My Society

Join us for the next episode of My Society, an Internet radio show on Blog talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. This week your host, Drew Smith of The Genealogy Guys, will be broadcasting LIVE from Burbank, California during the Southern California Genealogical Society’s 42 Annual Jamboree. Drew will be catching up with conference attendees, vendors and FGS member societies at the event and discussing some of the features of a large conference put on by a genealogy society.

  Join us for the next episode of My Society, an Internet radio show on Blog talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. This week your host, Thomas MacEntee, will focus on the theme: A Society On The Grow. Our special guests leading this discussion will be Janet Hovorka, President of the Utah Genealogical Association and Christy Fillerup, UGA Board Member and Director of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. We’ll be discussing some of the initiatives that UGA has put into place in order to not only increase membership – with an ambitious goal of tripling their members! – but to also expand their services. UGA is a good example of a society on the grow!

  Join us for the next episode of My Society, an Internet radio show on Blog talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. This week your host, Thomas MacEntee, will focus on the theme: Genealogy Society Marketing: Q&A Session. We’ll have a true question and answer session with Thomas – an expert in the use of social media for genealogical societies. Email your questions to publicity@fgs.org and he’ll try to answer them on the air. Or call into the studio at +1 (619) 638-8565 and ask your question live on the air.

Join us for the next episode of My Society, an Internet radio show on Blog talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies. This week hosts The Genealogy Guys (George G. Morgan and Drew Smith) will focus on the theme: Bringing Technology to Your Genealogy Society. Leading this discussion will be special guest Paula Hinkel, of the FGS-member society Southern California Genealogical Society in Burbank, California. Paula will discuss how SCGS approaches bringing new technologies not only to the operations of the society, but also to deliver better and more services to their members. Paula Hinkel is former President of the Southern California Genealogical Society and is currently serving as vice president. She is the co-chair of the Southern California Genealogy Jamboree, and has been one of the instigators behind the implementation of technological solutions at SCGS.

  Join us for the next episode of My Society, a new Internet radio show on Blog talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies on Saturday, May 14, 2011 starting at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, 12pm Mountain and 11am Pacific when this week we'll be discussing: Genealogy Conferences.  Our special guest leading this discussion will be Jan Alpert, NGS 2011 Family History Conference Chair and past president of the National Genealogical Society, joining us from the National Genealogical Society 2011 Family History Conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Also joining us will be Julie Miller, CG, who is the Conference Chair for NGS 2012 which will take place in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Jan and Julie will help us discuss genealogy conferences especially how a large national conference is managed by a genealogy society.  In addition, we’ll field calls from attendees at the NGS 2011 conference to get their feedback on the event from an attendee perspective.

Join us for the next episode of My Society, a new Internet radio show on Blog talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies on Saturday, May 7, 2011 starting at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, 12pm Mountain and 11am Pacific when this week we'll be discussing: Planning Your Genealogy Society Event.  Click here for show notes. Hosting this week’s show live from Austin, Texas will be Randy Whited, FGS board member and an avid genealogist for over 25 years. Our special guest will be Paula Stuart-Warren, CG from St. Paul, Minnesota who will help discuss genealogy event planning from the hired speaker’s point of view. FGS Radio is the weekly Internet radio that discusses all the important issues related to genealogy societies. Join us!

  Join us for the next episode of My Society, a new Internet radio show on Blog talk Radio presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies on Saturday, April 30, 2011 starting at 2pm Eastern, 1pm Central, 12pm Mountain and 11am Pacific when this week we'll be discussing: Genealogy Society Initiatives That Work! You can access shownotes at http://voice.fgs.org/2011/04/fgs-radio-genealogy-society-initiatives.html. Our special guest leading this discussion will be Kathryn M. Doyle, of the FGS-member society California Genealogical Society and Library in Oakland, California. Kathryn will outline some recent CGSL initiatives, how they came about and more importantly, how they were carried out to completion! Communications Director for the California Genealogical Society and Library in Oakland, California. Kathryn edits the society's eNews and writes their award-winning blog. As a member of the Publications/Marketing Committee, she helps promote the society's events and oversees social networking.

  Saturday, April 23, 2011 2-3pm Eastern US, 1-2pm Central US, 12-1pm Mountain US, 11am-12pm Pacific US Join us for the premiere episode of My Society, presented by the Federation of Genealogical Societies on Saturday, April 23, 2011 when we'll be discussing how to bring genealogy societies into the 21st century. Our special guest leading this discussion will be Curt B. Witcher, Senior Manager for Special Collections at the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, IN where he manages The Genealogy Center, serves as general curator for that institution’s Rare and Fine Book Collection as well as the institutional archives, and is the Supervisor for the newly acquired Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection.   Each week My Society brings you lively and informative discussion on genealogy societies and the management issues they face. Join us!