I had a blast attending RootsTech virtually this year! I even made several short videos (each one is under 1-minute) that I invite you to watch. If you’ve been attending RootsTech these past few days, you may be as worn out as I am! And it’s been fun, right? So much fun that you aren’t […]
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How many episodes of the Finding Your Roots TV show have you watched over the years? I’ve watched many and had some favorites among them (hint – L.L. Cool J.) but no matter the episode, I always enjoy seeing how the guests react when their family stories are shared with them. To that end, I
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I am so pleased to share that yesterday I held my very first Google Hangout on Air! I presented a webinar demonstrating how to contribute to an indexing initiative for student newspapers of historically black colleges and universities on behalf of my local chapter of the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society. If you happen to
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I have been wanting to learn how to use Google Hangouts on Air (HOA) for web presentations for awhile now. In my last post, I even shared a short test video so that I could get some initial practice on how it all works. Well, I’ve been quite busy testing the past few days and
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Then you need to sign up for my upcoming, free webinar – “Genealogy News at Your Fingertips: From RSS Feeds to Digital Magazine Platforms.” I was honored to be selected to do this webinar as part of the Southern California Genealogical Society’s 2013 Jamboree Extension Series. The focus of the webinar is to guide
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A few weeks ago, I shared that I’d submitted a webinar presentation for the Jamboree Webinar Extension Series the Southern California Genealogical Society hosts. I am so pleased to share that my webinar was accepted! On Saturday, October 5th, 2013 I will present “Genealogy News at Your Fingertips: From RSS Feeds to Digital Magazine Platforms.”
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This summer, I did my first webinar sessions – they focused on WordPress and DearMyrtle was my lovely and gracious co-host. I had a wonderful time doing them. More recently, I was given another opportunity – a chance to submit an webinar idea for the Southern California Genealogical Society. Last year they started a webinar
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Thanks again to all that turned out for last night’s webinar with DearMyrtle on using WordPress for your genealogy site. In this part of the series, we focused on using the self-hosted version of WordPress. From installing it on your server , going through the initial setup checklist, to choosing from all the plugins, it
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Tonight was a great night! I completed my very first full webinar and had the opportunity to start teaching how to use WordPress! Many thanks to DearMyrtle for offering it and extending the invitation to me to teach it. During tonight’s webinar, I shared information on the history of WordPress, it’s overall philosphy and gave
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