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Friday, January 15, 2016

Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for January 15, 2016

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

We Still Need Family History Centers! by Peggy Lauritzen, author of Anxiously Engaged
Goal for 2016 – Becoming an Accredited Genealogist by Diana Elder for Family Locket
How Could I Miss That Clue for Agnes Anderson? by Devon Noel Lee, author of A Patient Genealogist
A Growing Source for Free Genealogy: Digital Public Library of America by Amy Johnson Crow, author of Amy Johnson Crow Blog
Matrilineal Motivation Monday: Blurb Book for Mom by Amanda Pape, author of ABT UNK
12 Things You Will See from FamilySearch in 2016 by Steve Anderson for FamilySearch Blog
School Records, Even if Your Ancestor Didn't Attend School by Melissa Barker, author of A Genealogist In The Archives
I'm STILL Not Who I Thought I Was... Thanks DNA by Nicholas Weerts, author of The Dead Relative Collector
Here’s to a year of family history research, tearing down some brick walls and a cool new website! by Cindy Freed, author of Genealogy Circle
Becoming a Certified Genealogist - An Update by Lori Samuelson, author of Genealogy At Heart
Dear Randy: How Do You Use Your Smartphone to Do Genealogy? by Randy Seaver, author of Genea-Musings
Accentuate the Positive Geneameme 2015 - GeniAus reflects by Jill Ball, author of GeniAus
If You Don’t Put It Online – Your Descendants Will Not Find It! by Thomas Jay Kemp for GenealogyBank Blog
How To Do Genealogy When You Eyesight is Failing You? by Barbara Poole, author of Life From The Roots
Win a copy of the new book The Family Tree Polish, Czech & Slovak Genealogy Guide from Shop Family Tree by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
Case Study: 5 Steps to Identify a Family Photograph AND How to Date Photographs Using Tax Stamps by Lisa Lisson, author of Lisa Lisson Blog

RootsTech 2016 Related Posts

Calling All Bloggers Attending RootsTech 2016! by Thomas MacEntee, author of GeneaBloggers
A RootsTech 2016 Marketing Trio by Jenna Mills, author of Desperately Seeking Surnames
Family History Library Construction During #RootsTech by Ancestry Insider, author of The Ancestry Insider
RootsTech Survival Guide – 12 Quick Tips by WikiChicks Conference Keeper
RootsTech Survival Guide: The Innovator’s Summit by WikiChicks Conference Keeper

This week's "May I Introduce To You" Interview on GeneaBloggers.com

May I Introduce to You . . . Alona Tester

New Blog Discoveries

In Case You Missed Them….My Contributions to the Blogosphere Last Week

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Thanks for reading!

Jana

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

InsideSales.com Founder Ken Krogue to Keynote RootsTech’s Innovator Summit

The following is from RootsTech ~

SALT LAKE CITY, (13 January 2016)—RootsTech, the world’s largest family history technology conference, will turn the spotlight on highly successful tech entrepreneur and founder of Insidesales.com, Ken Krogue, as its 2016 Innovator Summit keynote speaker. Innovator Summit, held the first day of RootsTech, is for developers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who want to explore business and technological opportunities within this multibillion dollar industry.

The Innovator Summit will be held Wednesday February 3, 2016, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Kenneth Krogue cofounded InsideSales.com in November 2004, and the company is now worth 1.5 billion dollars. InsideSales.com offers the industry’s leading sales acceleration built on Neurolytics®, a predictive and self-learning engine that drives revenue growth by recommending the best leads to contact and close. He sets the vision for the company together with CEO, Dave Elkington. Ken has more than 24 years of experience in sales, business strategy, and marketing in both domestic and international markets.

As a contributor for Forbes online, Krogue focuses on using the Internet, InsideSales, lead generation, gamification, and social media to grow business. Ken says, “I’m an American who cares enough to speak up and a serial entrepreneur with a short attention span, so I need things to work really fast.” Ken is a popular speaker at industry events (20+ each year) and confesses he shares “almost” all of his trade secrets on his personal blog: http://www.kenkrogue.com

The Innovator Summit Keynote Session begins at 9:00 a.m., followed by a full day of classes, the semifinal round of the RootsTech Innovator Showdown over a boxed lunch, a networking social, and wrapping up with the Innovator Summit Hack-a-thon for those with a penchant for late night collaborative coding.

