{"id":595,"date":"2011-09-14T12:33:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T17:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/fgs-2011-recap-of-day-1\/"},"modified":"2013-07-06T18:59:44","modified_gmt":"2013-07-06T23:59:44","slug":"fgs-2011-recap-of-day-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/fgs-2011-recap-of-day-1\/","title":{"rendered":"FGS 2011 \u2013 Recap of Day 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Wednesday\" Wednesday at an FGS conference is traditionally Focus on Societies Day<\/em>, where each of the sessions pertain to society management.\u00a0 As an Illinois State Genealogical Society<\/a> board member, I found each of these sessions offered some wonderful ideas to consider as ISGS continues to enhance its membership offerings.<\/p>\n

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How Will Our Society Survive?<\/em><\/strong> (Plenary Session) \u2013 David Rencher kicked off the day challenging society leaders to think about where their society is today and where they want to be tomorrow.\u00a0 He encourages us to adapt to the changing world of genealogy and technology and find ways that will make our societies grow and prosper.\u00a0 Determining a plan of action is key to successful change.\u00a0 Oh, and don\u2019t forget to start engaging the younger generation.<\/p>\n

Tour Guide and Travel Agent: Planning Your Society\u2019s Next Research Trip<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 As the chair of the newly formed Education Committee for ISGS, research trips are near the top of my list of activities, so naturally I had to attend Josh Taylor\u2019s session on the subject.\u00a0 Research trips are a great membership benefit and allow societies the opportunity to mentor new genealogists and support repositories.\u00a0 Josh offered a variety of ideas on planning trips, including how to budget, schedule, and publicize your trip.\u00a0 I think the biggest take-away is to be creative and consider lesser-known repositories as well as the \u201cbig\u201d ones.\u00a0 You can purchase the recording of the session here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

How to Develop and Implement Affordable Membership Benefits<\/strong> \u2013 <\/strong><\/em>George Morgan reminds us that membership benefits need to be effective in order to draw people in, but we also need to balance our offerings (or HOW we offer them) with the cost.\u00a0 A perfect example of this is publications.\u00a0 Should we continue to spend money on the hard-copy publishing of books (and even our periodicals) or should we consider making these publications available electronically at a lower (or near zero) cost?\u00a0 Although this session was not recorded, the syllabus provides a wonderful outline of ideas to implement benefits both you and your members can afford.<\/p>\n

Printed vs. Online Publishing for Societies<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Truth be told, I attended this session for myself, even though it was targeted to societies\u2026I had a feeling it would be just a valuable to an individual, which it was.\u00a0 Donna Moughty discussed a variety of options available in the world of publishing today.\u00a0 My favorite part of the lecture was when Donna talked about print-on-demand options, such as Lulu and CreateSpace.\u00a0 Print-on-demand allows you to create a book, just as you would if you were going to have it printed, except that in this case, instead of ordering hundreds of books at a time, you order just what you need.\u00a0 Additionally, consumers can purchase the printed book directly from the print-on-demand vendor.\u00a0 It is a great alternative to traditional publishing and one (in my own opinion) societies should consider.\u00a0 You can purchase the recording of the session here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Building a Society Education Program for Genealogists and Family Historians<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Again, this was a not-to-miss session for me as Education Committee Chair for ISGS.\u00a0 And what a great session!\u00a0 J. H. Fonkert provided a wealth of ideas, I simply couldn\u2019t write fast enough!\u00a0 One very important point he makes is that \u201cstudents self-identify as beginners or experts.\u201d\u00a0 And in some cases we label ourselves incorrectly.\u00a0 This point becomes important when planning educational activities.\u00a0 You can purchase the recording of the session here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After a day of sessions, I hung out at the Prairie Social, which was hosted by the Illinois State Genealogical Society.\u00a0 From there, it was dinner with good friend and roommate Carol Genung.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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