Your Source for Professional Genealogical Speakers
Using AI to Enhance Your Presentations — David McCorkle — Explore how AI empowers genealogical speakers to streamline research, craft engaging proposals, and create dynamic visuals for presentations. This session highlights practical AI tools and techniques to enhance your lecture preparation, connect with audiences, and secure more speaking opportunities with polished and impactful content.
The Business of Genealogical Speaking — Annette Burke Lyttle — Busy speakers monitor a mountain of information that makes up the “back room” of a speaking operation. We will cover the intricacies of the “back room” and how to manage them.
Digital Skills & Techniques for Genealogical Educators — J. Mark Lowe — Tools and techniques to enhance digital learning in the new world of online courses, webinars, and video presentations.
Templates, Boilerplate, Copyediting, and Hooks: What You Can Learn from an Editor to Improve Your Presentations — Kelli Bergheimer — Publishing professionals use techniques in a methodical way to capture creativity and let the content shine. Learn to use these publishing timesavers.
“‘Just Breathe’ – Being Prepared to Give The Best Webinar Possible” — Tammy Priolo, BASc, PLCGS — This webinar will give beginning speakers an overall sense of what to expect when giving a webinar. Learn how to become successful at giving webinars and how to handle the unexpected bumps along the way.
“Successfully Answering the Call for Proposals” — Julie Miller — Discouraged because conference planners rejected your submissions – again? Want to become a genealogy speaker but you’ve no clue how to write a proposal? Attend this presentation and learn how to craft a proposal that will convey the key points of your lecture in a concise and accurate way.
“Organization for Genealogy Speakers” — Jean Wilcox Hibbens — Genealogists tend to be organized, just by the nature of the activity. Finding ancestors and finding the photos and documents about them are easier if one has a system in place. For those already doing genealogy lecturing and those looking to start, that same need for organization is paramount.