[APG Public List] [APG Members] State and local society genealogy education programs

[JFonkert at aol.com]

Thank you to all who have responded to my query about local and state  
genealogy education programs so far.  I won't have time to digest  everything 
until I return next week from an overseas trip.  In the  meantime, keep the 
feedback coming.  I will be sharing some of what I learn  in a session at FGS 
in Springfield.
 
In a message dated 2/21/2011 8:48:34 A.M. Central Standard Time,  
mbrophy at brophygen.com writes:

 
Jay   
My  answers are below: 
 
Brophy  Professional Genealogy & Heir Tracing 
Michael  Brophy 
198  Patricia Drive 
Abington  MA 02351 
781-738-2671 
FAX  781-878-0720 
_mbrophy at brophygen.com_ (mip://00d72a78/mbrophy@brophygen.com)  
_www.brophygen.com_ (mip://00d72a78/www.brophygen.com)  
Check  out Brophy's irish Genealogy blog:  _http://www.brophygen1.com_ 
(http://www.brophygen1.com/)  
and  Twitter ! _brophy123 (brophy123) on  Twitter_ 
(http://twitter.com/brophy123) 
 
 
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JFonkert at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:45  AM
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Subject: [APG Members] State and local  society genealogy education programs

 
Dear  APG members and friends,
 

 
I am  preparing a presentation on the challenges of creating and marketing  
genealogical education programs in state or local genealogy societies.   If 
you are involved in the education programs of your state or local society,  
I would appreciate hearing from you.
 

 
1)      What  kinds of educational programs does your society offer? -- 
lectures, workshops,  conferences, discussion groups, etc.? What is most  
popular? 
I  am program director of the Massachusetts Genealogical Council, we offer 
a  yearly one day, all day conference with four tracks. We typically get 
100-225  (an all time high) attendees each year.
 

 
2)      How  do you select topics?  What topics are most popular? Who 
decides? Do you  have a functioning education committee? 
We try to focus in on Massachusetts records and repositories but do have  
lectures and workshops that anyone could benefit from. This year we have  
speakers from the Judicial Archives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. City  
of Boston Archives, American Antiquarian Society; and nationally known  
speakers like Beau Sharbrough, -David Lambert and David Dearborn from the New  
England Historic Genealogical Society. Usually the program director decides  
with input from a committee of one or two other people. Speakers from the  
local NARA branch have been very popular in the past.  
 

 
3)  What role do professional or board-certified genealogist play in your  
education program? We  have several CGs on our board and they offer 
invaluable input into the program  content and theme. They have contacts and 
relationships with quality speakers  and know the genealogy community very well.
 

 
4)  Has your organization had any experience with distance-learning -- for  
example, webinars, Skype, etc.? How has it worked?  What do you like or  
not like about these technologies?
 
We are having Family Search Skype in for a presentation for the first time  
this year at our annual seminar. If the feedback is good, it offers us a 
new  option for long distance presentations. 
I  hope this helps ! 
Mike
 

 
Jay  Fonkert, CG
_http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/_ 
(http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/) 
Saint  Paul, MN

Director, Association of Professional  Genealogists
(professional  profile at _www.apgen.org)_ (http://www.apgen.org)/) 
Member,  Genealogical Speakers Guild
(professional  profile at _http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)_ 
(http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)) 
Member,  International Society of Family History Writers and Editors  

CG  (Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of the Board for 
Certification of  Genealogists, used under license by Board-certified associates after 
periodic  competency evaluations.





 
Jay Fonkert,  CG
_http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/_ 
(http://fourgenerationsgenealogy.blogspot.com/) 
Saint  Paul, MN

Director, Association of Professional  Genealogists
(professional profile at _www.apgen.org)_ (http://www.apgen.org)/) 
Member, Genealogical  Speakers Guild
(professional profile at _http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)_ 
(http://www.genealogicalspeakersguild.org/)) 

Member, International Society of Family History Writers and  Editors 

CG (Certified Genealogist) is a service mark of  the Board for 
Certification of Genealogists, used under license by  Board-certified associates after 
periodic competency evaluations.
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