9 April 2004
Contact: Kathleen W. Hinckley, CGRS, Executive Director,
Association of Professional Genealogists
P.O. Box 350998, Westminster, CO 80035-0998
Phone 303-422-9371, fax
303-456-8825, e-mail admin@apgen.org
Prepared by: Richard F. Robinson, CGRS, Information Officer,
Association of Professional Genealogists,
e-mail dick.robinson@apgflorida.org
Family history professionals meet
to develop successful business skills
The place “where family
history professionals meet” this fall to develop business skills is in Austin,
Texas, at the Association of Professional Genealogists (APG) Seventh Annual
Professional Management Conference.
Genealogists and those in
related professions at the conference, known as the PMC, will learn from the
masters in a full day of lectures on Wednesday, 8 September 2004 in the Austin
Convention Center. The PMC will be held in conjunction with Federation of
Genealogical Societies (FGS) and Texas State Genealogical Society’s 2004
Conference from Sept. 8-11, where attendees will celebrate APG’s 25th
anniversary.
The PMC helps beginning to
veteran professional genealogists, librarians, researchers, teachers, writers,
and others in family history to balance a variety of skills necessary to run a
successful business. PMC Coordinator Eileen Polakoff says, “It takes lots of
talent to balance computer technology with lecturing, research, and other
skills and also find a way to make a business profit.”
Polakoff says anyone may
attend the PMC by registering for both the FGS and PMC conferences. Conference
registration and program details are found at the APG Web site, www.apgen.org. The professional conference fee
includes a separate syllabus, continental breakfast and networking luncheon
plus lots of fun with many door prizes. Early registration discounts end July
26, and space is limited.
“Attendees say they learn
more about their business in one day at the PMC than all year on their own,”
Polakoff says. “We can almost guarantee you will make contacts there that will
send you business.”
Six in-depth PMC lecturers
will cover these topics: “Just a Few
Ways to Get the Ink on the Paper” (presented by Craig R. Scott, CGRS); “Effective
Communications in the Age of Technology” (Michael J. Leclerc); “Quality, Time,
and Completion: Developing a Research
Plan” (two parts) (J. Mark Lowe, CG); “College and Adult Education Level
Teaching” (John W. Konvalinka, CGRS, CGL), and “Applying the Genealogical Proof
Standard in Difficult Situations: Client Research with Unexpected Results”
(Helen F. M. Leary, CG, CGL, FASG, FNGS).
Established 25 years ago in Utah, APG is the leading
worldwide professional organization of genealogists and related professionals
devoted to supporting high standards in the field. The group now has 21 chapters
and more than 1,400 members in all populated continents and is based in Westminster, Colorado, near Denver.
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