Tag: logistics

Wanna go to Glacier?

couple in mountains
Only ones on this mountain. Late September. Winter is whispering its arrival.

Let’s go through some “inconvenient” logistics.

Planning: Everything is better with intentional planning.

Expectations: Have fun. Stay safe. Mind-blowing hiking.

Lodging: Book this year for next year. Stay in Park or 400 meters away. This gives you about a dozen choices. Mid-September, everything closes except a few special options.

Air: Glacier International Airport (FCA). Delta, United, American. Arrive by 1:30PM. Why? To get your rental car (sometimes it takes 30-60 minutes) and allow time to stop for provisions, stop at overlooks and stop at the Pass.

Food: West side has two grocery stores, in Columbia Falls. You pass both on the drive to GNP. “Super 1” is large, upscale, 20 minutes from airport. “Smith’s”, just 3 minutes past Super 1, make left on Nucleus. Maybe four blocks. Hometown feel. Better prices. Fewer tourists.

Car: i use Expedia to check options and prices. i always book an in-terminal rental. You can book without obligation or financial deposit. West Glacier is 45 minutes from airport. St Mary is 2.5 hours. Many Glacier/Swift Current is three hours.

Timing: Logan Pass and the Going-to-the-Sun Road open between mid-June and mid-July. Late July the snows generally melt enough to hike the higher elevation trails. June has soggy, buggy, and cold trials. The upside is the creeks are maxed out – cool to see because in September you’d never know, because the creeks are on low/trickle.

Stopping here…to be continued on next blog…

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Disney Keynote Speaker Vision

Disney Keynote Speakers jeff noel
Town Square in 2013 with the Mayor of Main Street, USA.

 

Disney Keynote Speaker Vision:

Vision:

Ground-breaking 59-second Professional Speaker Video for client viewing

Inspiration:

Assumptions:

  • “There’s a burning story to tell on film. And if you don’t get physically ill seeing your first rough cut, something’s wrong.”  – Martin Scorsese
  • Clients – Speakers Bureaus, Meeting Planners, CEOs, and sometimes Conference organizer committee members.
  • Introduce a Speaker Video like no one has ever seen.
  • Intriguing, unexpected, different, funny, fun, insightful, stunning videography, perfect script.
  • Set in Orlando, jeff’s home, Walt Disney World, Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, Orlando International Airport.
  • Aim isn’t to be the best video in the category (speaker videos), but to become the category (Radical Speaker videos).
  • You don’t hire great people and then tell them what to do. If your goal isn’t impossible, you’re not reaching high enough.

Values:

  • Honesty
  • Behave Admirably
  • Personal Responsibility
  • Self-Control
  • Fun
  • Initiative

Deliverables:

  • Story board
  • Script
  • Final video file
  • All footage files
  • Travel plans
  • Work schedule
  • Work requirements, yours (contract?)
  • Work requirements, mine (contract?)

Timeline:

  • Mid-February shoot?
  • End of February – final product delivered

Compensation:

  • Payment, fees
  • Payment, schedule
  • Intangible compensation – learning from jeff
  • Travel expense reimbursement – daily per diem

Legal:

Non-disclosure agreement

 

Note: Chris Weaver (84), Mayor of Main Street USA (pictured above), passed away Christmas Eve 2017. A video tribute here.

 

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