Web seminars, or “Webinars,” have quickly become one of the most popular ways for professionals and companies to share information with large groups of individuals from across the country, or even around the world, without the high cost of travel. Webinars are just like seminars. A large group of “attendees” can come and watch a presentation at a given time. Webinars are nice, since they are usually recorded and can be watched again at a later time. The only real downside to webinars is the video stream can be slow for some people. Depending in large part on the viewer’s own personal Internet connection speed, video may or may not play well. The age of a person’s computer may also contribute to slow playback. To counter these playback problems, some individuals and companies offer the option to buy their webinars on CD. CD’s offer the opportunity to play these webinars on almost any computer at anytime, without the worry of connection issues.
Legacy Family Tree is one such company offering their popular webinars on CD. Organizing for Success was originally presented by Karen Clifford on August 3, 2011. “The best way to prevent a wasteful repetition of work is by consistently using an organizational system that weaves together paper files, research notes, to do lists, evidence located, and conclusions reached. This incredibly simple, yet very successful organizational system has been successfully used by thousands of genealogists. With this system, the essential evidence and its supportive explanations are located in a safe retrievable place, available for constant re-examination. This frees the mind to focus on a new hypothesis, to creatively compile a life-time of work, or to calmly summarize your work for others. In fact, this organizational system makes the entire research process more efficient.”
Karen Clifford an Accredited Genealogist® Professional and a Fellow of the Utah Genealogical Association. She has served as President/CEO of Genealogy Research Associates (www.GRAonline.com) (a California corporation with offices in Utah) since 1997. She has authored college textbooks and do-it-yourself guidebooks covering both traditional and electronic genealogy research including the titles: Becoming an Accredited Genealogist, and The Complete Beginners Guide to Genealogy. Clifford was the founding President of the Monterey County Genealogy Society, a Director of the Monterey California Family History Center, President of the Utah Genealogical Association, a Vice President of the Federation of Genealogical Societies, and a Vice Chair of the International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogist (ICAPGen) where she continues to oversee Test Development and Test Quality Control.
The presentation runs 1 hour 58 minutes. The disk will work on either PC or Mac (using Boot Camp, Parallels, etc.). Systems requires CD-Rom drive, speakers, Adobe Reader to view handouts,and an Internet connection to download handouts.
Organizing for Success is available from Family Root Publishing; Item #: LEGweb3, Price: $12.69.