The below post is taken from the Video Blog, the Subject Matter Minute. If it’s a little hard to read, it’s because it’s taken from the spoken word. You can view the episode on YouTube if you would like. Find it here: Episode #50 – 50th Episode Celebration!!
If YouTube is blocked for you or your agency, you can scroll to the bottom of this post to view it from Google Drive. (I would prefer you view on YouTube, so I know how many people have watched)
You can also listen to an audio version.
Hello and welcome to the 50th episode of your favorite YouTube show, the Subject Matter Minute! I’m Matt Nagy and I’m so grateful that you have been along for this entire ride!
First of all, I want to say that there is definitely no subject matter expert for this episode. In fact, you have already seen that there is no expert putting this stuff together! I know that it seems like I know what I’m talking about and that I just smoothly tell you about it, but behind the scenes, I do struggle. Besides messing up and swearing, I’m constantly interrupted when I’m doing this. Mostly because I never learn! Seems I almost always forget to silence my computer and my phone. So, just when I’m about to get through a tough part, I get a lovely “ding!” Many of those swearing bits were because of that. I also have a hard drive that backs up everything every day. It’s loud and inconvenient. Then there’s my forced air heater that is quite loud. And finally, my lights are battery-powered, and I don’t know how many times they have run out of juice in the middle of a sentence. As you saw previously, sometimes I can’t even get the show started.
Anyway, let’s talk about prizes. Here’s how the prizes are going to work. After viewing this episode, anybody who wants a chance to win will need to make a comment in the show comments, letting everyone know what their favorite part of the episode is. If you do this, you will be entered into the drawing for several gifts. If you get someone else to subscribe to my channel (that wasn’t subscribed before), and they respond to your comment telling me they did so, you will get another entry. The subscriber will also get an entry. Also, if you email me directly, and tell me how much you love the show, you will get another entry. Ok?
I thought that I would mention, just in case, someone out there is worried. These prizes were funded with personal money from me and several other wonderful people of human resources division. I want to thank Jenny and Jaye Wacker, Brenda Kelly-Mitchell, Russell Webb, Amanda Santee, Jared Hanson, Erin Williams, and Tricia Bach for their generosity and for making this fun. Both for me, and hopefully for you. Oh, and I was given some state swag from the Parks department from Stacy Sprengeler, and from Momen Elazizi of the Highway Department. Thanks, guys, I appreciate it!
Ok… no need for me to keep rambling on. I hope you enjoy the bloopers and comment below so I can give you some goodies.