NGS Conference Richmond Virginia – Day 4 – Wrap-Up #NGS2014gen

Well it was a hard choice for that 8 am lecture on Saturday May 10^th but I finally chose “Your Computer: Back It Up or Lose It, Data Backup from A to Z.” I have been trying to decide which way to go with cloud back up services and am going to try Back Blaze. I still have to sign up and start the back-up process, just hoping it won’t take too long.

Then I attended “Tools to Help You Share Family Stories” and the last lecture of the morning was “Organizing Your Research without Losing Your Mind.” I am still not sure this is possible but got lots of tools to help make it easier.

This was the one day I didn’t attend a luncheon lecture. The first afternoon lecture was “I Can’t See My Audience: Web-Based Presentations” and the last one was “Keep the Message Consistent Sell/Document/Deliver from Proposal to Syllabus to Presentation.”

On the last day the crowds start to lessen particularly after the Exhibit Hall closes.

This conference had just over 2,500 attendees which included the wonderful volunteers, the people in the exhibit hall and those that just popped in for a day.

I will admit I am a conference junkie. I love them. The networking, learning, chatting and catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. The organization of this conference was very good and the volunteers and those who worked on putting it all together should be very proud of their efforts.

I did have some trouble with the Wi-Fi. It was hard to connect and since I was from Canada I didn’t have my cell phone on because of roaming charges, so doing things like Twitter had to wait until I was within Wi-Fi and hope it would not be too busy.

My friend and I are already making plans for St. Charles Missouri next year from May 13^th to 19^th. We discovered that Fort Wayne is the midpoint for the journey. It would mean having to stop and do research at the Allen County Public Library. Oh the hardship.

Here are some pictures that I took at the conference. If you ever get the chance to attend a national conference in the US or a Provincial or local one in Canada please do so, you won’t regret it.

 

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