If interviewing Olympic legend Bonnie Blair wasn’t exciting enough, I had a conference call with Kevin Neuendorf, Public Relations Manager of the United States Olympic Committee. He was joined by a few members of Microsoft Office's PR team who have had the overwhelming task of coordinating the Microsoft Office Winter Games Contest.
I’m not sure what was more shocking: who I was speaking to or the fact I managed to sound like an intelligible human being.
They had emailed me the Vancouver 2010 Media Handbook, a 139-page pdf detailing my media accreditation, venues, accommodations, shuttle specifics, competition schedule and information about the Main Press Centre.
(Note: Be warned. I shall be reverting back to Canuck-speak where words are spelled with "re" and sentences end with "eh.")
Never before in the History of Amber has there been a need for Cliff Notes and that is what this conversation was all about. They answered my many questions but also posed a few new ones. Namely, who was this guy "Robin" on the call and why was he talking about his "filming?"
That's when I was in for a surprise of my own. Robin has been assigned the very dubious task of filming me for the first four days of my Olympic experience. He and his film crew will be taping me on the move: Chatting with athletes. Publishing stories to my blog using Microsoft Office '10. Using my Windows® phone. Getting lost. Losing my mind.
You know. The usual occurrences in this Murphy's Law life of mine.
The good news: Their goal is to create a 5-minute video that will capture Microsoft's technology in action that they hope to use when they launch Office '10 in June.
The bad news: It looks like I'll have to sound like an intelligible human being for more than just that one phone call.
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I am flying to Vancouver this morning and my next blog post will be from the 2010 Winter Games! Be sure to subscribe to my feed so you can receive my regular updates and follow my play-by-plays on Twitter.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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EX-CI-TING ; ) And I have no doubt YOU'LL BE GREAT.
I'm a follower of your blog and of you on twitter, so it will almost be like being there--ALMOST.
Have a fabulous time.
Amber, this is so exciting!!! I am giddy for you.
Since you are reverting back to your Canuck-speak, may I call you, "Ambre" instead of Amber?
Thanks you guys. I'm at the airport waiting for my flight to leave. I can't wait!
Safe travels! Can't wait to see how all this unfolds, my dear.
Be safe! I am confidant you will do wonderfully. You rock, girl!
Rosey
It's weird having a camera crew follow you around. Hopefully you are allowed to just go about your business... but when I was going the video for New Balance and they wanted to shoot me on a training run, that was weird. "Run 20 yards that way, turn around and run back toward us. Now do it again. Do it again. Do it again. Again! Again!" It was fun, but definitely not how I would really do a training run!
Anyway, I'm very excited and happy for you. This is a great opportunity and I'm excited to follow along online!
Wow 4 days for a 5 minute video! Let us know what it's like to be followed by a camera! Can't wait to see the vid!
You get to star in your own reality TV show!! What kind of drama will you provide?? I think it all sounds overwhelming. Best of Luck, knock 'em dead!
Woohoo!! That's pretty darn cool :) You are going to have the most amazing time EVER!! Murphy's Law can just take a hike :)
I'm so excited for you. Can't wait to "read all about it".
If you need inspiration for how to 'act' for your reality film, sneak in a few episodes of the Bachelor, where the 'unscripted' acting is at its best this season. Bring home the gold, Amber, your Mile High Mama friends are so proud of you!
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