November 29. 2009 by admin.

Minus seven of the final shows is up: Clancy I discusses Steps 1 2 and 3 from the Stateline conference.

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October 10. 2009 by admin.

Our provider has added cell phone access to the Virtual Speaker meeting.  PodBean offers a free subscription to listeners. You can add Virtual Speaker Meeting to your subscriptions, and you can add other podcasts as well.

Several of the podcasts have been moved to our Archive.org site, which can provide a player for you to include VSM on your social networking site (Facebook, MySpace, etc.).  Virtual Speaker Meeting Archive 4.  For older shows check Archive 1, Archive 2 and Archive 3.The full archive of  Adventures in Sponsorship are available, and new strips are being posted. I may have to make some changes - a Google search for “Adventures in Sponsorship” turned up a bunch of other entries.

Take a moment a drop me a line … eMail Address.  Just wondering if any of the 119 subscribers actually read this.

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July 30. 2009 by admin.

The next VSM goes up this week, and after the next one, I’ll be offering a complete MP3 disk of Season One on a computer CD.  30 speakers … and I’m going to ask money (gasp). $5 for the CD shipped.While working on the Newcomer and Sponsorship self-paced educational disks, an idea came up. It is for a sign for sponsorship and if you like it, feel free to snag it (option-click on Mac, left click on Windows) and use it. Let me know where you are using it so I can go see. This is a Creative Commons, Noncommercial, No Alterations, Share Alike with Attribution as (anonymousreview.org) … for commercial license, get in touch with me.

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July 28. 2009 by admin.

This Virtual Speaker Meeting is a little different. The speaker is not a member of AA, but a member of the Al-Anon Family Groups with a great message of recovery and the effect of alcoholism on the family, in and out of Recovery.

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May 20. 2009 by admin.

This week marks the deadline for moving our feed to a different XML, and I haven’t really be at work on that - other things need to be done, too. The new feed means you will have to update your reader (iTunes or Juice). And the previous shows remain available through Archive.org. Next Anonymous Review Podcast - Bill Wilson speaking in Ft. Worth, TX in 1954. 

 Next Virtual Speaker Meeting - One of my favorite speakers, Kelvin D. 

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May 9. 2009 by admin.

Or maybe 25.

All six podcasts for STEPS AND SERVICE are up.  This is a workshop from 2002 in Richmond, VA with Tom I. (of Southern Pines, NC) and the late Don P. of (Denver, CO) on the process of working Steps, the role of Sponsorship, and how Service is a key part of long term sobriety.

The sixth part of this series marks the 25th Anonymous Review Podcast. And there are 18 Virtual Speaker Meetings.

43 only has significance in Hitchhikers Guide to the Universe, but I think it worth a mention.

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April 22. 2009 by admin.

First, the first two parts of the six part workshop “Steps and Service” is ready to post - re-edited.  This Tom I. and the late Don P. at their best sharing over 70 years of combined sobriety and offering lots of Experience, Strength and Hope.  And it isn’t just for Newcomers - no matter how much time you have, there will be something to catch your attention.

Second, rather than wait to the last minute, the RSS feeds will change for both Anonymous Reviewand the Virtual Speaker Meeting. That means you need the new RSS addresses to put into your iTunes, Juice or other podcast aggregator.

This is the new RSS for Virtual Speaker meeting.

The link to Virtual Speaker Meeting’s RSS is:  feed://virtual.anonymousreview.org/feed.xml  This marks the first time VSM has been available through RSS subscription.

The Anonymous Review will go up to the existing RSS for another week or so, then the new RSS will be announced..

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March 22. 2009 by admin.

I just sent the newsletter to that subscription list.  If you would like to get an email newsletter with the latest on ANONYMOUS REVIEW and VIRTUAL SPEAKER MEETING posts, write me.

The next Virtual Speaker Meeting is up - Burns B.

The next three Anonymous Review podcasts are up:

• #13 - The late Father Martin gives his Chalk Talk.
• #14 - Bill Wilson on the Three Legacies, Part 1 (of 2)
• #15 - Bill Wilson on the Three Legacies, Part 2 (of 2)

The next six podcasts are in production and will be a single presentation in six parts - “Sponsoring into Service - A week-end workshop with Tom I. and Don P.“  This is an extensive exploration of both Sponsorship and Service with valuable insights into their importance and connection to each other.”  This series will constitute almost seven hours of information divided into 6 parts.

This moves me closer to the goal of 52 shows in a year, but it looks like it may be a smaller number. Progress, not perfection.

Another project is nearing completion - the first of a projected series of disk on specific themes. The Newcomer’s Disk is a self-paced information/education presentation with printable documents, definitions, online information and over 40 selected speakers for newcomers.  The speaker MP3 files can be transferred to your computer or MP3 player, or burned as regular sound CDs to allow you listen on the go, or to give to friends. These will be individually burned for each order and will work on Windows, OSX or UNIX systems with a simple web-based interfacde — if you can click on a link on any web page, you will be able to navigate the disk.

Next month we will post the HTML portion of the presentation as a website without the sound files or downlaods - you can take a test drive through the structure and information.

For what it is worth, the PayPal donation button is working again, should anyone want to help pay the costs of the podcasts.

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March 10. 2009 by admin.

I’m falling behind but at least will have more Virtual Speaker Meetings up for immediate download. The next Anonymous Review will feature Bill Wilson in a two part talk on the AA Legacy, and that will be followed with something more contemporary - a five-part event by Tom I. and Don P. on Sponsoring Into Service.But I’m getting things back into motion. Trudge trudge trudge. 

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January 15. 2009 by admin.

First, currently on Anonymous Review: The conclusion of Jay S.’s “How AA Really Started” with Oxford Group details.

Second, the new Virtual Speaker Meeting is up, featuring Clancy I. of the Pacific Group in Los Angels/Mar Vista.

When the old computer failed and had to be replaced, the new computer came with some nifty toys.  These included GarageBand and iWeb.

GarageBand makes it easier to produce the podcast wtihin a single program. Previously I had to record the announcer in one track, cut it up and insert it between elements of the show - now it all happens in the one program.  I still use Audacity to clean up recordings, but GarageBand has streamlined the operation.

iWeb is a companion program within the iLife suite and makes web publishing quick and easy with a much improved result.  The website has been updated using that program for a whole new look, fasting loading and a better listing for the programs.

Also, the older shows are going to come down … the site has been growing and we need to keep space available for new shows.  However all of the shows are now available on Archive.org - details on the website.

A big motivator was a fall off my porch which has me sitting still more than before, and more time at the computer. Nothing broke, but I am bruised up pretty well - trudge trudge trudge.

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