You Can Still Register For Unwrapping The Gift of ADD
Yesterday, the site for our new program, Unwrapping The Gift of ADD went live for registrations.
We knew that a lot of people were interested in our program, and the ‘buzz’ was building…
We had 479 spots for our program, but based on all of the feedback that was coming in, it was obvious that wouldn’t be enough…
And then, at 11:55 am eastern time (5 minutes before the site was supposed to go live!), the server went down.
Despite all of our planning - when the traffic started to hit the site hard, it crashed. It turned out that there was a problem with a ‘mysql database’.
Hmmm…. Thankfully, my webmaster ‘diagnosed this’, and got us going by 12:09 pm (i.e. 9 minutes late). [Thank you Mike!!!!].
It was a very long 9 minutes for us (And many of you too…)
Despite all of the planning, technology is technology…
Needless to say, I was inundated with emails - frustration, upset, anger…
People wanted to get into our program - Unwrapping The Gift of ADD.
I was tied to my computer (as was Dr. Hallowell’s list manager), answering questions and helping people sign up for hours.
As the day went on, I was able to arrange for more spots for our program. We will be using ‘webcast’ technology - meaning that you will be able to listen in via your internet connection. Because of all of the chaos yesterday, I didn’t email you again to let you know that we would have extra spots, we just kept the site live and taking registrations.
(Just as an aside - this webcast technology works on dial-up too…)
Many people emailed in saying: “I had to miss the signup at noon - will you run this program again?”
The answer is - ‘no’, we have no plans to run this program again…
BUT… You can still sign up now.
I am speaking with the president of the webcast company (when you need A LOT of lines, I guess you get to speak to the president…) this afternoon. At that point, I’ll be able to gauge how many spots our program will have.
In other words - if you want to make sure to secure a spot - go to our site now and sign up. If you get in before by this afternoon, then you will have a spot for sure.
(I really hope we’ll just be able to keep the site live for ongoing registrations, but I can’t be sure until later today…)
A final word: thank you to all of you who have been sending in your positive emails and comments. We really appreciate it!
We’re so excited (and humbled) to be able to share our ’strength based approach’ to ADD/ADHD with you.
Because at the core of it - we know that the information that our experts will share can literally change lives….
Looking forward to having you participate in the live event!
Dr. Kenny Handelman
p.s. if you skipped to the bottom - the short summary is: we can still take registrations today, so sign up now here.
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April 21st, 2008 at 10:03 pm
Excellent!
I have written about a strengths based approach parents can use for telling their children about ADHD. You can check out my poem, Lucky me I Have ADD on my blog http://addtolife.typepad.com/weblog/
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:08 am
This was the best place I could find to write about the April 21 talk I just listened to with you, Dr. Hallowell, and Blake Taylor. Very inspiring. Of all coincidences, I’ve been going through the process of diagnosis and treatment beginning just about 6 weeks ago. I always thought I was “a little ADD” but that I’d be OK through some self tough-love. Now in my late 30s with two preschoolers, things had just become overwhelming. Some of the fancy life-strategies I’d put in place in my 20s aren’t working in my current job as a stay-at-home mom. (Can’t wait to hear from Sari Solden) I’m so interested to begin focusing on my talents, and those of my son and daughter. (So excited to see what Kathy Kolbe has to say).
My question: Is there going to be a member’s discussion area? Somewhere where we can feel a bit more connected to other listeners? Just a thought. Or if you know of a good resource for ADD moms, or newly diagnosed adults (who unfortunately are being treated the “old-fashioned” way), please send them my way.
A thousand thank yous!
April 22nd, 2008 at 10:11 pm
im 13 and i have lived with ADHD all my life and are still trying to cope with it thank you for making available these telacasts for my self and my family.
April 28th, 2008 at 7:38 am
I would like to express my great gratitude for the existance of Vyvanse and my doctor’s knowledge to prescribe this for me. I have tried Straterra, which worked for awhile, and then after 6 months began to be less effective. I took Asserall, which was effective, but put me on an edge that I couldn’t maintain the rest of my life. I had intuition that that medication was “burning me up.” I have been taking Vyvanse for 5 months and I am finding my old enthusiastic self again. It was so frustrating to not be able to stay on task and not be able to enjoy the completion of anything. I couldn’t maintain any direction or even define one clearly. Thank goodness there is relief. Knock on wood.