Dan Curtis ~ Professional Personal Historian

In a previous post, 10 Great Reasons to Visit Victoria, BC, I extolled the virtues of my home town as the location for this year’s Association of Personal Historians conference. I know that coming up with the cash to attend a conference can raise questions of getting value for your money. Let me be frank. You’d be hard pressed to find another professional conference that gives you as much “bang for your buck” as the APH conference. I speak from experience. If you’re in the business of being a professional personal historian, you owe it to yourself to attend this conference. If you still need more convincing, here are 20 reasons to head to Victoria this November:

1. You’ll learn enough new insights, skills, and ideas to keep you fueled until next year’s conference.
2. You’ll meet friendly, seasoned veterans who’ll be happy to share their knowledge and experience with you.
3. You’ll have the chance to develop business partnerships with other personal historians.
4. You’ll make new friendships that will help sustain you in your business over the years.
5. You’ll enjoy the luxury of putting work aside for a few days.
6. You’ll be stimulated by dynamic keynote presentations.
7. You’ll find your “Tribe” and be energized by its members who have the same passion as you do for personal histories.
8. You’ll be able to share your work and experience in a supportive environment.
9. You’ll get to taste the delights of “Nanaimo Bars” and “Sidney Slices”. Yummy!
10. You’ll get to meet APH members  from your region.
11. You’ll be able to put a  a face to the “stars” who post regularly on the APH listserv.
12. You’ll become part of a vibrant group and return home feeling less isolated and alone in your work.
13. You’ll get to ask lots of questions.
14. You’ll have fun exploring Victoria, one of the world’s top travel destinations.
15. You’ll get to take in the  “bigger picture” of personal histories.
16. You’ll have epiphanies.
17. You’ll get to listen to and talk with experts that you’d not normally have a chance to meet.
18. You’ll discover new solutions to old problems.
19. You’ll have a chance to test out and refine your “elevator” speech because attendees will be asking you, “What do you do?”
20. You’ll get to meet me! Just kidding. But seriously I’m looking forward to meeting many of you at the conference.

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