The QuestCast (Beta) -your goals and dreams gone public and challenged with a quest

New QuestCast to Re-Launch in November

thequestcast@gmail.com (Leif Hansen) — Thu, 24 May 2007 12:53:00 -0700

Some exciting news! With the advent of my new business Spark Northwest, I have decided to relaunch The Quest Cast. I'm not entirely sure what shape it will take, nor whether I will keep this same site or start a new one. Whatever does happen I will be sure to announce it here and if the feed changes, I will make an announcement on the previous podcast feed. For those of you have visited from the Spark Northwest website and have NO CLUE what the Quest Cast even was (let alone what it will become), check out my first post at the bottom of this page to see my original goals. You can also listen to one of the shows to get a sense of how things worked.
Thanks for coming by and I look forward to sparking a quest for you soon!
-Leif

QuestCast BetaQuest Show #2 -first reports

thequestcast@gmail.com (Leif Hansen) — Sat, 17 Jun 2006 10:05:00 -0700

In this show you'll hear back from last week's guests Kat, Neil & Steve. I'm sorry for the delay...I explain some of the reasons why in the show. Enjoy!

Sadly, as you'll also find out at the end of this podcast, I am putting The QuestCast on 'pause' until I have more free time and/or until one of YOU decides to take the show over for me. Email thequestcast@gmail.com if you are interested, and I'll be happy to get you started. Lets not let it fade...(yeah, I know it was still in beta-quest mode, but I was really hoping to launch this.)

ShowNotes:
Intro: Acquisotic "Thats how dreams go".
Outro:Carrie Pettit's song "Dream on"

First Show Released! Introducing The QuestCast 1 (Beta)

thequestcast@gmail.com (Leif Hansen) — Sat, 29 Apr 2006 19:05:00 -0700

Well, thanks to a few brave souls (Queltica, Steve & Neil), The QuestCast now has its first show! Keep in mind that this is a beta cast, and that that means I would greatly appreciate any feedback on the structure, audio quality, or any other ideas you might have to offer.

Upcoming:
Stay tuned and subscribed to find out how their quests unfold and to hear the upcoming planned "podcast personalities" show --with quests given to some of your favorite podcasters.

Get involved!
Check out the ABCs in the sidebar to find out how you can easily get on an upcoming show!

Shownotes:

Thanks to Acquisotic for their podsafe and fitting song "Thats how dreams go".

I've decided to give libysn a spin, I'm excited to see how that goes.

I apologize for the annoyingly high s and sh sounds, that will be elimated when I can afford a new microphone --which should be by the next show (feeling generous?)

Examples Quests (+ new K7 voice message line)

thequestcast@gmail.com (Leif Hansen) — Fri, 21 Apr 2006 11:07:00 -0700

We're getting closer!

I've received 3 quests already and am expecting some more soon from some fun podcaster personalities. I've added a new K7 voice message line (206) 350-QUEST to the ABCs list in the sidebar, and also thought it might be interesting to offer some example quests:

Example Quests

Personal/Social

Sue takes herself too seriously and wants to loosen up. She wants a challenge level 3 and being a little nervous, asks to confirm first.
Sue, we suggest you dress up in some outrageous costume with a friend and go to a super-market where you don't usually go and sing a song in the middle of the store.
She decides to record a snippet of the experience, sends an email back describing it with the snippet attached.

Spiritual

Martin realizes that his whole life has been lived way too superficially. He wants to start exploring spiritual things, but doesn't know where to start. He'd like a level 2 Quest.
Martin, your quest is to ask 2 of the people you most admire as being what you'd call 'spiritual people' to share with you about their worldview, how they came to believe what they do, and how it affects their daily live.
Martin emails us highlights from the experience and about how these dialogues helped him to begin his spiritual journey.

Vocational

Chris is totally bored with his job, but has been afraid to leave it because it pays him fat cash. He is sick of being motivated by both the fear and the cash and knows that its time for a change. His goal is do something soon. He asks for a 5.
Chris, your quest is to go on an overnight retreat either by yourself or with someone you really trust, and to do some serious thinking about what your deepest passions are. Perhaps, if you can't figure out how to take the time off, or in addition to your retreat --plop some of your fat cash down with a vocational counselor or life-coach.
Chris takes his iriver on the retreat, records some of his thoughts at the end of the retreat, and sends those back to The QuestCast. He has decided to become a circus clown.

Physical/Health

Lonnie feels like she is at the age where she needs to start getting some physical exercise, or there are going to be some serious consequences. She wants a level 2 challenge.
Your quest Lonnie is to decide on some physical exercise that you enjoy (team or solo) and go do it three times this week for at least an hour. Make it fun, listen to The QuestCast while you play!
Lonnie joins a community ultimate-frisbee team, meets some friends, and reports back on her super-fun time.

I'll add some more to this and create an 'examples' link later on....

Jump on in!

The ABCs of getting on The QuestCast Podcast

thequestcast@gmail.com (Leif Hansen) — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 22:14:00 -0700

A. Prepare Your Quest-ions
First make sure you have prepared answers to the following 3* questions:

What is your specific goal, fear or dream? (Feel free to share some details, but try and keep it between 1-5 minutes if spoken)
What level of challenge are you willing to take? (1=low risk, 5=high risk)
Do you want me to get your approval before announcing your quest on the podcast? (yes/no)

*Please also make sure to include your name (or pseudonym) and email address

B. Send In Your Re-Quests
There are 5 ways to connect to The QuestCast. Make sure you have the 3 above questions prepared first.

Call toll free: 1-888-654-2278, then enter 278-478-2278, then the code 1234 and leave a message
Call my k7 # and leave a voice message: (206) 350-QUEST
Email your answers (text or audio file) to thequestcast@gmail.com
Talk with me, or leave a message with me, with Gizmo or Skype.
Use this Zoomerang form
Use Gtalk to see if wonderosity@gmail.com is online

C. Wait for a confirmation email
I look forward to hearing from you and giving you a quest!

(Confession: I am posting this as a post, even though its on the sidebar, because Blogger was not showing my whole sidebar unless I had enough posts to push it all down. Plus, those who only receive the RSS feed would never see the sidebar)

Announcement: Looking for Beta-Questers for The QuestCast

thequestcast@gmail.com (Leif Hansen) — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 18:25:00 -0700

I'm looking for beta-Questers before I go live with my first show. While I'm too dirt-poor to offer a prize at this point, the first 10 Questers will be entered in a Beta-Questers Hall of Fame and when I get some cool merchandizing (probably a T-shirt, Mug or Bananna) you'll get one mailed to you!

See the right sidebar (ABCs) for how to get involed. Or, hop right in with this zoomerang survey.

And, for the record, I'm also looking for some help with logos and any other way you'd like to help contribute to this very exciting project.

Thanks!

Coming, Very, Soon...

thequestcast@gmail.com (Leif Hansen) — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:17:00 -0700

The QuestCast -a new podcast portal brought to you by wonderosity -is coming soon.

For more information, see sidebar to the right.