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Yes, I'm off before sunrise tomorrow (Jan 31) to attend RootsTech in Salt Lake City (2-4 Feb). It's an exciting time of learning how technology can help us do better, safer and more efficient genealogy. But you can attend, too, virtually! Several of the sessions are being streamed live during those three days and all you have to do is sit at your computer and tune in.........here is the schedule and the link:


RootsTech Conference Will Broadcast Select Sessions Free Online SALT LAKE CITY—RootsTech, a leading family history and technology conference held in Salt Lake City, Utah, February 2-4, 2012, announced today that fourteen of its popular sessions will be broadcasted live and complimentary over the Internet. The live broadcasts will give those unable to attend worldwide a sample of this year’s conference content. Interested viewers can watch the live presentations at RootsTech.org. The second-year conference has attracted over 3,000 registered attendees.   The free online sessions include the keynote speakers and a sampling of technology and family history presentations. Following are the fourteen broadcasted sessions and speakers. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST):   Thursday, February 2 8:30-10:00 am, Inventing the Future, as a Community (Keynote Address) by Jay L. Verkler 11:00 am-12:00 pm, Do I Trust the Cloud? by D. Joshua Taylor   1:45-2:45 pm, Effective Database Search Tactics by Kory Meyerink      3:00-4:00 pm, Twitter – It’s Not Just “What I Had for Breakfast” Anymore by Thomas MacEntee   4:15-5:15 pm, Eleven Layers of Online Searches by Barbara Renick        Friday, February 3 8:30-9:30 am, Exabyte Social Clouds and Other Monstrosities (Keynote Address) by Josh Coates 9:45-10:45 am, Publish Your Genealogy Online by Laura G. Prescott      11:00 am-12:00 pm, Optimize Your Site for Search Engines by Robert Gardner     1:45-2:45 pm, Genealogists “Go Mobile” by Sandra Crowly   3:00-4:00 pm, Google’s Toolbar and Genealogy by Dave Barney         Saturday, February 4 8:30-9:30 am, Making the Most of Technology to Further the Family History Industry (Keynote Address) by Tim Sullivan and Ancestry.com Panel 9:45-10:45 am Genealogy Podcasts and Blogs 101 by Lisa Louise Cooke     11:00 am-12:00 pm, Future of FamilySearch Family Tree by Ron Tanner1:45-2:45 pm, Privacy in a Collaborative Environment by Noah Tatuk   


So in a sense, we can learn something together!!!  I shall miss the February meeting; see you in March.