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Free StoryKeeper User Guide In an effort to save the living history of our time, I want to offer you this StoryKeeper User Guide as a complimentary gift to download now. The guide offers interview techniques and over 220 life review questions. Used in conjunction with our Certified StoryKeeper Course for...

Vintage pictures are some of our best memory triggers. But, you may be amazed at how certain smells and odors can conjure up memories, both good and not so good. Try this exercise. Close your eyes and think of the sweet scent of Mom's apple pie or cinnamon buns just coming...

On the road…again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   If He Could Do It Over Again   The trappings of the modern world are so much a part of our daily lives that we seldom contemplate what it must be like in places where there are no conveniences. ...

NOTE: This is a story that had to be held "secret" for many years; certainly until most of the people involved in the activity described were old enough to not care or gone from this world. It took place in Midwinter, 1952. To this day I prefer not to name the...

YOUR PERSONAL YEAR IN REVIEW! Hello Friends, 2013 is about to become history. Each of us experienced memorable events that stand out over the past year. A milestone reached, a defining moment such as a birth, death in the family, promotion, new career, an injury or personal victory. This is your...

GETTING STARTED A fire breaks out in your home and you only have time to save one or two of your most precious items. What will they likely be? You already know the answer. Vintage family photographs represent the majority of the recorded personal history of one’s life. Not only do...

Life Lessons & Values Thank you for taking the time to document and record your life lessons and values. Actually, your loved ones will thank you even more! Life Lessons and Values are an important component needed to build a 21st century durable legacy. Following the simple instructions in this tutorial...

On the road…again! Afghanistan to Zambia Chronicles of a Footloose Forester By Dick Pellek   Global Warming…Or Not?   We hear it all the time…global warming is a hoax. That statement comes from the right wing of the political spectrum.  It would seem that their agenda is to convince us that...

On the road… again!Afghanistan to ZambiaChronicles of a Footloose ForesterBy Dick Pellek   Sources Of The Nile River   Every 4th-grade school child has heard about the Nile River.  Most young ones know that it is in Africa; older students learn that it is the longest river in the world, at...

  OVERVIEW Thank you for implement our Pict-Oral Memoirtm program. The information below will help guide you step-by-step through the process of implementing the Certified StoryKeeper Course into your organization. It is our hope that by teaching your volunteers how to teach caregivers and families how to create a Pict-Oral Memoir,...

  OVERVIEW The Living Legacy Project (LLP) presentation is one of the most exciting ways to find new clients and become an authority in your community. The presentation is designed to bring legacy awareness and education to friends, family, organizations and groups and can be delivered by seasoned public speakers or...

  OVERVIEW Legacy Matters Programs (LMP) are tailored specifically to benefit assisted living, independent living, hospice and estate and financial planners. So, it makes sense to present the programs to a collective group of decision makers rather than pitching them one at a time. This is how the Living Legacy Project...

  Working with hospices is one of the best ways to acquire new clients and it may surprise you to know that the hospice patient's caregiver is not the primary prospect. It's the hospice volunteer. Unlike our other programs which personally involve the CLA in the interview process, hospice patients are...

OVERVIEW One of the most profitable opportunities to pursue is the Financial Services genre. These can include brokers or agents in life insurance, financial planners, reverse mortgages, estate planners and the like.  In these sectors there is a growing need to etsablish a more personal conection with the family. In fact,...

PRESENTING THE LEGACY MATTERS PROGRAM The Legacy Matters Program with its 5 talking photos, archival DVD and online slideshow is the gift that keeps on giving. Use the video below to show individuals, families and groups how anyone can secure an honored place in family history for themselves or a loved...

LEGACY MATTERS GIFT CERTIFICATES For a lot of people the Legacy Matters Program is something they would buy for someone else rather than for themselves. For that, we've created a Legacy Matters gift certificate that can be coupled with the DVD. The DVD labels are screen printed with licensed corporate branding...

<<<Back to Project Resources OVERVIEW We highly recommend downloading each of these videos to a folder on your desktop. This way they are instantly available whenever the need arises. You can find these and over 150 others in our YouTube video library. To view click HERE.  To download the videos click...

<<<Back to Project Resources OVERVIEW Begin the course with Lesson-1 and don't jump ahead. Each Lesson must be taken in sequence. Follow the instructions closely and good luck! Lesson-1 The Living Legacy Project Lesson-2 Legacy Matters Program Lesson-3 Recording Oral Narratives Lesson-4  Legacy Stories Website Lesson-5 I-ASK Affiliate Program Lesson-6 Marketing...

Back to Project Resources OVERVIEW Note: Only I-ASK Certified Legacy Advisors are authorized to sell the Legacy Matters Program or use the licensed materials in this section. The full outline of the Program is found in Lesson Two of the CLA Course. Below you'll find all the materials you will need to...

<<<Back to Project Resources DO IT YOURSELF In the interest of protecting our brand and assuring consistent quality, if you want to use our logos or program titles we require a sample of the DVD image and a rendered video for approval. You only need to do this once to prove...