Professional Management Conference

The 2010 APG
Professional Management Conference

Registration Information

In order to attend the Professional Management Conference (PMC), individuals must also register for at least Wednesday’s Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) Conference. The following are the PMC rates only:

* Regular Member Registration (by June 1, 2010) $155
* Late Member Registration (after June 1, 2010) $175
* Non-Member Registration (any date) $175

Three ways to register or order an FGS brochure:

1. Online: www.fgs.org - the FGS conference is a 4-day conference from August 18th through August 21st 2010. Online registration for the conference is available at www.fgs.org/2010conference
2. Write: Federation of Genealogical Societies
P. O. Box 200940, Austin, TX 78720-0940
3. Call: 888-FGS-1500 toll free

The Schedule

From the Trenches: How We Manage Clients, Time, and Projects
Laura Prescott
We'll explore the working world of our colleagues, review some of their best habits, and learn how they improved upon the not-so-good ones. Get a sneak peek into the offices of professional genealogists who have learned "in the trenches" how to efficiently manage their time, customers, and projects.

Lunch & Networking

Track 1		Track 2
A Key to Success: Your Online Presence D. Joshua Taylor		Overcoming Obstacles that Interfere with Genealogical Research Ann Miller
Expand Your Revenue: Produce and Sell Your Lectures in Video Format Donna M. Moughty		Niche Planning and Marketing Paula Stuart Warren
Choosing the Best Continuing Education Opportunities Elissa Scalise Powell, CG		Get Published in Magazines! Leslie Albrecht Huber

Afternoon Sessions

A Key to Success: Your Online Presence - D. Joshua Taylor
In the 21st century, the online presence of any professional is essential to their success. This lecture will challenge professionals to think "outside the box" of a standard website, focusing on multiple online tools that can be used for their business. Specific topics will include Facebook, eBay, wiki technology, GoogleDocs, blogs, twitter, and other tools to market themselves and their businesses. Discussions of online security and privacy concerns will also be included, as well as techniques to use an online presence to communicate, share documents, and connect with a client.

Overcoming Obstacles that Interfere with Genealogical Research - Ann Miller
This presentation helps genealogical professionals understand how various psychological characteristics can either be an asset that leads to more successful research outcomes or an obstacle that interferes with the research process. Our problem-solving styles as well as our assumptions, thoughts, and beliefs can make it more difficult for us to be successful in genealogy. The presenter, a psychologist, discusses how these various characteristics affect genealogical research. Divergent and convergent problem-solving styles are explained, with an emphasis on how these relate to "thinking outside the box." Assumptions, thoughts, and beliefs that impact our approach to research will also be covered. In addition to being useful for the professional genealogist, understanding these characteristics can be helpful in working with clients and training new genealogists. This presentation includes ways to recognize these various characteristics in ourselves and others as well as what we can do to compensate for those characteristics that might be having a negative effect on our research

Expand Your Revenue: Produce and Sell Your Lectures in Video Format - Donna M. Moughty
This presentation will look at the use of alternative media...how to take your recorded lecture, add your slides, edit out any extraneous material, and create a DVD or downloadable audio or video podcast that you can sell. These skills not only enhance the experience for the viewer but can also provide an additional revenue stream for genealogists.

Niche Planning and Marketing - Paula Stuart Warren
Have you heard about the strategy to develop and market your specialty, your niche? What is or will be your niche? Decisions, decisions, decisions. Often the niche finds you in a form of genealogical serendipity. This lecture covers ways to help determine your niche, craft it to your liking, and figure out ways to let others know about your area or areas of expertise. Evaluating your own expertise can be painful but fulfilling and will let you know where you need to focus your educational efforts. We will discuss techniques for utilizing colleagues and clients to help in the evaluation process.

Choosing the Best Continuing Education Opportunities - Elissa Scalise Powell, CG
This lecture will present various options for continuing genealogical education and will show examples from each program. University courses, conferences, institutes, self-guided study, virtual peer group study, and on-line offerings will be highlighted. The pros and cons of learning styles, price, availability, time commitment and guidance discussed and compared. Attendees will achieve a better understanding of each type of study and will be able to evaluate which they want to pursue further in creating their own continuing education plan.

Get Published in Magazines! - Leslie Albrecht Huber
Many people dream of seeing their words in print but don't know how to go about getting them there. Others write occasionally for small-scale publications for free - but aren't sure how to take the next step to better paying and more widely circulated publications. This lecture will provide the information necessary to be more successful as a freelance writer. The focus will be on genealogy publications but will also cover history magazines and other general-interest magazines.

Other Conferences. APG Roundtable. Call for Papers, PMC Webcasts.
Schedules of previous PMC's: 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999, 1998.

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