Legacy Family Tree Webinars yesterday issued a call for webinar presentations for its 2025 webinar series.
Visit https://familytreewebinars.com/call-for-presentations-2025 for all the details and to submit. The submission deadline is September 1, 2024.
All speakers are welcome to submit.
Submissions are for classes that are:
- 60 minutes plus Q/A, or
- 20-minutes-or-under “Webinar Shorts” or
- 10- minutes-or-under TechZone videos.
The following topics are especially encouraged, but they welcome all topics:
- Artificial intelligence: Demonstrate hands-on tools and step-by-steps of, and their interplay with genealogy (especially, but not limited to “how AI helped me solve a research problem” topics)
- Curated Top 10s of Places: Spotlight hidden gems or new tools, as showcased in titles like “Top 10 Little Known Websites for Virginia Genealogy” or “Five New Tools for Finding Your German Ancestors”
- Genealogical methodologies, strategies, FAN Club and case studies
- DNA (especially “how-I-found-these-parents-using-DNA case studies”)
- Historical records and events
- Software and Technology: Doesn’t even have to be related to genealogy
- Places and Ethnicities: Africa, African-American, Europe, Jewish, counties in the United Kingdom, Asia, US states, Canada, Down Under, South America, and Mexico
- MyHeritage: Since they also host the MyHeritage Webinar Series, any submissions relating to MyHeritage.com are also welcome
- Beginners
- Organization: They usually do one or two of these each year – share how you organize your papers or digital files
Numbered titles, such as “Top 5 Strategies to Researching in ____…” prove to attract large audiences.
Peruse their library at https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar-library to familiarize yourself with past topics, ensuring your proposal stands out with fresh ideas (although they are happy with fresh perspectives and new angles on existing topics).
Speakers receive remuneration of US$200 per webinar (for 60 minute webinars) or US$50-$100 for Webinar Shorts and TechZone videos, along with monthly royalties based on viewership.
How to submit
Proposals can be submitted at https://familytreewebinars.com/submit-a-speaking-proposal. If you’ve previously shared a topic, they say it’s already in their records, and no resubmission is needed.
