On Saturday, January 31, 2009, I stepped out of my comfort zone (which is being online every waking hour). I had been planning an offline event since November when I got approval to do a presentation at the local library.
Preparing for the presentation became a self-inflicted stressor because of two brilliant ideas I added to the mix. One was to write an ebook based on the presentation I was going to give, and the other was to have it videotaped and streamed live on the Internet at the same time.
The night before the presentation, I was still trying to get OpenOffice to number the pages of the ebook correctly, but it just wasn’t working. COME ON! I mean, I have over 30 years of word processing experience and if I had been using Word, the page numbering would have taken less than two minutes to do. Needless to say, I was NOT a happy soul! Thankfully, however, after several hours, the page numbers finally showed up correctly, although I have NO idea how I did it.
And the two video tests that had been done weeks before . . . well, the replays were not quite in sync. So, I was a bit concerned about how it was going to stream on the day of the presentation. However, Karen “The Video Lady” Hanson, of New Roads Videography, assured me that she could resolve the issue without a problem, and did so.
Although I was extremely nervous the morning of the presentation, I also know that I was as prepared as I was going to be.
I’m very happy to report that the presentation was well received by those who attended. And I just want to thank everyone who took time out of their Saturday to come hear from someone they had either never, or just recently, met. Your attendance, comments afterward, and what I read on the evaluation sheets when I got home, mean alot to me. The entire experience has given me a greater confidence than I had before and I truly appreciate it.
If you couldn’t be there Saturday, missed the live streaming event, or you were there, and want to watch the replay of “Using the Internet to Earn Income” a/k/a WHY Starting a Home-Based Business Makes Sense while it is still available, please visit: NewRoadsVideo.com.
To get the pre-release of my first ebook, just complete the form above on the right. Or you can watch the presentation until the end, when I give you the website URL where you can also get it.
And if you care to leave a comment about the presentation or the ebook, feel free to do so by clicking the Comments link below so that the box becomes visible to you.