Rootstech Innovator Showdown

Twelve semifinalists have been chosen and announced for the RootsTech Innovator Showdown, the annual contest designed to foster innovation in the family history industry, with $100,000 in cash and prizes offered by sponsors. 2016 RootsTech Innovator Showdown sponsors include Lenovo, IPOP Foundation, David Bradford, Grow Utah, Woodbury Corporation, Hero Partners, Infinite Mind, and others.

For more Innovator Showdown information and to see the list of 12 semi-finalists and their projects, visit www.rootstech.org/showdown.

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About RootsTech

RootsTech, hosted by FamilySearch, is a global conference celebrating families across generations, where people of all ages are inspired to discover and share their memories and connections. This annual event has become the largest of its kind in the world, attracting tens of thousands of participants worldwide.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

The RootsTech 2016 Mobile App ~ Maps

RootsTech 2016 is almost here! I'm so excited that I get to attend in person this year. And I'm really excited to be attending as an Ambassador.

I've already downloaded the RootsTech 2016 Mobile App and I thought I'd share the Maps feature with you today.

First of all, here's a screenshot of the App itself taken from my smartphone.

When I click on the "Maps" icon I am taken to a map of Salt Lake City as seen in the screenshot below.

Clicking on "Venue" at the bottom of the screen brings me to the "Contact Details" page for the Salt Palace Convention Center.

Clicking on "Maps" at the bottom of the Salt Lake City map screen brings me to this page in the App. I have two options - "Expo Hall" and "SPCC."

Clicking on "Expo Hall" provides me with a map of the Expo Hall. We are able to zoom in and out on this screen.

This same map, plus a list of the Exhibitors, is also on the RootsTech website at RootsTech 2016 Exhibitors and Sponsors.

When you click on the Expo Hall map on the RootsTech website, it opens up as a PDF file, which you can save. I've already saved the PDF file to Evernote.

Clicking on the "SPCC" option takes me to this map of the Salt Palace Convention Center, which is another nice feature of the RootsTech 2016 App.

If you haven't downloaded the RootsTech 2016 Mobile App yet, here are links to the App ~

RootsTech 2016 Mobile App in Google Play Store

RootsTech 2016 Mobile App in Apple App Store

I hope this post has been helpful to all of those attending RootsTech 2016 next month. See you there!

Thanks for reading!

Jana

Saturday, January 9, 2016

RootsTech 2016 Announces Keynote Speakers and Musical Guests

The following is from RootsTech ~

RootsTech 2016 Announces Keynote Speakers David Isay and Michael Leavitt and Musical Guests the Crescent Super Band, featuring Ryan Innes, and The Lower Lights

SALT LAKE CITY, (January 8, 2016)—RootsTech, the largest family history conference in the world, announced today additional musical guests and keynote speakers who will join its inspiring all-star lineup. Nationally renowned musicians the Crescent Super Band and Ryan Innes will partner for an exclusive performance during the opening social event on Thursday, February 4. The session of RootsTech on Friday, February 5, will feature award-winning radio producer and founder of StoryCorps, David Isay, while the session on Saturday, February 6, will feature Michael Leavitt, who served in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush. Concluding the conference on February 6 will be the musical group The Lower Lights.

Organized in 2001 under the direction of award-winning performer Caleb Chapman, the Crescent Super Band has frequently been hailed as one of the best professional bands in the world. The international demand for their big-band sound has taken them all over, including Havana Cuba’s “Fiesta Del Tambor” and headlining at a packed Carnegie Hall.

Singer-songwriter Ryan Innes will join the Super Crescent Band for Thursday’s performance. Innes appeared on NBC’s hit TV show, The Voice, where he impressed celebrity judges with his soulful vocals. Innes and the Super Crescent Band will take the stage during the opening social event of RootsTech, which starts at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 4.

