Pricing for Event Leadership

Chuck and Reneé can lead conferences, teach workshops, or provide individual or couple mentoring for $150 per contact hour. This rate is negotiable for events over 4 hours in duration. This rate does not include travel expenses. Ground travel is billed at the standard IRS business mileage rate (51 cents per mile in 2011). Air, hotel, and meal expenses are based on actual costs incurred. Minimum charge for any engagement is 1 hour plus travel expenses.


Pricing for Computer Setup, Repair, and Troubleshooting

Chuck is available for personal computer setup, repair, and troubleshooting for $100 per hour. This rate does not include parts or travel expenses. Ground travel is billed at the standard IRS business mileage rate (50.5 cents per mile in 2008) or a flat rate, depending on distance to be traveled (see below).
Minimum charge for this service is 1 hour ($100) plus travel expense
After 1 hour, time is rounded up to next 15 minute increment
Flat travel charge of $20 applies within 20 miles of Chuck's home
Over 20 miles (one way) will trigger per mile charges


Pricing for Multi-media Presentations on DVD

Last year, Chuck created three 15-minute shows (most shows average 5-7 minutes) for the annual stewardship campaign at his church. Those presentations took many hours to produce but were very well received by the Stewardship and Finance Committees as well as the membership of the church. Chuck was asked to create more shows for this year's campaign.

For the NC ACME State Conference last year, Chuck put a new twist on his usual product by adding humorous slogans to each picture in a show built for a special purpose. A stand-up comic scheduled to appear at the conference had to cancel his appearance and a last minute replacement was needed. Since he couldn’t attend the conference due to a scheduling conflict, Chuck built this show as a last minute replacement.

In addition to these high profile showings, Chuck has produced scores of DVDs for individuals as personal mementos or gifts for special loved ones. These keepsakes make memorable birthday and anniversary presents that will be cherished for many years. No large anniversary celebration is complete without a stroll down memory lane and the DVD can be shared with other family members who can't make it to the big celebration. Copies can be created and mailed to friends or grandparents when travel is not possible.

Here is the pricing structure and other specifics for these video keepsakes:
Slide show will consist of any number of your digital photographs and video clips
Cost will be computed as follows:
  • $2.00 per photo included in finished product (includes cropping)
  • $5.00 per video clip included in finished product (10 seconds or less each)
  • $5.00 per photo for red-eye touchup or other enhancements (if requested)
  • $50.00 setup fee
  • $10.00 each additional copy of finished product
Included in these charges are the following:
  • cropping of photos as needed
  • trimming of video clips
  • 1 hour consultation at project launch
  • Two 30-minute meetings during the project for additional consultation
  • One title slide
  • One "credits" or "the end" slide
All consultation meetings will take place in Chuck's home office.
You must supply original CD with music to be used.
Entire song or track from CD must be used in base package.
Trimming and splicing together of audio files can be done for an additional charge.
Scanning of non-digital photographs incurs additional cost of $1/photo.
Transfer of non-digital video to digital format incurs cost of $10/minute of video transferred.


Here is the cost of a typical DVD video keepsake project:
75 photos (already in digital format), 1 song (4 minutes long), 1 title slide, 1 credit slide, 2 copies of the finished DVD
Cost will be computed as follows:
  • $50.00 setup fee (covers first copy of finished project, title slide and credit slide)
  • $150.00 photo fee (75 x $2.00 each, no scanning required, cropping is included)
  • $10.00 for one additional copy of finished project
  • $210.00 is total cost of this finished project






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