Introducing
First Person Productions
The greatest gift we can give current and future generations is not our possessions, it is the stories of our lives. Only by telling our tales can we ensure that important values, traditions, knowledge and experience will be preserved.
The telling of stories provides a gift to the teller as well. Several recent studies have found that talking about life experiences is life-enhancing for the interviewee, who has an opportunity to put his or her life in perspective.
First Person Productions creates life writing programs for individuals, families, businesses and communities — including books, interviews, workshops, and intergenerational programs.
Services
Writing: If you would like to write down your memories, I can coach you in the craft of autobiographical writing, either one-on-one or in small groups through my memoir workshops.
Interviewing: If you would like to preserve your stories through reminiscing rather than writing, I can listen. I am trained in eliciting comprehensive stories through interviews, which I record, transcribe, edit and sequence into your story, told in your own words.
Thought-provoking programs: If you would like a program on Personal History for your community group or school, I can present a hands-on experience for young, old, or any group in between.
To find out more, please contact me.
Origins
More people are getting interested in preserving their memories in forms such as photography, audio and video recordings, scrapbooks, collections of family stories, and published books. At the same time, new technology such as short-run printing and DVD is expanding the possibilities for creating and distributing those memories. As a result, there is a growing business opportunity for professional services dedicated to preserving memories.
As my professional pursuits have drawn me in different directions, I have sought a way to bring my many skills “back under one umbrella”. When I learned about this emerging field, I discovered my professional capabilities and my personal interests weaving together.
Through oral history work, I am weaving a greater width and depth into my life. I am looking beyond marketing/business issues to the larger narrative of American life. Because of my experience as an author, ghost-writer, and book designer, I am uniquely trained in the craft or Personal History.
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