Didn’t realize how truly busy I have been recently. I just kept going. From the end of August through today, I have been heavily involved in preparing handouts and PowerPoint presentations for genealogy organizations all across the U.S. I appreciate the invitations to do presentations whether it’s a single webinar or a full-day seminar. Some are short notice events and others are a year away from the actual presentation date.
Whether by Zoom or in-person, one favorite part of my genealogy business is sharing knowledge, experience, tips, books, websites, and more to audiences. I have benefited from great program people, friendly audiences, and some additional information shared by audiences. Genealogy does involve a lot of sharing. Those attending kindly cooperate by laughing at points where I hope they will do so! A benefit to me is that while tailoring parts of a presentation to the area of the society that hired me, I think about some ideas for researching parts of my own family.
I love statistics. About an hour ago, I decided to check out my own in relation to ten presentations I have done since late August. One was a local area session, and I was there in person. The last nine were done via Zoom. Eight of the total ten were presented in the last ten days. Yes, eight virtual presentations within ten days. More statistics:
- Updated and/or created 76 pages of syllabus/handout material to accompany those presentations.
- Updated and/or created 635 PowerPoint slides for those presentations.
A last statistic is that each of the ten was not a repeat of others in the group. Each organization requested a different topic. NO REPEATS!
Should you care about the topics, check out my Speaking calendar to see what topics and organizations hired me. https://genealogybypaula.com/speaking/speaking-calendar/
Yes, I know I need to move recent ones to the section of those already presented in 2025. First, I need to sleep and not set an alarm to wake me up on October 12th. Maybe by Monday.
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