Saturday, June 16, 2012

Northern Voice 2012

I'm at Northern Voice 2012 this weekend - the conference here for blogging and social media. Several really interesting sessions - I may write about that later - but all have had some good points. I'm realizing though how very cynical I may be now particularly about the possiblities for social change. I may want to work on that.

The last session though was about productivity for bloggers - very practical. I'll be checking out Mike Vardy's links (he calls them 'éarls' as I do - how cool) and likely suggesting a few of my own, soon. In the meantime, here's the link to his website: MikeVardy.com
 
This is something I am sure about - that time is getting shorter every day.

Special thanks to 10th to the Fraser where I won the ticket to attend Northern Voice this year! 10th to the Fraser is a great community centred blog, all about New Westminster, BC Canada - from shopping and history to neighbourhood dining and civic growth, politics,and traffic. Check it out.

Saturday, June 09, 2012

Fall Genealogy Classes - Community Centred College in Burnaby

Fall will be here before we know it - maybe even before summer if the weather doesn't brighten up soon. It's not too early to start planning your fall genealogy 'to do' list.

If that includes taking a beginners' or a refresher class, my genealogy and family history classes at the Community Centred College for the Retired (CCCR) in Burnaby begin again in September. Registration is from September 4th - 7th, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm each day.

Another class that might interest a genealogist is ' Life Writing - Memoirs'. And one workshop I can certainly recommend is 'Prepare for the Unexpected - Put your life's papers in order'. Yes, we genealogists and family historians need to make sure our research is all ready for the next generation, but we all have other personal and family paperwork to think about too.

For more information and registration dates, see the CCCR website: http://www.cccrburnaby.org
or call the College at 604 517 8732.