Hey everyone, Thanks for writing and sharing your feelings. I too share some of your thoughts and will consider them to continue to improve our future webinar offerings, but was also pleased/surprised with the number of people who couldn't get enough of the webinar. Technically (audio) it could have been better but I learn from each one - always trying to improve the experience for the future. I did especially enjoy the Q/A session, and I think the topics in it were what the majority thought the webinar would be more focused on (myself included).
Having said that, thanks to John and Claire (fantastic researchers!) for participating in our 58th public webinar - can you believe that? About 90 hours of free instruction. Here's a stat that I still can't believe. In one webinar alone, we had people from 72 different countries attend. It's been a joy to help pioneer this medium of genealogical education. Thanks to everyone who have participated. We've all learned together. By the way - if you're joining us in May for our 9th annual Legacy Genealogy Cruise, don't forget our webinar tonight (Thursday). The entire Legacy cruise staff will be online to answer any last-minute questions. I'm looking forward to hearing from Malcolm Green in his webinar next Wednesday on the Families app. Register at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp. I understand he'll be giving away several copies of Families. More than 1,100 have registered so far, so it you want to join the live session, don't forget to join at least 15-20 minutes early. See you online! Thanks, Geoff Rasmussen Millennia Corporation ge...@legacyfamilytree.com www.LegacyFamilyTree.com <http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 2:37 PM, Paula Ryburn <paula.ryb...@sbcglobal.net>wrote: > Geoff, I wanted to send you some feedback. I had mixed feelings about > today's webinar. > > The material was covered too fast for me to take notes (which is one way I > learn) -- but I will get the information when I watch it again later. > > But it also felt a little bit unprofessional, ironically. They didn't > explain each slide... well, one in particular I didn't know what the > columns or rows had to do with each other, and they didn't verbally > introduce the slide at all, then bounced around the items on the screen. > (I'll try to figure that out later.) > > In the end, though, I was excited about the possibility of moving toward > "professional" in my genealogy journey. So, I felt I was ready enough to > take the next baby step and look at the two websites for > accreditation/certification. > > I selected ICAPGen.org first. Sure, the layout looks simple, but they > don't really explain things for a beginner. I felt I had to infer a lot... > like, you get accredited for a region, because the first thing they show > you on the website is maps of the regions. > > Trying to keep this short... The description of the process to get > accredited is VERY wordy and NOT straightforward. There is no flow chart, > for example. Then I opened the application form and saw there are 1000 > hours of education/experience required.... which was not listed in the > description of the process. I don't know where to start. > > SO........ I think a webinar on how to get accredited "for dummies" would > be great. > > I haven't looked at the BCG website yet, but I would think there would be > two webinars - one for each process/organization. Or maybe one webinar > split between the two and kept at the really high level. > > I especially did not like how the presenter today avoided answering the > question about what the difference is between the two processes. I think > she should've been able to describe them at a high level at least, > professionally & without partiality (if that's what she was worried about). > She left it to us to "read the websites" which you know by now I don't > think is very easy to do. > > Okay, perhaps I'm rambling now. It's just that I was so excited, but > within the first 5 minutes of looking at that website, I was disheartened. > > Thanks for listening--as always, you do a great job!! ;) > > --Paula > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Geoff Rasmussen <ge...@legacyusers.com> > *To:* LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com > *Sent:* Tue, April 3, 2012 11:42:49 AM > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Reminder - Webinar Wednesday > > This Wednesday's webinar, "The Pursuit from Genealogy Hobbyist to > Professional," will be live at 2:00PM Eastern U.S. time. Register at > www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/webinars.asp. Be sure to join at least 15-20 > minutes early to ensure a virtual seat. 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