen the toll it takes on too many people and groups - it is far better to do less (and do it well) then to do so much that we are all burned out (think 3 apples??!!) - That's the last I will say about it, but I will be trying to take care of myself and have to opt out of somethings if its too much.
Now some edits/suggestions:
1)- I might play down the "only 10 get picked" and say more like "10 lucky tellers will have the opportunity" - focuses more on the positive, and that everyone has a chance, vs. people seeing it as limited to only 10 and thinking they probably won't get a chance, so why come (this sounds picky but wording is important on how people see/feel about something)
2)- Personally I would not say "$5 donation suggested" but go back to "$5 cover" - This is not to exclude people but does two things - one, shows that storytelling and what we are doing is worth paying for - not something that you could "donate to" - Two - we do the "suggested donation" thing at the drum circles we have, and I am the person who collects the money and pushes people to give ( it is not a donation - though it does go to support work in Guinea) - if I am not there people don't always give, some people bulk at the idea that we want them to pay for what they are recieving - so lets make it "$5 cover"
3)- "slam goers can decide to listen or sign up to be on a judging team" - can we make this say something like " all attendees (or whatever we call them) can participate through their listening ( stories only work if there are listeners) or can sign up to be part of a judging team " (The point I want to make is that this is something that everyone has an active role in - your are not coming to "see" a performance but more to be part of it - this separates it from theatre and gets people out of the TV mind set (ie - "I can be there and talk loudly with my friends while someone is telling - its no big deal" - I know we all know this, but as we probably all have experienced, most people don't get this - they are to used to movies, tv, etc. where things happen and they can tune in and out without anything changing.
4)- I am not sure what you mean by "real stories" - unless we are saying that these have to be true stories that have actually happened to you ( which I would find limiting) - I think it is confusing and needs to be clearer
I have one other point (sorry this is so long and might seem "not important" or "concret" enough to be talking about now, but there i believe that now is when we really need to think of this) - I know we have to move fast and get this ( and 100 other things done), but sometimes it feels that we are moving too fast - that there is no time to comment or suggest, just do, do , do and go with what someone else has already set up (not always, just sometimes) - I know Norah is comfortable with this, that her style and thats fine. I feel a bit less comfortable with it, because I want it to be a group thing - and because we want others to be involved (so it is not just the four of us( or Norah and Andrea) doing the bulk of the work.
From experience there are two ways to make this happen - we get people to volunteer for what we already set up ( give them very specific tasks that we need done) - this is useful but not sustainable and doesn't get people to "sign on" long term and or give them the opportunity to be part of something ( Norah has even said that "she will give this another "6 months" and if others aren't buying into it, she will go and do other stuff.
The other way for this to happen is to do less and get people in on the ground floor - people who want to create new things, who want to be a "mover & shaker", etc. - this is sustainable and sets massmouth up as a continuing entity, where we are a part of it or not - I believe that we all want that to be the case, but I don't think that we are making that happen (not sure how to make it happen either) but I think we need to look at this and discuss it.
(I will post this on the blog too - Yes??)
I can't go but someone should
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After the keynote session our Workshop Presenters & Money Mentors offer
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Retirement
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The “Money Mentors” will be on site for one-on-one meetings.
Please join us in learning how to plan, recover and look forward to
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_______________________________________________
Information about this mailing list, including
unsubscription information, may be accessed
through the link at the end of this message.
_______________________________________________
The Money Conference: Rebounding from a Recession~ Register Today!
A project of Massachusetts State Treasurer Tim Cahill
REGISTER TODAY! Space is limited.
http://www.themoneyconference.com
What: The Money Conference: Rebounding from a Recession
When: Saturday - November 14th 2009
Where: The Sheraton Boston Hotel, 39 Dalton Street, Boston, MA
Time: 8:00 am - 3:30 pm
Key Note Speaker: Dee Lee, a nationally recognized Certified Financial
Planner and Boston Radio Personality.
Directions:
http://www.themoneyconference.com/forms/Nov14MoneyConferenceDirectionsGUESTS.pdf
See video highlights of a Money Conference:
http://www.themoneyconference.com/feedback.htm
All Attendees Receive Complimentary:
Continental Breakfast, Lunch, Childcare (ages 2+) and “On The Money:
Your Personal Finance Guide” by Dee Lee, CFP
Join us for the FREE conference presented by Treasurer Tim Cahill in
conjunction with the YWCA.
