Community Educational Programs

In addition to video and multimedia services that we offer to individuals and families, we are also very involved in our community because we are so passionate about educating the public on the importance of life history preservation.

We have a range of seminars, workshops and programs with community partners that are designed to further our cause (see Why We’re Here for more info).

Family History Seminars

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Seminar 1 – Leaving a Legacy

Leaving a Legacy is a complementary seminar that we offer to retirement communities, historical societies, veteran’s clubs, and other Senior-service and family-oriented organizations. The seminar is 1 hour long, and includes the following Agenda Topics:

• Introduction & Video Intro
• Why is Legacy Important?
• Can I Do This?
• Your Legacy Map
• Your Options
• Selecting Content
• The Costs Involved
• What TribYoute Offers
• Fun Events – Show and Tell Night, Elder History Night, Veteran’s History Project, etc

Our seminar generally also includes a free drawing, and an invitation for attendees to schedule consultations to discuss further, or to sign up for a workshop, if your organization will be hosting any.

More Seminars to come…

Please contact us for more details. TribYoute’s Founder, Karyn Reohr, also accepts speaking engagements for veteran’s clubs, historical societies, and other family-related community organizations. Please contact Karyn to discuss your speaker needs and she will design a custom content seminar or talk for your organization.

Family History Workshops

Many of our workshops are designed or can be modified for retirement communities, either independent or assisted living. Our workshops can also take place in community and educational centers, available to the general public. Our workshops are designed to build off of one another, but can also be scheduled individually.

Workshop 1: Getting Organized and Started

Overview: 1-hour workshop will allow attendees to bring their unorganized ideas, memories, photos, and memorabilia, and select which pieces of their life history they would like to include in their project. There will be questions and outlines provided for those who don’t know where to begin.

Value: Attendees walk away with the final materials they need to begin their “living legacy” project, and a plan/outline for completing it. Outlines and ”interview” question resources provided by TribYoute.

Requirements: Attendees should bring photos or other memorabilia if they can. No other requirements other than desire to complete a “living legacy” project – written, oral or video. Max class size 10 for assisted living, 15 for independent living and community centers.

Workshop 2: Digitizing your Photos and Memorabilia

Overview: 1-hour workshop will help attendees take their paper photos and other items and “preserve” them in digital form using modern laser scanners.

Value: Attendees walk away with a CD with their photos and memorabilia on it (digital), that they can use to place inside books, use in a video project, or just keep on CD as a preserved image (paper fades, tears and scratches over time).

Requirements: Attendees need to be able to feed photos through a hand-held scanner (it is very easy and they will be instructed beforehand). TribYoute will provide the scanners, computer and CD’s to burn. Attendees may bring up to 100 photos or other items. 3-D objects can be brought too! We can simply take a digital picture of it to include. Max class size 6 for assisted living, 8 for independent living and community centers.

Workshop 3a: Grandmother’s/Grandfather’s Treasures to a Grandchild

Overview: 60-minute workshop will allow attendees to bring items and ideas from Workshop 1 and fill out a “Grandparent’s Scrapbook” of pre-defined memories, facts, and history, for the purpose of giving as a gift to a grandchild.

Value: Attendees walk away with a beautiful scrapbook partially filled out and can fill remaining details out in their spare time.

Requirements: Attendees should bring photos, memorabilia, recipes, and other family heirlooms. Attendees should be able to write legibly (or bring a family member who can transcribe). Max class size 8 attendees for assisted living, 15 for independent living and community centers.

Workshop 3b: Creating Your Ethical Will

Overview: 60-minute workshop will allow attendees to fill out a beautifully illustrated and thoughtful Ethical Will workbook, and will be guided by the instructor to think about what is important in life and what they want to pass down to their family’s younger generations.

Value: Attendees walk away with a beautiful book partially filled out and can fill remaining details out in their spare time.

Requirements: Attendees should bring photos, memorabilia, recipes, and other family heirlooms. Attendees should be able to write legibly, or bring a family member who can transcribe). Max class size 5 attendees for assisted living, 8 for independent living and community centers.

Workshop 3c: Video Scrapbook

Overview: This is a 3-hour workshop which will allow attendees to create a simple version of our very own Video Scrapbooks, themselves. Computers, video software, and DVD’s will be provided by TribYoute.

Value: Attendees will complete the workshop having a digital video file completed which depicts the story they wanted to preserve, whether their own or for a loved one (makes a GREAT gift!) DVD’s will be burned that night and delivered to retirement community front desk, or mailed out, the next day.

Requirements: Attendees should bring 50 photos, art, or other memorabilia already in digital form (ie on a CD or USB drive). Attendees should have basic computer skills, such as familiarity with file systems, opening software programs, and moving and clicking a mouse. Attendees should be able to see small text as would be on a laptop computer screen. Max class size 5 attendees for independent living, 8 for community centers.Not appropriate for assisted living communities.

Retirement Community and Senior Citizen Club Programs

Program 1: Resident Video Highlight

Program will entail the retirement community, club, or society highlighting a distinguished Senior, or granting a wish made by the Senior to capture their life stories on video. The video will be produced by TribYoute. If desired, an event can be made out of the showing of the video, such as an evening event with the community invited.

Video details: 15-minute final video. Will include 30 minutes of interview time which is edited down to approximately 10 minutes of final video footage, as well as 5 minutes of photographs (plan for about 40 photos). Photo scanning no add’l charge, if photos are not already in digital format.

Final product: Professionally labeled DVD in black leather DVD folio with picture inserts, in presentation box.

Program 2: Interview Day

A special, budget-conscious program for residents of retirement communities, and members of Senior clubs, who would like video as their format for life story/living legacy, but are conscious of the costs involved.

TribYoute will come to your facility and set up an interview area with professional camera, lighting, and sound. Program will entail up to 8, 1-hour interview time slots (minimum of 3 for us to be able to come at these rates). Residents will sign up for a slot, come to a pre-determined area at your facility for the interview, and be interviewed for an hour. Interview footage is available on a professionally labeled DVD and leather folio, at the following rates:

Basic Edit: $275 ($120 off!)
Documentary Edit: $595 ($200 off!)

(Please see our Biography Video Details page for a description of the Editing Packages)

This is a way for people to complete their life story project in an efficient and budget-conscious way. Residents or attendees will need to work on their own, or work with us prior to the shoot, to determine the content and direction of their video interview.

No photographs are included in the overall video. Photo inclusion can be added for a rate of $6/photo, 1-50 photos, and $3/photo above that.

DVD’s will be delivered back to the retirement community, club or society when production is complete, for delivery to the attendees. DVD’s will be packaged in our 5×5 leatherette DVD Folio with front picture insert.