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Course image Personal Historian: Telling the Stories
Intermediate Professional Development and Business Skills
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Telling the stories of our ancestors must go beyond the basics of names, dates, and places. We can use those pieces as a foundation but must, as a home builder does, add layers and stories to that foundation.
This course will help you add a Personal Historian component to your business by demonstrating the many layers available. Those layers add depth to both personal and client projects and additional revenue streams to a business.
Course Length: 7 weeks
Contact Hours: 18
Grading Scale: 70% Tests/30% Assignments
Course Length: 7 weeks
Course Content
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Adding a Personal Historian Business Component
Pieces of the Personal Historian Puzzle
Collaboration or Business Component?
Personal Historian Educational Opportunities
Personal Historian Income Stream
MODULE 2
GENEALOGY AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Genealogists and Personal Historians
Building the Foundation
Interviewing
Add Layers of Personal History
Add Layers of Social History
Add Layers of Historical Research
Outlining the Story
MODULE 3
COMMUNICATION, ORAL HISTORY, AND WRITING
Communication and Interviewing
Additional Tips for Interviewing
Oral History Techniques
Oral History Programs, Archives, and Organizations
Transcribing the Oral History Interview
Writing & Editing the Oral History Interview
The Story as a Book
The Story Told Online
MODULE 4
AUDIO, VISUAL, AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Introduction
Audio & Video Skills
Photo Skills
Print Design and Publishing
Designing a Book
Book Contents
Design
Publishing Options
MODULE 5
TEACHING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
Introduction
Educational Options
Learning from Mentors
Basics of Public Speaking and Teaching
Avenues of Public Speaking and Teaching
Biography Writing
Legacy Letters or Ethical Wills
Memoir Writing
Photographs and Albums
Consulting on Personal History
MODULE 6
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Introduction
Archiving, Preservation, Conservation
Education
Project Management and Consulting
Additional Niche Products and Services
MODULE 1
INTRODUCTION
Adding a Personal Historian Business Component
Pieces of the Personal Historian Puzzle
Collaboration or Business Component?
Personal Historian Educational Opportunities
Personal Historian Income Stream
MODULE 2
GENEALOGY AND HISTORICAL RESEARCH
Genealogists and Personal Historians
Building the Foundation
Interviewing
Add Layers of Personal History
Add Layers of Social History
Add Layers of Historical Research
Outlining the Story
MODULE 3
COMMUNICATION, ORAL HISTORY, AND WRITING
Communication and Interviewing
Additional Tips for Interviewing
Oral History Techniques
Oral History Programs, Archives, and Organizations
Transcribing the Oral History Interview
Writing & Editing the Oral History Interview
The Story as a Book
The Story Told Online
MODULE 4
AUDIO, VISUAL, AND PHOTOGRAPHS
Introduction
Audio & Video Skills
Photo Skills
Print Design and Publishing
Designing a Book
Book Contents
Design
Publishing Options
MODULE 5
TEACHING AND PUBLIC SPEAKING
Introduction
Educational Options
Learning from Mentors
Basics of Public Speaking and Teaching
Avenues of Public Speaking and Teaching
Biography Writing
Legacy Letters or Ethical Wills
Memoir Writing
Photographs and Albums
Consulting on Personal History
MODULE 6
ADDITIONAL SERVICES
Introduction
Archiving, Preservation, Conservation
Education
Project Management and Consulting
Additional Niche Products and Services