Show #042 – Vietnam is No Ordinary Journey




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Summary: <a href="http://www.tdktalks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/terry-videographer-nojf-mar-2014-01-325x217.jpg"></a>Terry as Videographer for No Ordinary Journey Mission – March 2014<br> Recently I completed an 18 day educational mission with the charity <a title="Revolutionizing the care treatment understanding and acceptance of children with cerebral palsy in Vietnam" href="http://nojfoundation.com/NOJFoundation/No_Ordinary_Journey_Foundation.html" target="_blank">No Ordinary Journey Foundation</a>. I was asked to join their international team of health care professionals as <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Videography-Tips-For-Your-Video-Success&amp;id=8736860">videographer</a>. It also turned into huge <a href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Vietnam---Lessons-in-Leadership&amp;id=8522210">lessons in leadership</a> for me.<br> I put together various clips to produce <a title='"Hue in a Day" Tribute to our TEAM members from Canada, United States, Hungary and Australia' href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FekISxODIKc&amp;list=UUjbtbyl_s9Q_kYS7SS606Qw&amp;feature=share" target="_blank">“Hue in a Day – part 1”</a> &amp; <a title='Watch Part 2 Video of "Hue in a Day" featuring my favorite video clips as videographer in Vietnam in March 2014' href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_tdJ1_HAvI&amp;feature=share&amp;list=UUjbtbyl_s9Q_kYS7SS606Qw" target="_blank">“Hue in a Day – part 2” </a>video on youtube. It was a tribute to our international team members from not only Calgary, Canada, where NOJF is based but also United States, Hungary and Australia. <a title="The No Ordinary Journey Video Tribute - Clips of a fulfilling and productive mission in Vietnam - Marcy 2014" href="http://youtu.be/ficxJYUl2Qw" target="_blank">The No Ordinary Journey</a> is another video tribute by 1 of our fantastic Vietnamese volunteers who travelled with us.<br> You can also watch this video on my youtube channel – <a title="Vietnam is No Ordinary Journey - I reflect on what was a very fulfilling volunteer role as videographer working with professionals" href="http://youtu.be/fckX8vfNT4E" target="_blank">Vietnam is No Ordinary Journey</a><br> While there, our mission was also chronicled by VTV4’s Linku Xavier, producer &amp; host, with <a title="NOJ's Mission Followed by VTV4, Vietnam's International TV Broadcaster" href="http://youtu.be/AhagX-kJR-0" target="_blank">NOJ’s Mission on EXPAT LIVING</a><br> You can also read an extended version of this article at <a title='Read my Extended Article "Vietnam - Lessons in Leadership" Article on my EzineArticles Page' href="http://ezinearticles.com/?Vietnam---Lessons-in-Leadership&amp;id=8522210" target="_blank">My EzineArticles Page</a><br> I would be capturing them in action for a 30 minute documentary about this registered charity on this specific misison of March 2014. Of course, I jumped at this opportunity. NOJF works with children with #cerebralpalsy by revolutionizing the care, treatment, understanding and acceptance of cerebral palsy mainly in Vietnam.<br> It was a working holiday with long hot days on a full schedule. But I was in my natural element. Not only do I experience the culture, people and scenery of Vietnam but I work with an amazing team of health care professionals with teamwork seldom found in the workplace.<br> As videographer, I knew I would have to have my camera with me all the time as many epiphanies appear instantly and last only moments. A challenge is trying to capture those moments under natural conditions which means my team had to be use to seeing me with a camera so they may not know when it was running. My goal was to capture the true essence of this experience, that being the parents who attended our workshops with their children. We all know that most people completely clam up once a camera appears.<br> I did fear that as fatigue among our team set in,