BECOME A GREATLIFESTORIES MASTER HISTORIAN


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Priceless Stories for Future Generations and Recognition for You Today

  • Are You a Good Listener?
  • Do you enjoy personal biographies or family history?
  • Have you ever said: "Someone ought to write that down?"
  • Are you comfortable with uploading text and graphics to the GreatLifeStories Web Site?

The GreatLifeStories Web site offers people a unique opportunity to become Master Historians. As a Master Historian you help family members or friends capture and preserve their unique life histories using the GreatLifeStories web site. Capture five or more stories, and you are eligible for recognition as a GreatLifeStories "Master Historian," complete with your profile on the web site if you choose. You'll get your own GreatLifeStories business cards. But most of all you get the satisfaction of helping people create something that will last for generations--their own GreaLifeStory.

Collect 5 or more Life Histories, and You Qualify to be an Official GreatLifeStories Historian


GreatLifeStories Historians: What they do

  • Talk with interesting people and share life experience
  • Become a valuable partner and use the GreatLifeStories Web Site to store stories, photos, joy, and History.
  • Use their tech savvy to capture stories for friends and family who don’t have computer skills or web access
  • Preserve knowledge, share it with the world, and pass it on to future generations
  • It's easy. Fun. Meaningful. And Everlasting.



Qualifications:

  • Collect 5 or more individual or family stories and post them to the GreatLifeStories Web Site
  • No special skills, abilities or equipment needed (besides your internet connection).  Of course a scanner or the ability to upload photos, audio, and video is a plus
  • To see short, inspirational profiles of GreatLifeStories Historians and get practical "how-to" tips, click here.

 

 


WHY Become a GreatLifeStories Historian?

  • You know how to use the internet.  To some, this is impossibly complex
  • Every life has Great Moments.  You can be the story teller for those that can't save these fleeting memories on their own
  • In fact, the older and more experienced the person, the more likely that the internet is a barrier for them.  You can be the enabler
  • If you don't collect these stories for them, who will?



WHAT’S in it for you?

  • FUN: True stories are entertaining, enriching, enlightening. You'll be amazed what you discover about friends, family…and yourself
  • FRIENDSHIP: You'll get to know life's most cherished people on a deeper, more meaningful level
  • GRATITUDE: You can lighten the burden of passing on a legacy from the person that feels the responsibility most, the author.  Every older experienced person would love to pass on their wisdom and how they found it.  You can make this possible
  • FAME: (Well, OK, maybe just a little fame). If you choose, you can have your profile featured on the GreatLifeStories "Historians" Website. To see a profile, click here

    (Create 5 or more GreatLifeStories, and you qualify as a GreatLifeStories Historian! Capture 20 stories and you achieve MasterStoryTeller status!  We'll send you your own free GreatLifeStories "Historian" Business Cards.) 


What do you need to get started?

  • 5 or more friends, family members, or acquaintances (Yes, uploading your own GreatLifeStory counts as one of the five)
  • 30 to 45 minutes to talk per person
  • A computer with web access. That’s it.



Register today and create a Great Life Story

START here…

  1. Signup at http://www.greatlifestories.com/gls/pages/signup
  2. Identify five individuals whose GreatLifeStories you plan to capture. (Don't worry, you can change or expand the list at any time).
  3. Go! Start hearing, collecting and uploading the GreatLifeStories of your friends and family.

 

 


Helpful Tools

GreatLifeStories divides life experience into 12 "'chapters" designed to follow the course of many people's lives. To help you get the most from each interview, we highly recommend that you use the Life Chapters and associated questions.

As a Historian, the 12 Chapter structure gives you several advantages:

  • Speed: Sitting down to talk with an octogenarian to talk about their whole life can be daunting for interviewer AND subject. But if you start by saying: "I want to ask you just 12 questions about your life," the process suddenly becomes manageable.
  • Completeness: The 12 chapter structure covers almost every conceivable life circumstance. You'll get rich results.
  • Organization: Working within the 12-Chapter structure will make it fast and easy for you to upload your collected stories to the GreatLifeStory web site.

Practical tips for interviewers:

Visit the how to page for questions to use during interviews. It's a good idea to print this out and bring it to each interview.

Create Your Own Great Life Story Here.

For information on the historian program, email us at: support@greatlifestories.com.