Society Leadership Forum: Program Planning II

A Virtual Event

Files from the meeting

Providing engaging, relevant presentations for general meetings is one of the more challenging aspects of managing a genealogical society. The recent incorporation of virtual meeting capabilities creates both opportunities and challenges. In this session we will:

  • Review national trends in Programming Topics
  • Discussion: Evaluate the effectiveness of some of the recommendations that were presented at our April 2021 Forum.
  • Discussion: The use of questionnaires to help guide future presentations
    • Share results from Speaker Evaluations
    • What worked well, what didn’t
  • Discussion: What makes a good Genealogy Presentation good? Think about presentations on Genealogy or Family History that you have participated in recently and focus on the ones that you feel were really effective. What made them resonate with you? What do you wish all of your presenters would do to be more effective?
  • Review of the results of our survey of agenda items that are being included in society meetings.
  • Case Study: San Angelo Genealogical Society. Society President Susan Ball will provide an overview of how her society is addressing the programming needs of their members.

Meeting Date & Time

Saturday April 30 2022 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am Central Time.

Who Should Participate?

This meeting is open to any Genealogical Society member who is involved with planning and implementation of presentations at society events. Each society may have more than one participant.

Registration Required

This will be a Zoom virtual meeting. To participate:

  • Please register by clicking here.
  • Once you complete the registration form you will receive email from Zoom with links to use on the day of the meeting.

Pre-Work

  • As you can see, there are several Discussion topic in the agenda. Please come to the meeting prepared to discuss your societies experiences and opinions on the topics to be discussed.
  • Meeting Agenda Topics: Please have someone from your society complete our survey.

Upcoming Meetings (Save the date!)

  • July 30: Models for Organization
  • September 24: Winning Journal Strategy

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