The Story@Home conference will take place in February of 2013. Genealogists can choose to purchase a ticket that will give them access to both days of the conference. Or, they can buy a ticket for just one day. Which day should you choose? Here is some information about what to expect from Day One of Story@Home 2013.
Story@Home is an annual conference that is going to have its second year in 2013. It is a conference that gives genealogists a lot of good information about how to incorporate family history into their genealogy research. It provides a natural way to connect with living relatives, and to record the stories that have been handed down from one generation to the next.
You can attend both days of the conference if you want to. If you only have time to attend one day, then you are going to have to choose wisely. Which day will be most interesting for you? To help you decide, here is some of what to expect from Day One of Story@Home 2013.
Day One starts with a Conference Welcome by Carol Rice. It will be followed by a Welcome and Keynote introduction by Steve Anderson. After that will be the FamilySearch Keynote speech by Dan Poffenberger. His presentation is called “Marriage, Murder and a Munchkin: The Grandma Poff Story”.
Other presentations that will only take place on Day one include the Featured Storyteller, Kim Weitkamp. It is called “Power vs Persuasion”, and gives you tips about how to communicate and be persuasive. Karen Ashton will give a Keynote Address called “Stories at the Foot of the Bed”. The Deseret Book Keynote will be presented by Laurel Christensen and Hunter Sebresos: “Pretty Darn Funny (and interesting too!)”.
After the lunch break, there will be four blocks of workshops for you to attend. In each block, you will have to choose between three or four options. They will be going on simultaneously, which means that you cannot go to all of them. Some workshops may appeal to genealogists more than others will.
For the first block, I would suggest checking out the “Creative and Fun Ways to Cherish Your Family History” by Valerie Elkins. Learn how to take your family trees, documents, photos, and stories and put it together in a way that is engaging and enticing.
For the second block, I would suggest attending “Curating and Preserving Your Family History Memorabilia” by Gary T. Wright. This workshop has museum professionals that will share their trade secrets on how to preserve the memories an artifacts that document your family’s history.
For the third block, I would suggest checking out “How to Get Started with FamilySearch” which will be presented by Paul Nauta. Get some tips on how to utilize the popular genealogy website. In the last block, I would suggest “Finding My Family, Finding Myself” by Jean-Francois de Buren. It sounds like a fascinating family saga!
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