Professional genealogist or thinking about that occupation?

Today must be a big day for press releases. This just came from APG:

The Twelfth Annual Association of Professional Genealogists Professional Management Conference took place September 2, 2009, in Little Rock, Arkansas. The Syllabus is available for sale while supplies last at http://www.apgen.org/catalog/products.html for $20 plus shipping and handling.

The PMC presentations included:

• Writing Professionally by Tom Jones, CG, CGL, FASG

• Solving Mysteries for Money: the Forensic Genealogist and Private Investigator by Mary Ann Boyle, Ph.D., CG

• The Bachelor: Reconstructing a Solitary Life Using Obscure & Far-Flung Records by Mary Penner
  

• Talking to the World by Sherry Irvine, CG

• Elements of a Good Client Agreement by Richard Camaur, JD, CG

• The Genealogy Consumer: Who Pays for Professional Research? by Natasha Crain, MBA

• Publish! And Supplement Your Income by Desmond Walls Allen

• Bull's Eye! Planning and Delivering a Winning Marketing Campaign by Heather Henderson

• Get Paid For Your Passion: Becoming a Professional Genealogist by Elissa Scalise Powell, CG

Kathleen W. Hinckley, CG
Executive Director