This is the final week that I am serving as a peer group leader for Family Locket and the Research Like a Pro Study group. It’s been fun, useful and I’ve made progress on my Stoker family project! The focus for the last week was on productivity and further education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I’ve been a fan of David Allen’s Getting Things Done<\/a> approach for several years now. I was introduced to it at work. I use Omnifocus for Mac<\/a> to help me stay organized. It is designed around the Getting Things Done approach. I really don’t know how I would keep track of different client projects, my own work and even household reminders if I didn’t have Omnifocus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I began keeping a yearly education plan when I was in ProGen<\/a> 46 almost 3 years ago. My study buddy from ProGen and I update our plans yearly and give each other feedback. My plan focuses on genetic genealogy. New tools keep the field lively! I also continue to gain skills and experience in African American research. I have reminders in Omnifocus for weekly webinars on a range of topics. Most of the webinars I attend are sponsored by Legacy Family Tree<\/a>, American Ancestors<\/a>, the Virtual Genealogical Association<\/a> or ICAPGen’s great YouTube channel<\/a>. I have tentative plans to attend RootsTech in March of 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope that sharing my experience with the Research Like a Pro Study group has encouraged you! It’s a big time commitment and worth the effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is the final week that I am serving as a peer group leader for Family Locket and the Research Like a Pro Study group. It’s been fun, useful and I’ve made progress on my Stoker family project! The focus for the last week was on productivity and further education. I’ve been a fan of … <\/p>\n