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Can your program evaluation form be a marketing tool? « Genealogy Education
I came across this idea on SpeakerNet News the other day. The suggestion was to put a question like, “I’d like to learn more about ______.” That seems like a pretty simple idea.
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Workbooks: Another Look at a Useful Tool « Genealogy Education
A good workbook can reinforce or expand on your lessons, workshops or lectures by reviewing and expanding on concepts you introduce in your aural presentation. It does this by asking each learner personally to respond to your questions. Lets explore this a bit.
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Getting Attention: The Core Concept of Marketing « Genealogy Education
Putting together a lecture tour is hard work. I only gave myself seven months lead time, a big mistake. You need time to build relationships with potential host genealogy groups. Its been claimed that the essence of marketing services like genealogy lectures and workshops is getting attention. Recently I learned about four main ways to get attention; clearly communicating your marketing message.
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Models for Building Web-based Instruction « Genealogy Education
While researching “learning dyads” I found this interesting paper on approaches to on-line course design. Click here if you are curious enough to read an academic paper. What do you think?
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Help in Writing Short Case Studies for Teaching Genealogy « Genealogy Education
While looking for something else on the web I stumbled on an interesting site regarding the use of short case studies or case histories for promotional use. I began to wonder if the tips on writing them could help us fine tune our case studies for classroom and workshop use. Take a look at this item from Wordbiz Report and see if you can use the tips in this and linked articles to write a simple, short case study based on one of your own research bluders, challeges or problems. Leave the solution open, posing some sort of open-ended questions. Remember, short case studies bear a resemblance to those word problems we got in arithmatic class in 5th grade.
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Top tips to write a persuasive case study
Insert the words case study into your subject line and most online readers will snap to attention. White papers may get a yawn, but a case study promises real-life solutions and insider tips on how it all really works.
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Transcribing and Abstracting Documents « Genealogy Education
One of my greaat pleasures in working for the National Institute for Genealogical Studies is the consultations i have with students. My students in Analysis and Skills Mentoring 2 and 3 struggle through transcription and abstracting assignments. Some I am sure will never tackle such tasks again, and neverrise to the great potential they have as genealogists of professional quality. These skills are critical for advanced research.
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Information Transfer Exercises: The Beginnings of Analysis « Genealogy Education
Many years ago when I was teaching English language at a university in Saudi Arabia I shared an office with a colleague from England who was working on a textbook for the Kenya Department of Education. One day he showed me one of the lesson assignments in the text. Students read a page of information and were instructed to transfer the data to a table. It was, he said, an excellant way look at students ability to comprehend what they read. So how does that relate to teaching genealogy?
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Mitchel Whitington's Writing Pages - Building a Successful Press Kit
If you want to actually sell copies of the wonderful tome that you've written, then you're far from finished. A mighty task lies ahead: promotion! Without a strategic promotion effort, your book will simply sit on the bookshelves, or in boxes in your garage.
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Keeping Track of Your Research: Program Ideas « Genealogy Education
As a genealogy librarian for over 20+ years, I faced almost daily the chaos of unprepared genealogists who neither knew what the wanted nor what they had! Many had no idea where they learned what they had! Out of this experience came a number of library sponsored programs on a variety of interconnected topcs. Let me tell you about some of these.
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What Do You Include in Your Handouts and Syllabus Material? « Genealogy Education
My thoughts on this are quite basic. My handouts contain an outline of my lecture, copies of any critical charts/figures, and a references or further readings list.
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A Media Kit for the Genealogy Speaker « Genealogy Education
I suspect the key to making a living as a professional genealogist may require diversification for some of us. Speaking on genealogy topics is one way to diversify. But it takes more than being a skilled genealogist to market yourself as a speaker. Speakers need to promote themselves as experts in something. one such promotion tool is the media kit.
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No-charge Conference Calls for Your Genealogy Audio Lecture. « Genealogy Education
Still thinking about doing audio lectures or teleclasses in your genealogy market? I am. So I was interested in this tidbit of information I found in the 19 May issue of SpeakerNet News Apparently, an outfit called Freeconferencecall.com offers a basic no-fee conference call service
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Updating My Program Evaluation Form « Genealogy Education
A recent comment on an earlier posting prompts me to share thoughts on my program evaluation form. Let's make this like a workshop and you can participate with me. First I'll discuss my objectives in using a form, then some insights into the the reasoning behind the structure. Finally comes your part. Look at the form, then make suggestions for changes and improvements, or comment on how it looks from your perspective. Interested? Read on.
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Professional Genealogists: Qualities, Skills and Knowledge « Genealogy Education
I was thinking about this and reflecting on a couple of recent events. First, there was the a client from my past looking for a professional genealogist to research her Indiana/Tennesee/Kentucky based Jackson Ancestors. Second there was couple of former student who were struggling with serious problems understanding the genealogical proof standard and its application to writing a basic proof argument or proof summary. Heavan knows these are not simple ideas to wrap your brain around and then do! But they are learnable.
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My Favorite Ancestor and other Desperate Program Ideas « Genealogy Education
Somewhere on the continent every year there are a dozen or a hundred genealogy societies who in desparation for a program invite members to share an account of their favorite ancestor. I'd like to suggest the program planners give that one a rest. Here's some thoughts
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From a How-To Article to a Case Study Lecture « Genealogy Education
Have you ever read a how-to article in a genealogical society publication that was stripped down, economical of language and so clear you wanted to do that search? I recently read an article like that in the National Genealogical Society Newsmagazine that got me thinking. I like lectures that are illustrated with a case study showing how one problem was solved, but doing so with suffiicient information that the listener could use the same process with his or her problem. Here's what I'm talking about.
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Podcast Your Lectures: Another Revenue Stream for Speakers « Genealogy Education
I was thinking just the other day when reviewing my topics selected for an upcoming conference that they had chosen one of my old favourite lectures, and I wondered if it could be recorded and sold. An audio version seemed to be insufficient. I wanted my powerpoint to go with it, but being of small brain could not see how to do this. Then I heard about Profcast.
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ProfCast - Welcome
ProfCast is the ideal tool for recording and publishing your live presentation. All elements of your presentation, including slide timing, animations and voice narration, are recorded. You can then publish your complete presentation on the Web as a Podcast, complete with RSS support.
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Another Look at My Program Evaluation Form « Genealogy Education
I’ve been tinkering with my program evaluation form to see what what could be simplified, added, removed etc. The purpose of the evaluation form is to provide feedback to me the speaker concerning a variety of factors impacting on my effectiveness. I am thinking about changing the rating scale questions to something like this:
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