When I won the 1st place in the DBSA 2009 Facing Us Video Contest, I could not of envisioned/believed how much positive empowerment that little video would bring myself and others. The truth is… I thought after I got the prize money that would be the end of the video.

Not so fast!  That video helped me get to my first DBSA conference in 2010… Being there lead me to being able to do Stand -up comedy for the first time… I thought, “cool” nothing else could come from the video right…?

Not so fast!  The DBSA staff asked if they could show the video in a breakout session at the 2011 conference and asked me to do a question and answer about the video. The breakout session was titled “Sharing Your Story Through Social Media,” and the video above is my presentation.

Since I was following the professor, Dale Higginbotham, who is the Academic Advisor and Lecturer in communications and media studies at the University of Houston, I knew I had to do something different. So, I thought instead of talking to the audience in my opening, I would just hold up the same cheap camera I did the winning video with and just talk to the camera. I figured that would get their attention quickly if I did not talk to them. It worked and we had fun.

Not so fast! Now the video has been shown on the main page of BP hope website and was highlighted in this month’s DBSA newsletter.  I wonder where this video I made on a junk camera will take me next?!

My presentation was to help announce the 2011 Facing Us video contest.

Depression & Bipolar Disorder Prizes!
May 21 – September 5, 2011
www.FacingUsContest.org
$500 1st PLACE
$300 2nd PLACE
$200 3rd PLACE

— Contest info:

The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance hosted the first DBSA “Facing Us” Video contest in 2007 along with the launch of “Facing Us,” a national campaign to highlight the “face” of depression and bipolar disorder and to supply tools to those “facing” the challenges of living with these illnesses. The Facing Us Clubhouse, on FacingUs.org, houses a variety of personal, interactive wellness tools as well as a multi-media room featuring inspirational, videos, audio clips, artwork and music. The campaign was, and the Clubhouse is, aimed at bringing mood disorders out of the shadows; humanizing those with these illnesses; and helping those diagnosed to create a reality where they face a better future. “Step” inside the Facing Us Clubhouse and choose from a myriad of features designed to help you achieve and maintain wellness.

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