07.14.09     Tags: , , ,     Filed under: Reflections, Self-promotion, Video, Work

My own toughest critic: Advancing the National Veterans Wheelchair Games

Last week I found the time and inspiration to produce a new video. The National Veterans Wheelchair Games were coming to Spokane, and I decided I’d find an angle.

Here’s where media relations people are your friends. At the official games site, somebody had helpfully prepared bios of Spokane-area athletes who would be competing.

A lot of these guys – and they were all guys – were competing for the first time. But I noticed one who had been to the games before and seemed to be pretty active in the veterans community. When I called up Brent King, of Cheney, he was happy to work with me.

Check out the almost-finished* product below, then keep reading for why I’m not happy with it.

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