SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023: The Art of Writing Client Reports

Seeking to master writing effective research reports? Want to improve your research reporting and writing skills? Here is the course to show you how!

The Art of Writing Client Reports, coordinated by Angela Packer McGhie, CG, FUGA, is for aspiring and practicing professional genealogists who want to enhance their report-writing abilities. This course will provide instruction and hands-on experience for creating each section of a report. A team of professional genealogists will share their expertise in technical writing, evidence analysis, incorporating visual elements, organizing material, time-saving strategies, and documentation. Examples will cover a variety of reporting formats dealing with simple to complex research problems from various professional perspectives. Participants will learn both by evaluating provided reports and writing a research report during the course.

Faculty includes:

• Apryl Cox, AG
• Catherine B. W. Desmarais, CG
• Diana Elder, AG
• Debra A. Hoffman, PLCGS
• Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, FASG, FNGS, FUGA
• Karen Matheson, AG
• Nancy A. Peters, CG, CGL
• Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG
• Paul Woodbury, MEd, AG

Class sessions will include hands-on activities, so access to a laptop computer or tablet with Word or another word processing program is necessary during the virtual class sessions. Homework assignments will involve practice in writing various sections of a research report.

The Art of Writing Client Reports is scheduled to meet online March 31 through April 28, 2023, on Fridays from 8:30 am until 4:00 pm Mountain Time.

See the SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023 Courses web page for more information, including updates.

SLIG Academy for Professionals 2023 registration opens Saturday, July 16, at 2:00 pm MDT.