A new day a new project

I need non-financial help for Walking with Jane today. November 10 is Worldwide NET Cancer Awareness Day. On that day I want to do a 24 hour social media-thon to raise both money and awareness about NET cancer and carcinoid syndrome. I did my first of these last spring for our Relay for Life team–but I want to make this one closer to what I wanted that one to be: think video podcast on steroids.

To do that I need your active participation and advice.

Social Media-thon needs help from patients and caregivers

First, I want to do a video tribute to those who have died of NET cancer. This will open every hour of programming. If you know someone who died of NET cancer or carcinoid cancer, please email me a picture of them with their name at walkingwithjane@gmail.com.

I also want to do a similar piece with pictures of people who currently are living with NET cancer or carcinoid cancer at the bottom of the hour. If you have pictures of those folks please send them to walkingwithjane@gmail.com.

The truth is I know way too little…to even know the right questions to ask.

If you currently have the disease and can make a video of yourself talking about the disease and what it means to you, you can also send that to walkingwithjane@gmail.com.

If you are a caregiver, spouse, parent or child of someone dealing with this cancer and can make a video you can also send that to walkingwithjane@gmail.com.

Social Media-thon needs help from technical folks

From those of you with technical expertise, I need some I help as well.

1. I want to do a series of prerecorded interviews with researchers and doctors in the field and people who have lost loved ones to this disease. But I do not have a big budget for cameras and microphones, etc. What specific equipment should I buy to do this? From whom? I know i could rent or borrow, but I have other projects in mind and would prefer to have it close to hand when I need it.

2. I want to be able to do live bits as well as recorded bits. Do I need more than my Mac to do that? Eventually, I want to be able to do a weekly video podcast. What software do I need?

I need entertainers to help attract and hold an audience.

3. How much help am I going to need the day of the event on the technical side? Can I both host and produce at the same time?

4. Can I get away with iMovie or do I need something more robust for the pre-recorded pieces?

5. Whatever else I need to know that I am to ignorant to know I need to know?

You can reach me either through comments below or at walkingwithjane@gmail.com.

Need entertainment volunteers and advice for social media-thon

Finally, I need help from those of you in the entertainment business.

While this event is about NET cancer, I want it to have the look and feel of the Jerry Lewis Telethon for MDA. I need entertainers to help attract and hold an audience. And I have no idea how to make this piece of it work.

I want to do a video tribute to those who have died of NET cancer.

What are your suggestions? Can you tape something we can use that day? Should we tape something in front of a live audience? For those of you who sing or dance, what are the legal issues involved with using copyrighted songs if you are doing covers?

Several of you have offered to do concerts in the past. This may be a way to do that without going crazy with finding venues etc.

The truth is I know way too little about this side of things to even know the right questions to ask.

If you have thoughts or want to volunteer, you can leave those in the comments section below or email me at walkingwithjane@gmail.com.

–Harry Proudfoot

Chairman, Walking with Jane