HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?*
All legacy letter and history book services, products and speaking engagements can be tailored to meet your personal and/or organizational needs and budgets. We also make it simple for you by offering packages to meet various budgets. Take a look and see which package seems appealing. We would be happy to help you customize your own package. Call (414) 238-1577 or email leah@legacyletter.org today to set up a free consultation and estimate.
LEGACY LETTERS AND BOOKS
A legacy letter book is an investment that is deeply appreciated now and its value appreciates over time. As with a vacation, the cost varies from a few hundred dollars to thousands of dollars depending on what you want. Costs for projects are dependent on several variables, for example – the type of services needed, the time required to complete the project, and the selected materials. Each project is custom designed, so the time involved can range from a few days to several months. Family members can split the cost and share the love generated by the project. Organizations and businesses can also share in or completely cover the costs.
PACKAGES
Priceless Conversation (oral history)
One-Hour Recorded Interview and Gift Package. Over twenty topics to choose. Click here for menu of topics.
COST: $250
COST: $250
Basic Legacy Letter, Tribute or Memorial Package
Cost: $400
One hour recorded and transcribed interview, up to five-page ghost written letter with three edited photographs and cover printed on acid-free, archival paper and special portfolio.
Legacy Letter Book or Tribute Book Package
Cost: $850
One copy of a twenty-page, 12” by 12,” hard cover, bound coffee table book. This package includes two 45 minute phone or in-person interviews, recording, transcription and ghostwritten and edited 1,500-word letter. Client can provide up to ten electronically sent photographs or other graphics. Package includes specially selected questions for interviews, photo editing, book design and layout and printing. This fee includes one edit of the draft letter and a second edit of the entire book by the client before it goes to print.
Customized Memoir, Biography, Business or Organizational History Book
Cost: Quoted on request
A typical project includes 100 pages, 10” by 9” soft cover book. It includes up to ten in-person or phone interviews, one and a half hours each, recordings, transcriptions and the text of a 5,000-word book. The client can provide up to twenty electronically sent photographs and/or other graphics. A history book will include specially selected questions for each individual interviewed, photo editing, book design and layout, copy editing and printing. It generally includes two edits of the draft book and two edits of the entire book by the client before it goes to print.
CUSTOMIZED PROJECTs
If you have something in mind that doesn’t fit the categories described on this page, feel free to contact us. We’d love to hear your idea and see how we might help make it a reality.
We can do family reunions and other group story-telling events, or other personal and organizational history-related projects. When creating a book, you can choose different sized books and cover options such as premium leather and cloth options. We also offer legacy letter interview digital video recordings. Customized projects are quoted upon request.
Whatever legacy/history project you choose, the cost will be well worth the investment. You will receive a beautiful heirloom gift that can be passed down for generations to come. We would be happy to meet with you, in person or by phone, for a free consultation and estimate at (414) 238-1577 or email leah@legacyletter.org.
AUXILIARY SERVICES
We also provide auxiliary services to
help you plan and complete your own project
Editing, Layout, Design and Printing: COST $50/hour
- You’ve written your legacy letter or book and you would like someone to edit the letter before you print and share it.
- You’ve written and edited your legacy letter or book and you would like someone to edit your photographs, copy edit content, design and print your letter or book.
- You’ve written some portion of your legacy letter or book and you’re stuck and you would like someone to help you finish the project.
Typing: COST $25/hour
- You have handwritten your letter and you need someone to type it.
Transcribing: COST: $1/ minute of recording
- You have recorded your letter or interview and you need someone to transcribe the recording.
Videotaping legacy letter interviews or creating legacy videos (Prices quoted on request.)
GIFT CERTIFICATES
Know someone with a great story to tell? Want to help a relative, friend, colleaugue, donor or volunteer start preserving and sharing their own stories? Legacy Letters offers gift certificates so you can give the gift of a life time. Contact us today to learn more by emailing leah@legacyletter.org or call (414) 238-1577.
VIEW SAMPLES
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Speaking Engagements, Trainings and Presentations
One Hour Introduction to Legacy Letters
$100 Honorarium – Nonprofit Organizations.
