For Those Who Attended My Class

1. Was there too much material to cover in the alotted time? 
2. What content should I consider cutting?
3. What specific content that should definately be kept in?
4. How do you feel differently about the presentation a few months later than you did right after it was presented?
5. How have you found the presentation practical and useful?
6. What concepts could have been explained better?
7. If there were a follow-on presentation, what would it be about?
8. What ways do you think I can make the presentation better?
9. What can I do better as a presenter?

For Those Who Have Viewed The Slides Online

1. Can the slides stand on thier own?
2. What concepts are unclear by just reading the slides?
3. What concepts did you expect to see in the presentation that were missing?
4. How effective are the visuals at improving understanding?
5. How effective is the case study?
6. How have you found the presentation practical and useful?
7. What ways do you think I can make the presentation better?

Thank you very much for your kindness in helping me improve this presentation.  When updated, I will be post the new slides online.

Please provide your feedback as a comment to this post or you can e-mail me directly at: 

mail at thinkgenealogy dot com

Thanks,

Mark

This is an exciting week for family historians and genealogists in the Phoenix area as the 1st annual Mesa Arizona Family History Expo will start this Friday, November 14th.  As a resident of Phoenix, I’ve thought for a long time that Arizona would be a great place to hold a family history conference (especially in the fall and winter months) and I am happy to see that one is coming.  If all goes well this year, then we can look forward to the sponsors, Family History Expos.com, returning again for many years to come.

On Friday and Saturday I will be attending classes and visiting the booths in the exhibit hall.  On Saturday at 2:30pm in the Palo Verde II room, I will be presenting:

Navigating Research with the Genealogical Proof Standard
(Beginner – Experienced) This class discusses the Genealogical Proof Standard and walks the student through the process by way of a visualization called the Genealogy Research Process map. Each step is explored through case study and uses traditional and online resources.

I hope that you can make it to the presentation.  If any blog readers are attending the conference and you happen to see me, then come say “hello.”

Until then, I will be counting down the days.

In the last two and a half months alone, the original Genealogy Research Process Map post received 500 pageviews.  Version 2 of the map has only a few changes.  Besides fixing two typos, the arrows separating the 6 process steps where moved up next to the step headers.  I did this to help it look more like a timeline.  Looking at the map, there are three main “rows”: the circle diagram, the process timeline, and the process details.  The idea is to start in the middle of the diagram to understand the steps in the process: Define, Search, Cite, Analyze, Resolve, and Conclude. 

Then you can read the step details below or see the concepts and artifacts above with color coding to relate them to the steps.

Click to download the Genealogy Research Process Map – Version 2 (PDF – 9.05 MB)

A complete history of changes can be found at Genealogy Research Process Map History.

Note: Due to some technical difficulties, the podcast is temporarily available here.

 Myrt writes in part:

The public genealogy mailing list of APG, the Association of Professional Genealogists, has recently discussed a topic proposed by ThinkGenealogy.com’s Mark Tucker who asked: [APG] How Widely Used is the Genealogical Proof Standard (GPS)?

When I posted the question to the APG list, I was in the final stages of developing the Genealogy Research Process map and was wondering what kind of reception it would receive.  It has been well received.

 Thank you Myrt for the recognition.