Posted: June 10th, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Story Shuffle News | Tags: beginnings, Story Shuffle 1, Story Shuffle overview | 1 Comment »

At the end of last month, on Saturday, May 29, we held the first Story Shuffle.
The theme was beginnings.
Listen to pieces here.
Lessons learned:
- Have everyone pick a card. Its numerical value will dictate order — nothing funkier — and track order that way.
- Give an earlier arrival time and push the shuffle back later
- Get that audio recorder nearer, with less unrelated feedback — cell phones distant, fans pointed elsewhere — but encourage the laughs, audience response and natural noise.
Posted: June 9th, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: audio, beginnings, Holly Otterbein, Story Shuffle 1, trains, travel | Comments Off on Protected: Holly Otterbein talks about beginning her train-hopping career
Posted: June 8th, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: audio, beginnings, gay, Neal Santos, Phillipines, sexuality, Story Shuffle 1 | Comments Off on Neal Santos talks telling his mother he’s gay
Listen to Neal Santos, photographer and assistant web editor at Philadelphia CityPaper, talk about coming to terms with his sexuality and the much harder obstacle of letting his mother know.
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Posted: June 6th, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: audio, beginnings, cars, firsts, Rey Osma, Story Shuffle 1 | Comments Off on Rey Osma talks about losing his first car
Listen to Rey Osma, who works for PriceWaterhouseCoopers, talk about losing his first car and what that meant for starting over.
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Posted: June 5th, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: Alex Irwin, beginnings, business, foot in your mouth, Story Shuffle 1 | Comments Off on Alex Irwin talks about starting quality management with the wrong story
Listen to Alex Irwin, Progressive Business Publications editor, tell the story of choosing the wrong story at the wrong time at the beginning of a new job.
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Posted: June 4th, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: Andrew Thompson, Asia, audio, beginnings, community service, foreign languages, Story Shuffle 1, Thailand, travel | Comments Off on Andrew Thompson talks about pooping in foreign lands
Listen to freelance journalist Andrew Thompson tell the story about how a third world amenity stood between him and helping others get a new start.
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Posted: June 3rd, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: audio, beginnings, Brian James Kirk, childhood, self image, Story Shuffle 1, weight | Comments Off on Brian James Kirk speaks about being a fat kid
Listen to Brian James Kirk, web editor of PlanPhilly and co-founder of Technically Philly, talk about growing as a fat kid and making a decision to find a new path.
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Posted: June 2nd, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: audio, beginnings, Erica Goldberg, foreign languages, France, lost, Paris, passport, Story Shuffle 1, surprise, travel | Comments Off on Erica Goldberg tells the story of property lost and beginning again
Listen to Erica Goldberg talk about foreign travel, lost possessions and having to face a beginning after an unexpected surprise.
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Posted: June 1st, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: audio, beginnings, fighting, Sean Blanda, Story Shuffle 1 | Comments Off on Listen to Sean Blanda tell the story of kicking ass and getting his kicked
Listen to Sean Blanda, editor with eMedia Vitals and Technically Philly co-founder, talk about whooping some ass as a child, before moving to a new town and beginning all over again.
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Posted: May 31st, 2010 | Author: Christopher Wink | Filed under: Stories | Tags: audio, beginnings, Christopher Wink, family, fathers, furniture, homes, Story Shuffle 1, tables | 1 Comment »
Listen to the beginning of Story Shuffle, in which Christopher Wink, the media director of nonprofit Back on My Feet, Technically Philly co-founder and NEast Philly web editor, tells the story of a table that made its way through his family to his own home.
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