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'''Syllabus for class taught by [[User:GreeneJR|Jim Greene]], Product Manager for FamilySearch.org, presented at [[FamilySearch Presentations at NGS 2010|NGS Conference 2010]].''' | '''Syllabus for class taught by [[User:GreeneJR|Jim Greene]], Product Manager for FamilySearch.org, presented at [[FamilySearch Presentations at NGS 2010|NGS Conference 2010]] and by Jim Ericson at [[FamilySearch Presentations at FGS 2010|FGS Conference 2010]].''' | ||
== The Power of Community and the Web 2.0 == | == The Power of Community and the Web 2.0 == | ||
=== Tools to Foster Collaboration and Community === | === Tools to Foster Collaboration and Community === | ||
Community, Wiki, Forums, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Crowd-sourcing, social networks. All are popular buzzwords in business today. What do they mean? Are there ways to apply these new tools and ideas to genealogy? This presentation will show how these new tools can make large projects, which were once impossible, possible. While technology is providing equal online access to vital data, new community tools allow us to use all of this data in an organized way. When you leave this presentation you should have a resolve to be a part of the online genealogical community, and take with you at least two or three new tools and techniques to try out to help you accomplish your genealogical goals. | Community, Wiki, Forums, Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Crowd-sourcing, social networks. All are popular buzzwords in business today. What do they mean? Are there ways to apply these new tools and ideas to genealogy? This presentation will show how these new tools can make large projects, which were once impossible, possible. While technology is providing equal online access to vital data, new community tools allow us to use all of this data in an organized way. When you leave this presentation you should have a resolve to be a part of the online genealogical community, and take with you at least two or three new tools and techniques to try out to help you accomplish your genealogical goals. | ||
=== Community and Genealogy === | === Community and Genealogy === | ||
==== Accomplishing the Impossible ==== | ==== Accomplishing the Impossible ==== | ||
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*Have the combined knowledge and experience of all of our brains able to be tapped easily and quickly. | *Have the combined knowledge and experience of all of our brains able to be tapped easily and quickly. | ||
=== Tools for Genealogy === | === Tools for Genealogy === | ||
==== Understanding What the Tools Are ==== | ==== Understanding What the Tools Are ==== | ||
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| Ask and answer specific questions.<br>Broad range of topics.<br>Advice. | | Ask and answer specific questions.<br>Broad range of topics.<br>Advice. | ||
| Q: Anyone who is stumped.<br>A: Everyone with a specialty. | | Q: Anyone who is stumped.<br>A: Everyone with a specialty. | ||
| Everyone with specific issues or expertise.<br> | | Everyone with specific issues or expertise.<br> | ||
| Lengthy "How-to"'s or long detailed answers. | | Lengthy "How-to"'s or long detailed answers. | ||
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=== Reasons to be an Active Community Member === | === Reasons to be an Active Community Member === | ||
Up to this point, we have discussed some of the wonderful monumental genealogical tasks that can be accomplished with focused, driving communities. You will know more about and understand the most common and useful community tools. You will have examples of others who are using these tools. The only thing that is left is to give you some reasons why you would want to consider becoming a member of the modern genealogical community and a reason to begin to use these tools. Here is why: | Up to this point, we have discussed some of the wonderful monumental genealogical tasks that can be accomplished with focused, driving communities. You will know more about and understand the most common and useful community tools. You will have examples of others who are using these tools. The only thing that is left is to give you some reasons why you would want to consider becoming a member of the modern genealogical community and a reason to begin to use these tools. Here is why: | ||
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#Pay it forward. This in-vogue term simply means to help others without them asking and hope that they will do the same. | #Pay it forward. This in-vogue term simply means to help others without them asking and hope that they will do the same. | ||
#Leave your legacy. This is the best way to make sure that when you are gone, your lifetime of learning and effort is preserved electronically for countless others who will appreciate it for all time, and not left in an attic or a land-fill by those who do not understand the treasure. | #Leave your legacy. This is the best way to make sure that when you are gone, your lifetime of learning and effort is preserved electronically for countless others who will appreciate it for all time, and not left in an attic or a land-fill by those who do not understand the treasure. | ||
[[Category:FamilySearch_Presentations_at_NGS_2010]] | [[Category:FamilySearch_Presentations_at_NGS_2010]] | ||