Activating Flab For Flood

Last year over the course of five months I lost 27 pounds. It felt AMAZING!

But it wasn’t easy. And I didn’t do it alone. I conceded to assistance from Weight Watchers.

The principals for losing weight are pretty simple:

• East less
• Move more

It’s ironic isn’t it that people that want to loose weight and can’t do it alone (like me), pay money to get help to do it.

Meanwhile, half the world is starving while the other half (or more) remains overweight.

Posted in my galley is a Micro Movement Wheel of Delight. In the centre (the objective) it reads: Increased Income Using My Creativity.

Earlier today a pal stopped to check it out and asked me about all the segment projects I’ve got percolating.

Once I’d done the ramble he concluded Flab For Food caught his attention the most.

Later in the day I zoom off to TEDxJuandeFuca. During an intermission I meet an inspiration. He tells me what he’s doing to make a difference to humanity globally. I start my pre-amble on my Flab For Food embryo.

My intention being: for every pound of flab lost, a pound of grain gained for a developing country OR a community in need.

Instant positive feedback. He suggests aligning with a grain producer. Tapping into all the fitness clubs.

The logistics side of my brain is still trying to figure out how to activate it. I pitch it to him and he says to talk about it.

Here I am. Figuring I can once again reach out to my readers.

How would you activate Flab For Food?

All input, ideas and suggestions are appreciated.

Sincerely,
Jane Victoria King

It’s GO Time!

Ryder Hesjedal speaks to local media in Victoria today.

What a team! For a first year event I’m amazed daily at how things jive. Timing perfected. I'm talking about THE Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria happening May 28, 2011.

In a moment of hesitation I looked up today to ask a question. It had been a wacky morning. Ryder himself had rolled into town for a brief injection of his spirit. Breathing in motivating moments with the media. A chat on the event. What it has become. A shout-out for volunteers. With a thank you to sponsors.

I needed to confirm a small detail with Tour Director and Olympian himself, Seamus McGrath. We’re in our office at Parkside Resort and Spa. One of our founding sponsors.

Seamo, as he’s known to long-timers, starts an unprecedented ramble on how good a team we’ve got. There’s something for everyone and each individual’s skill fits the pie. Perfectly. Remarkable - truly for a first year event.

I have to concur. It’s what is. And it’s working.

Must be synchronicity.

And timing. The time is so right for something this big in cycling to happen on Vancouver Island. 

Yup! It’s GO time!

Will you be joining us?

Lucky me to have the opportunity to work with such a fabulous team on this the inaugural event. We're expecting up to 1,500 riders this year to enjoy the wonderland of Southern Vancouver Island's epic cycling roads. For more information roll on over to Ryder Hesjedal's Tour de Victoria 
P.S. I really hope you'll ride or volunteer with us!

My Awesome Shit Club Pitch!

Good thing I wasn’t first. My nerves were shot when I got there. Dry mouth even. I was like sixth. Huge relief. Well sort of.

I felt prepared. But I wasn’t sure I was rehearsed - enough.

It’s an awesome gang of folks that pitch in $50 each to make the Awesome Shit Club happen. Stemming from a group that meets once a week on Wednesdays - Ideas Victoria.

I’d attended the last one. Incredible.

You get so inspired by what other people think. By what other people do and by the questions people ask.

Such an opportunity for motivation and cross-pollination.

My pitch came after the break. People, Purpose and Power!
Nothing came out like I planned. I’d attempted a conversation of discussion to my mother ahead of time as the rehearsal. 
I felt I had got good reception, a lot of encouraging tweets and words of support came after. Along with some pointed questions.

I didn’t win the $700. A documentary filmmaker did. Her pitch was Us and Them. Super happy for her.

“You never hear someone say it’s a bad idea,” I heard from a fellow pitcher when we were all done.

So true.

It’s also what you learn from what you think you know.

All I could think of when I left was THANK YOU!

The Elevator Speech

It evolves. So it should. Depending on what you are. Rather, who you want to be.

The stories told. Maybe what someone says about you.

Perhaps what you want others to hear.

Yet, time divides. What is real or not. Where you’ve been or what you’ve done.

We invent. Who we are. So tell it like it is.
What you really wish to be.

The elevator speech.

Got one?

People, Purpose & Power! The Awesome Shit Club Pitch

Pretty stoked to have the opportunity to pitch to The Awesome Shit Club on Wednesday evening. I'll be one of ten individuals.


Thank you to all the wonderful readers of my blog for all the support so far. For the many of you who have viewed the Vision Board and commented I super appreciate it.


Do let me know if you are interested in being part of this project or if you have further ideas for activating a successful People, Purpose and Power! Here's what I'll be pitching:

The Awesome Shit About People, Purpose and Power!

The vision for People, Purpose and Power! is global. A multi-media exhibit planned to launch on or near December 21, 2012 coinciding with the Mayan calendar’s juxtaposed version of a possible shift in the future of the World.

People, Purpose and Power’s! objective is to photograph individuals on the streets of both developed and developing countries, at the same time asking them their wish for the World.

The individual’s photograph would be printed on the spot with their wish for the World. A copy would then go to the individual and another copy would form part of a streetscape for passerby’s to view.

The idea being to put out a conscious shift of awareness for the future of the World using photography and multi-media.

At night the image of the person will be transposed onto the side of a building with their wish for the World flashed up beside them.

Again, putting out these thoughts to the Universe to develop a conscious shift of awareness for the future of the World.

About Me, A Fresh Thinker aka Jane Victoria King

A recent visit to Uganda had me blogging about the hope of the people there. I wanted to steer away from the doom and the gloom so I would ask first their wish for Uganda and then their wish for the World. I didn’t always get peace as the answer for their wish for the World.

See Uganda Wishes for all the posts – www.ugandawishes.com (search Uganda Wishes).

Some individuals didn’t want their picture taken. Many did. And many asked for copies of their images. In developing countries, the resources are much more limited.

I see People, Purpose and Power! as an extension to Uganda Wishes with a broader focus to the World.

My vision is to set up a web site to engage the World to light up with this idea. Like Band Aid – broadcast this Worldwide leading up to December 21, 2012 and thereafter.

Funding is required to source multi-media expertise through on-line development as well as establish a model for People, Purpose and Power on the ground. Victoria, BC would be first!

The Other Awesome Shit About Me

I’m A Fresh Thinker with a dream of making a difference in the World through pictures, words, multi-media and the power of the Internet. I’ve been doing it now for almost 20 years.

You can review a lot about my past history at Linked In.

I appreciate the opportunity for the Awesome Shit Club to review this proposal and would be grateful for the support and engagement of the Awesome Shit Club in pursuing the vision of People, Purpose and Power! to the World.

You too would make a difference!

Most sincerely,

Jane Victoria King

A Fresh Thinker

http://janevictoriaking.blogspot.com

Vision Board for People, Purpose and Power!