UVTAGG - 2021-10-05 - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 09 Oct 2021, 10 am MDT, DAWN BRIMHALL on ZOOM FOR FAMILY HISTORY CONSULTANTS

 UVTAGG - 2021-10-05 - Press Release - Free online meeting, Sat, 09 Oct 2021, 10 am MDT, DAWN BRIMHALL on ZOOM FOR FAMILY HISTORY CONSULTANTS

2021-10-05

Besides journlists and newsletter editors, I am sending this press release to many not on my usual Press Release list, since the topic is helpful to so many Temple and Family History Consultants.  More information, besides the short and long versions here, are on our Home Page https://uvtagg.org  and Press Release Blog http://blog.uvtagg.org/ . You can also contact me.  Thanks.

Donald R. Snow -- snowd@math.byu.edu 

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UVTAGG MEETING, Saturday 09 Oct 2021 - Free online on Facebook and Zoom

10-11 am MDT -- DAWN BRIMHALL: ADVANCED ZOOM FOR FAMILY HISTORY CONSULTANTS

11:10-12 noon MDT --DAWN BRIMHALL: A TO ZOOM, THE BASICS

Details and links to watch are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

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[Long version]==============================.

UVTAGG Meeting (Utah Valley Technology and Genealogy Group), Saturday, 09 Oct 2021, 10-12 noon MDT - Free online on Facebook and Zoom

Details and links to watch the meeting are on  https://uvtagg.org   and on the UVTAGG Facebook page.

MAIN PRESENTATION, 10-11 am: DAWN BRIMHALL: ADVANCED ZOOM FOR FAMILY HISTORY CONSULTANTS

This presentation will examine how Family History 

Consultants can more effectively utilize Zoom in individual and small group settings as a means of helping individuals access a wide range of available digital resources.

CLASS, 11:10-12 noon: DAWN BRIM

HALL: A TO ZOOM, THE BASICS

This presentation will cover the basics of utilizing Zoom both as a participant and as a presenter in small group presentations.

ABOUT DAWN BRIMHALL:

Dawn Retta Brimhall received a BA in History Teaching from Brigham Young University (2011) and a Masters in Education from the University of St. Thomas (2018). In 2020, she was named the Aldine Independent School District (ISD) Secondary Teacher of the Year in Houston, Texas. She currently serves as the Social Studies Instructional Specialist at Davis High School in Aldine ISD. She enjoys travel, photography, music, and family history.

For more details about the UVTAGG meetings see  https://uvtagg.org  and  http://blog.uvtagg.org/  .  Anyone can view the UVTAGG presentations on Facebook by going to the UVTAGG Facebook Page. Members of UVTAGG can watch on Zoom, which is more interactive, by going to https://zoom.us/j/909-878-8837 and waiting while your UVTAGG membership is verified. This meeting is online only due to the continuing Covid pandemic.  Many of the recent presentations and classes are on Facebook and on the UVTAGG YouTube channel.

 

All meetings of the Group are open to the public with the goal of helping people use technology to further their family and personal history.  On the blog website you can subscribe to receive the press releases by email. Members of the group ($15/year), besides being able to watch on ZOOM, receive the  monthly email newsletter TAGGology and have access to the more than 500 videos of past presentations and classes.  The TAGGology newsletter contains a wealth of information about genealogy, including information for Temple and Family History Consultants.  Free sample copies of the Newsletter can be requested on the UVTAGG website.  Officers of UVTAGG are Gerhard Ruf, President; Laurie Castillo, 1st VP; Don Snow, 2nd VP; Rick Klemetson and Jerry Castillo, Membership Officers, Marilyn Thomsen, TAGGology Newsletter Editor; Rayanne Melick, Finance Officer; Bruce Merrill and Jackson Andersen, Videographers and Librarians; Eileen Phelps, Special Projects Coordinator; Carol Hill, FamilySearch Facebook Coordinator; James Anderson, FamilySearch Coordinator; Rick Wightman, Chris Stevenson, Brent Nelson, and Jerry Castillo broadcast Specialists and Webmasters.  The Group is in its 31st year.  For further information contact President Gerhard Ruf at pres@uvtagg.org  (801-225-6106), or 1st VP Laurie Castillo at gengal@comcast.net , or 2nd VP Don Snow at snowd@math.byu.edu .

Donald R. Snow, 2nd VP, snowd@math.byu.edu .

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