{"id":10398,"date":"2024-10-14T01:24:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-14T01:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=10398"},"modified":"2024-10-14T01:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-10-14T01:24:10","slug":"training-for-the-national-genealogical-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/training-for-the-national-genealogical-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Training for the National Genealogical Society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I met online with 50 leaders from the National Genealogical Society, through their OrgConnects! program. OrgConnects is a new venture that enables their leadership to meet and discuss important topics across organizations. Thursday evening was a presentation on how training tools in The Family Histgory Guide can help leaders and members accelerate their training and learning efforts in genealogy. The partnership with The Family History Guide Association and the National Genealogical Socety provides for free presentations about The Family Histgory Guide and its learning tools.<\/p>\n<p>This presentation focused on Practice Exercises, Class Outlines, Quizzes, and the new\u00a0 Online Tracker Sheets. and it was well-received. Below is an outline of the topics that were covered in the training session:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Website review<\/strong> (10 min.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/index.html\">Home page<\/a> \u2013 how to access<\/li>\n<li>Top menus \u2013 how to use<\/li>\n<li>Search bar \u2013 how to use<\/li>\n<li>Intro Video \u2013 resource for a more complete review<\/li>\n<li>Project 4, Research Goals \u2013 basic to expert skills in research<\/li>\n<li>Countries menu \u2013 how to use<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Practice Exercises<\/strong> (5 min.) \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/practice-exercises.html\">Web page<\/a> \u2013 explain purpose of Practice Exercises<\/li>\n<li>Samples \u2013 walk through several examples online<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1G8YRrJXc1ofmzF2YGu1FL1plt0qzTG4o-rW4RBvS5lc\">Index<\/a> \u2013 how to find Practice Exercises on the site<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Class Outlines<\/strong> (15 min.) \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/train-class-outlines.html\">Web page<\/a> &#8211; explain purpose of Class Outlines<\/li>\n<li>Prep \u2013 how to study and customize a Class Outline<\/li>\n<li>Demo \u2013 showing the Class Outline in Presenter mode<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Quizzes<\/strong> (5 min.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/train-quiz.html\">Web page<\/a> \u2013 how to find quizzes<\/li>\n<li>Demo \u2013 walk through a quiz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Online Tracker Sheets<\/strong> (10 min.) \u2013<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/online-tracker-sheets.html\">Web page<\/a> \u2013 explain Online Tracker database vs. Google Sheets<\/li>\n<li>Platforms sheet \u2013 show the features and how to customize<\/li>\n<li>Countries sheets \u2013 walk through one or two sheets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9430\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/computer-sign-tfhg.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1198\" height=\"831\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/computer-sign-tfhg.png 1198w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/computer-sign-tfhg-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/computer-sign-tfhg-1024x710.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/computer-sign-tfhg-768x533.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1198px) 100vw, 1198px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past week I met online with 50 leaders from the National Genealogical Society, through their OrgConnects! program. 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