The second NOLS podcast has pushed us into “new & noteworthy” video podcasts on the iTunes store! YouTube below, iTunes here – http://bit.ly/NOLSpodcast
I started working for NOLS last march as a video intern. Over the past few months my coworker, Brian, and I have enjoyed working for NOLS so much that we decided to try and create full-time positions for ourselves. As of last thursday we are full-time employees!! We created two ‘Video Producer’ positions and we have a one year contract to prove to NOLS that they should continue supporting a video department. Initial signs look good as video was a big topic of discussion during our annual ‘State of the School’ gathering which took place this last weekend and includes the NOLS board of trustees and all the various branch managers. If you haven’t seen them yet, some of our videos are at www.nols.tv which will be overhauled in the coming months. Unfortunately most of our latest work is not publicly viewable yet because we’re working on developing several series of videos before we release them. We’re also working on creating a stronger presence in the youtube community which fits into the NOLS word-of-mouth style marketing.
First day as happy (and well dressed) employees. Brian took the wonderful image at the top of this post while the two of us were in Telluride for Mountainfilm. I did the photo-shopping.
I posted a couple weeks back about my film being in the Reel Rock filmmakers competition. Sadly I didn’t take home any trophies, but at least a lot of people got to see it, and everyone had good things to say. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, here it is. Sorry non-climbers, there are a lot of inside jokes.
I created a short climbing film with the help of some friends in Lander. Now it’s in an online competition to get in the Reel Rock film tour!! Take a minute to watch the films and vote (it’s easy and you don’t have to sign up for anything). Mine is called ‘Take’ and is on the bottom left of the contest page.
Intro to a series of videos revolving around NOLS Leadership qualities and transferability to REAL life.
I’ll be traveling with Bruce to NYC & Boston to interview alums and capture some of these stories May 17th-22nd.
First NOLS video up! This video is about how you can save a lot of fuel and weight by carrying an extra insulating device for your stove into the backcountry with you.
Rate it if you’ve got a youtube account!
Following another career opportunity I relocated to Lander Wyoming to work for the National Outdoor Leadership School doing video production for the marketing department.
The move down was more eventful than I would have hoped. Just outside of Driggs Idaho a deer decided to end its life on the hood of my car. Unfortunately my insurance does not cover this and my car will look sadly misshapen for a while. Fortunately this incident forced me to spend the night in Driggs and finish the drive down to Lander the next morning allowing me to capture this beautiful image of the sun’s rays hitting the Tetons just after sunrise.
Kyle Duba 