My five minutes of fame!  Thanks to the entire team at Ignite Tulsa, as well as all the sponsors, the fellow speakers, and everyone who came out and supported us!  It was a great night.  I was QUITE nervous (and sick!), but I made it through thanks to my wife and daughter who were there to cheer me on.

Huge shout-out once again to Andrew Bryant who was also there to support us, and of course his wife who also gave a GREAT presentation, and to the Arts & Humanities Council for all of their support and help through this entire process.  We’ve come pretty close to getting our final presentation and budget done, and ready to show to a few tribes and other groups.  We’re getting closer to start working on our pilot project!  I’m excited.

‘got a fresh new email newsletter setup and ready to rock, thanks to mailchimp (hey, subscribe please!), and we’ve got a project set up on indegogo (i won’t mention that we haven’t been accepted yet by kickstarter, or that they’re a great service and you should check them out…maybe even nudge them to say yes to the native language project… nope, i won’t talk about that).  …and we’ve got our links section up and running (more soon!) so that’s awesome.

what are we doing in march?
well, we’re going to be taking our show on the road!  …that is, we’ve got our presentation ironed out pretty well.  and we’re planning to get on the road and talk to organizations, tribes, and hopefully other nonprofits and sponsor companies about funding to launch the pilot program.

we start this thursday (march 4th) with our 5-minutes of awesomeness at ignite Tulsa, and we’re looking to basically hit the ground running from there.  this will be the first of may talks we want to give about the importance of language preservation, what others like rosetta stone are doing, and gearing up to film our pilot.

Date: march 4th
Time: 6pm
Loaction: Blue Dome Diner, downtown Tulsa
Price: Free. $15 VIP tixx available at http://ignitetulsa.org/

Awesome!
Spread the word, and if you’re around Tulsa, I hope you come out to support us. If not, be sure to visit the website for updates and a link to the video; all presentations will be taped and put on youTube within a couple weeks or so.

And speaking of the website, I’m working on a lot of updates today / tomorrow.  I’ve got an email newsletter set up now (put your email address in the sidebar to subscribe!), i’ve got some new blog posts going up, I’ve got the links section working now, so things are coming together.  I’ve got some logo / branding / design ideas to pull together and apply to all of this as well, so it will start looking a bit more professional.

After Ignite, I’ll be working pretty heavily on taking this presentation on the road and seeking funding.  I’ll keep everyone updated of course.