$150 Honorarium – 4-profit Organizations.
One Hour Presentation
$150 Honorarium – The Philanthropic Power of Legacy Letters.
One Hour Presentation
$200 Honorarium – Legacy Building Tools and Strengthening Your Law and Estate Planning Practice.
(*pricing does not include travel expenses)
Workshops
Three-Hour Workshop
$500 – Three-Hour Workshop up to 10 participants.
$35/registered person over 10 registrants
Four-Hour Workshop
$700 – Four-Hour Workshop up to 10 participants.
$40/registered person over 10 registrants
One-Day Retreat
$1,000 – One-Day Retreat up to 10 participants.
$50/registered person over 10 registrants
Weekend Retreat
$2500 – Weekend Retreat (Friday-Sunday) up to 10 participants.
$250/registered person over 10 registrants
Fee does not include food and lodging.
(*pricing does not include travel expenses)
Email us today at leah@legacyletter.org to learn more or call (414) 238-1577
Speaking Engagements, Trainings and Presentations
One Hour Introduction to Legacy Letters
- What is a legacy letter and its history?
- What is its value and personal and professional benefits?
- Why, when and how to write your legacy letter?
- Legacy letter writing tips
COST: $150 Honorarium
Workshops
All workshops have thought provoking and content generating exercises and prompts that will refine content for your legacy letter. Each workshop helps you determine:
- What type of letter (s) you want to write;
- Its organization, what stories, people, values, life lessons, blessings and hopes you would like to include in the letter.
- Options to enhance the letter e.g. recipes, photographs, poetry.
- And what you want to make sure is not left unsaid.
The number of powerful writing prompts and exercises to refine content corresponds to the length of the workshop.
Two-Hour Workshop
- What is a legacy letter and its history?
- What is its value and personal and professional benefits?
- Why, when and how to write your legacy letter?
- Specialty letters and their many applications
- Refine your parameters for a legacy letter
- Identify obstacles and strategies to overcome them
COST: $300
$35/registered person over 10 registrants
Three-Hour Workshop
Legacy Letter Workshop
- What is a Legacy Letter and its History?
- What is its value and benefits?
- Why, when and how to write your legacy letter?
- Specialty letters and their many applications
- Refine your parameters for a legacy letter
- Identify obstacles and develop strategies to overcome them
- Writing and editing tips
- Art and science of productive reminiscing and effective story telling
COST: $450
$40/registered person over 10 registrants
Four- Hour Workshop
- What is a legacy letter and its history?
- What is its value and benefits?
- Why, when and how to write your legacy letter?
- Specialty letters and their many applications
- Refine your parameters for a legacy letter
- Identify obstacles and develop strategies to overcome them
- Writing and Editing Tips
- Art and science of productive reminiscing and effective storytelling
- Start to developing your own outline
- Start to develop and refine content
COST: $600
$45/registered person over 10 registrants
One-Day Retreat
- What is a legacy letter and its history?
- What its value and benefits?
- Why, when and how to write your legacy letter?
- Specialty letters and their many applications
- Refine your parameters for a legacy letter
- Identify obstacles and develop strategies to overcome them
- Writing and editing tips
- Art and science of productive reminiscing and effective storytelling
- Finalize a draft outline
- Begin writing your legacy letter
Cost: $1,200 $100/registered person over 10 registrants
Weekend Retreat
What is a legacy letter and its history?
- What is its value and benefits?
- Why, when and how to write your legacy letter?
- Specialty letters and their many applications
- Refine your parameters for a legacy letter
- Identify obstacles and develop strategies to overcome them
- Writing and editing tips
- Art and science of productive reminiscing and effective storytelling
- Finalize a draft outline
- Complete draft letter
COST: $2,500 – Weekend Retreat (Friday Evening – Sunday Afternoon )
$250/registered person over 10 registrants
*pricing does not include travel expenses, food or lodging
Legacy Letter Writing Classes: The length and number of classes are tailored to meet your personal and/or organizational needs and budgets.
Cost: $150 for each hour