The Conference will focus on money management, planning for college,
life after college, career strategy, retirement, and
investment strategies for all ages, racial, ethnic and economic
backgrounds, and levels of financial knowledge.
After the keynote session our Workshop Presenters & Money Mentors offer
lessons in:
· Managing Your Career in a Down Economy
· Strategies to Supplement Your Income: Give Yourself a Raise!
· Managing Your Income & Expenses in an Economic Downturn
· Recovery Plan for Your Investments
· Home Financing in a Tough Economy
· The Dual Challenge: Financial Planning for College & Saving for
Retirement
· Expert Credit Consultations & Free Report!
The “Money Mentors” will be on site for one-on-one meetings.
Please join us in learning how to plan, recover and look forward to
your future with financial health.
Space is limited so invite your friends, family, & co-workers and
register today! http://www.themoneyconference.com
All the Best,
The Financial Education Team
Monday, October 5, 2009
I can do cards and Post cards
Hi,
I have like 150 massmouth cards left (just have to find them) - I will give some to Doria for Monday - Should I print more? - Should I print post cards for this months event?? - I am helping out with the Laughter Yoga class at BU again - so I can print some on their color printer for free ( I will be sneaky) and I have a couple of packs of business cards and post cards that I can use.
Let me know
Also - I will see if I can find a contact for Boston Access Cable - not sure but will try
stu
I have like 150 massmouth cards left (just have to find them) - I will give some to Doria for Monday - Should I print more? - Should I print post cards for this months event?? - I am helping out with the Laughter Yoga class at BU again - so I can print some on their color printer for free ( I will be sneaky) and I have a couple of packs of business cards and post cards that I can use.
Let me know
Also - I will see if I can find a contact for Boston Access Cable - not sure but will try
stu
judges form - may lose format but here goes
Judging team’s name __________________________________________________
Teller’s name __________________________________________________________
Instructions: Fill in the chart below and in numbers, from 1- 10 grade decimals are fine, to rate the performance on these three criteria. Comments are optional may be shared with performers… if they request it. Please be forthright but kind. People are here to slam stories not each other.
Reveal your final number, which is an average of all three criteria, to team captain. Throw out high and low – if someone wants to adjust, you may. You will hold up the remaining middle grade. All three teams grades will be noted and high and low thrown out – middle will be the grade for the teller.
(This is in a grid)
Judging criteria Rating(1-10) Optional –Your comments
Story Arc
Story presentation
Time + connection to theme
Use calculator to average your Total
Throw out high +low =
Team Rating
TEAM CAPTAIN fills in this part
Judge1 Judge 2 Judge 3 Team rating
You will hold up the number cards – like Olympic judges, and reveal the middle grade when all teams are ready. All three teams ratings will be noted and then high and low team’s rating thrown out – the middle grade of all three teams will be the grade for the teller. In case of a tie – the tellers will have a “sudden death round “ where they take a story starter and tell a one minute story. Or drop out…
Teller’s name __________________________________________________________
Instructions: Fill in the chart below and in numbers, from 1- 10 grade decimals are fine, to rate the performance on these three criteria. Comments are optional may be shared with performers… if they request it. Please be forthright but kind. People are here to slam stories not each other.
Reveal your final number, which is an average of all three criteria, to team captain. Throw out high and low – if someone wants to adjust, you may. You will hold up the remaining middle grade. All three teams grades will be noted and high and low thrown out – middle will be the grade for the teller.
(This is in a grid)
Judging criteria Rating(1-10) Optional –Your comments
Story Arc
Story presentation
Time + connection to theme
Use calculator to average your Total
Throw out high +low =
Team Rating
TEAM CAPTAIN fills in this part
Judge1 Judge 2 Judge 3 Team rating
You will hold up the number cards – like Olympic judges, and reveal the middle grade when all teams are ready. All three teams ratings will be noted and then high and low team’s rating thrown out – the middle grade of all three teams will be the grade for the teller. In case of a tie – the tellers will have a “sudden death round “ where they take a story starter and tell a one minute story. Or drop out…
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