Travel Tuesday: Take A Leap South Africa Seed&Spark Campaign

Photo Credit:  seedandspark.com

Over the last week and half we have been promoting in social media about our Seed&Spark campaign in support of Take A Leap: South Africa.  Well, the time is here, and it officially launched on Mon, July 14.  We have 45 days to raise at least 80% of $4155 (approx. $3324) for the project to be "green light" and for us to received any contributed money. We have incentives and wishlist items you can choose to place your donations to.  We also have a vacant Editor position (travel editing experience preferred) that you can apply to via the campaign site.  Click the link below to see our vision, our passion, and your commitment in supporting, viewing, and sharing the Take A Leap webseries.

Take A Leap: South Africa

Rhonda W. & Sharee W.

Travel Tuesdays: An African City

We were introduced to this webseries from April D. Thompson of The Absolute Travel Addict who is currently living in Accra, Ghana where this show was filmed.  

The webseries has been compared to shows "Sex and the City" and "Girlfriends" that can still be seen in syndication. "An African City" centers around five African women who have returned to the continent, dishing on their lives and the pursuit of love over brunch or cocktails at their favorite spots around the city.

Check out the first episode, and if you liked it as much as we did, you'll complete the entire first season in a few short hours.

The show got us thinking a trip to Ghana is in our near future!!

What did you think of the webshow?  Have you ever watched a show or movie, and it made you want to travel to a new destination?

12 Goals to Reach by Year End 2012

Martice with Black Girl in the Big World put out a challenge to create a list of 12 goals to accomplish by the end of 2012.  With 4 1/2 months to go before the year ends, we came up with our own list.

#1 Brand Take A Leap as a go to source within the travel blog community.  This includes establishing relationships with travel bloggers in an effort to promote each other's initiatives.  We supported Martice by purchasing Black Girl Travel T-shirts.  Our next effort will be partnering with Jennifer P of Imported Chocolate.  She will be assisting us in setting up a screening of our pilot episode of Take A Leap in NYC in early December.

#2 Sharee will obtain her first real estate client (outside of herself), and sell her townhome in Columbia, SC. She'll then use the monthly savings to fund her Roth 403b.

#3 Rhonda will start a blog dedicated to financial education, obtain 25 referrals for her ValuTeachers reps, and facilitate 10 solo financial education presentations.

#4 Speak the local language when we travel abroad to both Italy and China.  We're nervous about this, although we have taken a few months of Rosetta Stone's online lessons in Italian. Ciao!!

#5 Get to know Bronx, NY family members.  That's a side of the family we know very little about, and just as it is a whole lot of us down here, there are tons of cuzzos up there.

#6 Attend a Clemson University (our Alma mater) football game this Fall.

#7 Raise an additional $5000 for Take A Leap webseries with approaching September 1 deadline.

#8 Sell 100 copies of our four short films on DVD or via online.

#9 Establish a financial emergency fund.

#10 Pay down credit cards. It helps that we have 0% interest for more than a year.

#11 Do what we love.  The Holstee Manifesto states that "If you are looking for the love of your life, STOP; they will be waiting for you when you start doing the things you love".  Whether in work or play, hopefully we'll both be able to find that special someone.  Sharee's story is in the travel blog section.

#12 End the year in Shanghai, China!!!

These are our 12 goals, both shared and individual.  The year isn't over yet. What do you hope to accomplish??

Take A Leap Logo

We officially have a Take A Leap logo. We want to personally thank former magazine Art Director Errol Alger and Graphic Designer Allen Johnson for collaborating on the logo. We will be using it as much as we can to market the Take A Leap Webseries.

We have until September 1st to raise $5,500. We recently added a new perk of 2 XL Black Girls Travel T-shirts for a donation of $50, plus the $20 donation level perks.

www.indiegogo.com/takealeap

Rhonda W.

Crunch Time!!

We have less than a month to reach our goal of raising $5500 on our Indiegogo fundraising site.  It's a daunting task, but we know it can be and have been done by other filmmakers and artists.  The biggest question or concern from people have been--what do I get out of it or what you can do for me?  We thought about it and looked at it through two viewpoints: perks received by individuals/businesses/organizations and new business opportunities.

The perks received by a $20 or more donation includes a small souvenir and postage card from either our Italy or China destination while we are there with a heartfelt Thank You!!  Just note that because of distance, it may get to you after we return back to the States.  We'll also mail out to you a DVD of our four IMDb credited short films- Angel of Mine, From the Shallow to the Deep, The Resolution Pact, and That's Bull: Elijah and the Prophets of Wall Street (2012 SEIIF Best Story Award; 2012 Glory Reelz Christian Film Festival Best Short Film).  The compilation DVD is valued at $7.00.

Businesses should view our YouTube video that talks about the Take A Leap Webseries concept. We have one project underway, and another is under a bid review.  All monies are going towards our fundraising goal.  We can be contacted at weconnectedprod@gmail.com for further discussion.

Please post on Twitter, Facebook and/or Linked-in, email, text, or phone family and friends!!

Thanks,
Rhonda & Sharee

Happy 4th of July! Take A Leap is 4 Months Away Until Our Adventure Begins

We Connected Productions, LLC are EXCITED as we are 4 Months away until we begin our Adventure to Italy in November and China in December. Find out how you can support Take A Leap by going to: www.indiegogo.com/takealeap Enjoy your 4th. Rhonda W.