Make Your Story Count! Personal History Conference

 

The Utah Chapter of the Association of Personal Historians (Utah APH) invites you to Make Your Story Count! Personal History Conference.

We are excited to host an in-depth personal history conference to encourage more people to tell their life stories and preserve them for future generations.

Make Your Story Count! Personal History Conference is set for Saturday, November 3, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center, 1355 West 3100 South in West Valley City, Utah. You are welcome to join us!

Pre-conference Seminar for Personal Historians on Friday, November 2, 2012, from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.  is designed especially for personal historians (and those who might like to be).  Two outstanding guest speakers/authors will participate at our event, Mary O'Brien Tyrrell and Dawn Thurston.

At Saturday’s conference (11/3), Mary will give the keynote address and Dawn will speak to the topic, “Put Yourself in Your Life Story.”

Four workshop options will be presented by Utah APH team members at the conference. You can choose two of the following:

1. Recording with Electronic Media – Is It Right for You?

Explore audio and video recording as an option for your story. This workshop includes tips for creating a quality CD or DVD, the practical matter of equipment and costs, and a sample interview. Want to be a guinea pig?

Presenters: Dave Homer and Don Walton

2. Creating a Book – Tips and Resources for Design and Production

A printed record is priceless. Learn helpful tips and available resources to help start and finish your project, guidelines for identifying and scanning photographs, book design and publication options for your budget.

            Presenters: John Catron and Don Hancock

3. Current Events of the Past – Connecting Story to Historical and Social Events

Welcome the reader into your world! Begin with a timeline of life events and weave significant historical happenings into your story. Explain everyday life with bits of social history, and fill in the memory gaps with a little research. Workshop examples will give you ideas.

            Presenters: Elsa Jean Ewer and Linda Tucker

4. Writing Your Story, One Hat at a Time

Writing about your life can be fun instead of frustrating. Start the process with a memory and move ahead, one step at a time. Clarify your objectives and learn your most important role in turning memories into stories.

            Presenters: Paulette Stevens and Tabitha Thompson

For more event details, click this link:  Utah APH - Fall Personal History Conference
 

Out-of-town guests who mention the conference can enjoy special, double king and queen bed room rates at the Crystal Inn Hotel and Suites in West Valley – www.crystalinnwestvalley.com or 801 736-2000.  Use our special registration code for online registrations - UAPH12

Life stories can link us to generations of children. Join us at the personal history conference and make your legacy count!

Make Your Story Count! Personal History Conference - Saturday November 3 - $85

Seminar - for professionals and those who want to be - Friday November 2 -   $70

Combined ticket - for both - 
the Friday seminar and Saturday conference - $130

 

To register for the conference and to purchase “Oliver!” tickets, please click the blue ball below.

If you have any trouble with registering electronically, 

or if you would prefer to register by phone, 

please call Dave Homer at 801-641-4617,

or e-mail us at utahaph@gmail.com

 

Several members of the Utah Chapter of the Association of Personal Historians, June 2012

Comments from our friends:

"The 2010 Utah APH conference at Westminster College was one of the best things I ever went to." - Lynette Anderson

Questions? Contact us at myutahstory@gmail.com or call Paulette Stevens at 801-261-5203.

We appreciate our corporate sponsors and supporting institutions:

 

Please contact us at utahaph@gmail.com if you would like to be a sponsor.

ASSOCIATION OF PERSONAL HISTORIANS

Thanks to our parent organization, the Association of Personal Historians, for their continuing support.

Please visit the website for more information on the mission of personal historians around the world.

Click on this link:      www.personalhistorians.org