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Matthew Wegner and Steve Swink |
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Written by JD Austin
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I'd like to share how
Toastmasters helped us out. As many of you know, Steve and I are in
charge of the Independent Games Festival. It's something like a
Sundance film festival, but for video games, which just concluded its
10th year (our first at the helm).
As part of our responsibility, we introduced the awards in front of
a crowd of ~6,000 game developers. The event was filmed by G4
television for later broadcast, which has a North American audience of
64 million viewers. We haven't seen a copy of that broadcast yet, but
it was actually two award shows cut down to fit into 30 minutes;
hopefully it has our bits!
There are better official photos we have yet to receive, but here's an indication of the venue from random photos:
Needless to say, the experience we had in Toastmasters was a huge
benefit. It was pretty amazing to be backstage, waiting to go on, and
realizing that we were totally capable of handling this! Thanks guys!
Matthew and Steve own and operate Flash Bang Studios (an independent video games company) in Tempe Arizona and have been members of Toastmasters since January 2007. To learn more about their company click here.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 17 March 2008 )
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