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If you want lots and lots of people at your conference...
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Make sure you have a few excellent speakers. :)
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Bring in an antiques appraiser.
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Let them come to research their family history, not just learn how to research.
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Add lots of local experts with one on one time.
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Have great food. Above is the "Proper English Sausages" booth and here is my felafel/sweet potato wrap that was really good. There were smoothies and soup and salads. No need to leave.
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Add a living history section where you involve the local woodworkers,
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Historical reenactments,
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The Lace Maker's Guild and etc.
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Open Classrooms. You can buy an inexpensive ticket to reserve a seat, but you are also welcome to just saunter around. Classrooms were completely integrated into the vendor's hall.
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Add an Exhibitor's Lounge. (There was no speaker's lounge) That speaks volumes to what was different doesn't it?
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Encourage people to sit around and make a day of it. All of the 100s of tables and chairs were constantly full.
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Add an Ask the Experts. Busy Busy Busy
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Photography Daters. Our own beautiful Maureen Taylor sharing her expertise.
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And then if you are really ambitious, you can even add a booth for training guide dogs.
Who doesn't love pictures of puppies at a genealogy conference ;)
We're going to work on some of these ideas for the upcoming
UGA conferences. What do you think?
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