Radio producer and New York Times best-selling author David Isay will speak on Friday, February 5. Isay has received numerous broadcasting honors, including six Peabody awards and a MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship. He is also the founder of StoryCorps, an award-winning organization that provides people of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve their life stories. Earlier this year, Isay received the rare TED prize in honor of his work with StoryCorps.

“We can learn so much about the people all around us, even the people we already know, just by taking the time to have a conversation,” Isay said. “And if you pay just a little attention, you’ll find wisdom and poetry in their words.” Isay’s latest book, Ties That Bind: Stories of Love and Gratitude from the First Ten Years of StoryCorps, celebrates the relationships that change our lives.

Michael Leavitt will be a keynote speaker on Saturday, February 6, along with Doris Kearns Goodwin. Leavitt has served in a variety of roles, including in President George W. Bush’s cabinet as the tenth administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and as secretary of Health and Human Services. He was also a three-time elected governor of Utah. In his current role, Leavitt is the founder and chairman of Leavitt Partners, a health consultancy group.

The Lower Lights’ sound has been described as bluegrass, folk, gospel, Americana, and “roots-y.” In the five years since its inception, the group has recorded three gospel and two Christmas albums. Audiences are often invited to participate in their concerts.

Visit RootsTech.org to reserve your seat now to hear the Crescent Super Band, The Lower Lights, Ryan Innes, David Isay, and Michael Leavitt. Passes start at just $29.

RootsTech 2016 will be held on February 3–6 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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About RootsTech

RootsTech, hosted by FamilySearch, is a global conference celebrating families across generations, where people of all ages are inspired to discover and share their memories and connections. This annual event has become the largest of its kind in the world, attracting tens of thousands of participants worldwide.

Friday, January 8, 2016

Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for January 8, 2016

Happy New Year to all of my wonderful readers!

My Fab Finds for this week are (in no particular order)

Papa Bears by Amy Archibald, author of Revealing Roots and Branches
Productivity Progress and Tackling Time Management by Danni, author of Talking Box Genealogy
DETROIT ~ Street Addresses Renumbered in 1921–Here’s a list with the old and new numbers AND TUESDAY'S TIP ~ Legacy 8 ~ How To Determine When You Last Modified a Record by Diane Gould Hall, author of MICHIGAN FAMILY TRAILS
Mappy Monday: Online Maps of Norway by Beth Gatlin, author of So Many Ancestors!
Just where have you been? by Peggy Lauritzen, author of Anxiously Engaged
1906 Postcard lovers secret code! by Simon Last, author of Charnwood Genealogy
Mom, I Thought I Knew You by Denise Levenick, author of The Family Curator
What Did Your Civil War Ancestor Look Like? AND How to Set a Smart Genealogy Goal by Amy Johnson Crow, author of Amy Johnson Crow Blog
The Method Behind the Madness by Leslie G. Robertson, author of The People of Pancho
A Funny Thing Happened . . . by Wendy Mathias, author of Jollett Etc.
What food did your ancestors eat? AND Did I say food? I meant it when I said it. by James Tanner, author of Genealogy's Star
Talented At An Easel by Midge Frazel, author of The Highly Caffeinated Genealogist
Create a Family Memory Jar for 2016 by Esther for MyHeritage Blog
Slave Name Roll Project: Releasing the Names of More Slaves from My Ancestors by Julie, author of Oak Grove Genealogy
Trying Again: Another Chance at the Genealogy Do-Over ~ Review of The Genealogy Do-Over Workbook by Lisa Alzo, author of The Accidental Genealogist
Join me in a 30 x 30 challenge? by Janine Adams, author of Organize Your Family History
Daily Research Challenge 2016 by Nicole Dyer for Family Locket
tech tuesday – the great suspender for google chrome AND tech tuesday part 2 – airtable by Tami Osmer Mize, author of Relatively Curious
To Save Lucille by Michelle Ganus Taggart, author of A Southern Sleuth
A good look at the State Hospital where my Aunt Lena Margheim died by Becky Jamison, author of Grace and Glory
Use the Force to Test Your Genealogy Knowledge by Amie Bowser Tennant for RootsBid Blog