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.

Are You a Professional Genealogist or Transitioning to Be One?

If you are a professional genealogist and need to sharpen your skills or if you are transitioning towards becoming a professional, then the following SLIG Academy courses with seats remaining may be right for you:

• Course 1: The Art of Writing Client Reports (McGhie)
• Course 4: DNA for the 21st-Century Professional
• Course 5: Fundamentals of Forensic Genealogy
• Course 6: Writing and Documenting for Peer Review
• Course 7: Project Management Essentials for the Professional Genealogist

Come to SLIG Academy in 2020 and celebrate with us on our 25th anniversary of helping our students elevate their genealogical education! For more details on SLIG Academy go here.

Master the Skill of Writing Effective Research Reports

Writing effective research reports can be a difficult skill to master. This course will provide instruction and hands-on experience creating each section of a report.

A team of professional genealogists including:

• Angela Packer McGhie, CG
• Apryl Cox, AG
• Catherine B. W. Desmarais, CG
• Thomas W. Jones, PhD, CG, CGL, FAGS, FUGA, FNGS
• Karen Matheson, AG
• Nancy A. Peters, CG, CGL
• Karen Stanbary, MA, LCSW, CG

will share their expertise in technical writing, evidence analysis, incorporating visual elements, organizing material, time-saving strategies, and documentation. They will share examples of a variety of reporting formats covering simple to complex research problems from a variety of professional perspectives. Participants will learn both by evaluating provided reports and writing a research report during the week. Students should bring a laptop to work on practice exercises in class and complete writing assignments.

In order to get the most out of the course and the professional editing benefit, students registering for the course are asked to submit a research report they have written by January 1, 2019. The class sessions will include hands-on activities, so students should bring a laptop computer or tablet with Word or another word processing program. There will be homework assignments to practice writing various sections of a research report.

Registration for SLIG Academy 2020 opens July 13, 2019 at 2:00 pm MDT. For more information, go here.