Roundtable

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An APG Roundtable is an informal discussion sponsored by the Association of Professional Genealogists and held during national conferences. A roundtable is one of the best places to network with other APG members, to learn how other professionals market themselves, and to share ideas and methods.

The roundtables for 2010 are:

NGS Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah: Tuesday, April 27, 2010, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. in room 155B of the Salt Palace Convention Center.
Topic: "How to Increase Earnings by Opening More Options to Attract Potential Clients." This Roundtable will include a panel discussion by noted members who have implemented new strategies and made them successful. Some of our panelists will include Natalie Cottrill of ProGenealogists, Karen Clifford course instructor and publisher of Genealogy Research Associates, and Alvie Davidson private investigator of Florida Detective. Come listen, share questions, and learn new answers. The Salt Lake and Utah Valley chapters will be hosting the Roundtable.

FGS Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee: Tuesday, August 17, 2009, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Topic: "Your Internet Presence - How to get IT and what to do with IT: A discussion of what IT is."

Open to all conference attendees and interested individuals.

If you aren't familiar with APG Roundtables or haven't read about them in past issues of the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly, here are a few helpful tips:

1. These gatherings are never audiotaped. Discussions are designed to be open forums where colleagues can discuss freely and openly whatever issues are of importance to them. With rare exceptions, APG Roundtables are open only to members of APG.
2. Roundtables are not lectures. A moderator directs the flow of these sharing sessions in which all are encouraged to add their own thoughts, ideas, experiences, etc.
3. Roundtables almost always take place on the evening before a national conference begins-usually on Tuesday night. Anyone attending a national conference should plan to arrive at the conference city by late Tuesday afternoon to attend the APG Roundtable that evening.
4. Information about APG Roundtables is available on the APG Web site. Check here for tentative dates of future gatherings and for information about topics discussed in past meetings. Notices and articles about roundtables also appear in the Association of Professional Genealogists Quarterly.
5. Topics of discussion are determined by an informal survey of APG members. If you have a topic suggestion, send it to Kathleen Hinckley, APG Executive Director.

If you have questions about APG Roundtables or are interested in coordinating one at a regional genealogical conference in your area, please contact APG's Executive Director, Kathleen Hinckley.

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