LifeStories

About: Mike O'Krent

Website

http://www.lifestoriesalive.com

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Mike O'Krent, founder of LifeStories Alive, LLC, specializes in making personal history videos for families that value their heritage. They create family heirlooms in video – digitally mastered records of life stories with personal accounts, photos and mementos of family history. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas and graduating from Southern Methodist University with a BBA in Marketing and Management (and a minor in History), he entered his family’s retail floor covering business as the 4th generation in that business. Between 1996 and 2000 Mike interviewed Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg's Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. During that incredible experience, he discovered the process and the importance of recording the life stories of our loved ones. Mike moved to Austin in 1998 when he bought and managed a local floor covering business; then sold it in 2004. He finally found his passion in business when he started LifeStories Alive.

Posts by Mike O'Krent:

• May 12, 2012 End of Life Lesson Learned Today

• May 3, 2012 Letter From a Mother to Her Daughter

• April 5, 2012 The Butterfly Project

• April 1, 2012 Which Pencil Will You Choose?

• March 27, 2012 Listening – Uncovering the Forgotten Communication Tool – Part II: Handling the “What Ifs” (Emotion)

• March 23, 2012 Elie Wiesel – a Conversation I Overheard

• March 20, 2012 Listening – Uncovering the Forgotten Communication Tool – Part I: The Basics

• March 15, 2012 The Love a Father has for His Daughter

• February 14, 2012 “Rescuing a Single Life” – Tom, Judy, and The Homeless Coach

• February 4, 2012 Change Your Lens

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