SLIG Academy for Professionals

This new program will follow SLIG 2019, beginning on Monday, January 21st, and will focus on professional development topics not offered at SLIG or elsewhere in a week-long, in-depth format. 

It will open with a special event to commemorate the life and legacy of the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., and end by Friday at noon. Two meals are included with registration: Monday brunch and Thursday evening dinner.

There are five courses are being offered:

• The Art of Writing Client Reports (Coordinator: Angela Packer McGhie, CG)
• You're Invited: Public Speaking from Concept to Delivery (Coordinator: D. Joshua Taylor, MA, MLS)
• Building and Nurturing a Successful Genealogy Business (Coordinator: Jeanne Larzalere Bloom, CG)
• DNA and the 21st-Century Professional (Coordinator: Angie Bush, MS)
• Developing and Managing an Effective Institute Course (Coordinator: J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA)

Each course offers over 20 hours of lectures and hands-on activities. There may also be optional homework assignments provided to reinforce the information covered. The course schedules can be viewed in the description of the courses found here.

Registration opens on Saturday, July 7, 2018 at 2 PM MDT.

Please note that our new system requires you to create a “SLIG Registration Account.” You will be able to manage all of your registrations within this account. UGA members should use the email address used for UGA membership login to ensure membership discounts are applied. Accounts may be created prior to the opening of registration and instructions can be found here.