Professional Workshops
New this year! Half-day workshops on topics for professionals. Friday, January 24, 2020, 2:00–5:30pm These workshops will feature hands-on opportunities to build and enhance the skills required to manage a professional’s daily work. Students should bring their own laptops; electricity will be provided at each desk. Registration will be open to both SLIG and Academy […]
Wednesday, 22 January 2020, 7:00–8:30 pm Join your colleagues to discuss topics relevant to your professional careers. Very light snacks will be served. Participants will be able to select one of the following topics to join with special events registration: Business: Managing Time and Work Business: Successful Marketing Strategies Clients: Compensation and Fees Clients: Contracts […]
One of the best benefits of attending SLIG is the ability to visit with old friends and make new ones. To help facilitate networking among SLIG students, there will be a networking social on Wednesday from 7:30 to 8:30 pm. Attendees can relax, network, and enjoy a warm pretzel and grab a drink. A cash […]
The holiday shopping season is just around the corner! Make sure to include the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy (SLIG) on your wish list this year! What better gift to give yourself than a fantastic institute course that will elevate your genealogical education! And there is no better way to start 2020 than to spend a […]
Institutes are a great way to increase your professional genealogical knowledge, skills and abilities and now Ancestry helps to make it more affordable! Ancestry has established a scholarship program to foster and support professional genealogists in their professional growth and development efforts. Once again, AncestryProGenealogists™ is sponsoring scholarships to Institutions. This year, 5 scholarships are being […]
Academy for Professionals Closing Luncheon and Keynote Friday, 24 January 2020, 12:00 – 1:30 pm Kory L. Meyerink, MLS, AG, FUGA, will keynote the closing luncheon for the 2020 SLIG Academy for Professionals. In keeping with the SLIG 2020 theme, Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future, Kory will help us work toward a brighter future: […]
SLIG Academy for Professionals Monday, 20 January 2020, 8:30–10:00am Members of the Debra Bonner Unity Gospel Choir will join us in this commemorative celebration in honor of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., his life and legacy. The choir is a diverse group of singers who have performed at the Stadium of Fire, the […]
Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future As genealogists, we dig deeply to better understand our ancestors’ lives in the context of time and place. We seek for any little clue that will provide insight into the way they lived, what they did, and why they did it. We read multiple books and articles in a […]
Themed Events: In concert with the SLIG 2020 theme, “Honoring the Past, Embracing the Future,” SLIG and Academy will feature the following special events: General session keynote, Monday January 13th: “A Look at Genealogy’s Past, Present, and Future” with David E. Rencher, AG, CG, FUGA, FIGRS. Silver Anniversary Banquet, Friday, January 17th, a look at […]
If you were on the fence, better register now. Immerse yourself in a week in-depth learning experience you won’t forget. Our Institute has the best of the best genealogy instructors in the business. For 25 years we have been educating thousands of students to pursue their dreams of becoming a professional genealogist or sharpening […]