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Town Square

Saturday, November 1

Interactive Vendor Expo
(1-5 pm)

Add tools to your toolbox and explore cutting-edge ideas at this year’s Town Square. Come prepared to buy, because what is planned will knock your socks off!

Members will be viewing each other’s work at a Regions Member Product Displays event on Thursday rather than during Town Square as in the past. This change will give everyone the opportunity to focus their full attention on the products our APH and commercial vendors have to offer and to learn more about the newest technologies and services available.

Select commercial vendors will present what’s new in such areas as computer software, online technology, video and recording equipment, layout and design products, publishing services, and more. Many will provide short, how-to demonstrations of products and services that may help solve real problems in our industry. As usual, APH member-vendors will be promoting their products and services in creative ways.

Community folks involved with personal/family history will be invited to attend Town Square this year. This may well boost general attendance at our Saturday afternoon event, so don’t miss the opportunity to promote your business.

Vendor tables are available at the discounted rate of $50 each for APH members and $100 each for nonmembers, with an additional charge of $25 if you need an electrical hookup. For more information about this opportunity or advertising ideas, see the Vendors page.

To reserve vendor tables… Please register online or fill out the mail-in Conference Registration form and check the appropriate boxes in the Vendor Table Reservation section.

Note: APH members will enjoy an opportunity to display and share their products with each other during a regional event on Thursday evening, Oct, 30. See the Highlights: Regions Tables for more details.

Speed Coaching for Personal History Entrepreneurs
(2-4 pm)

To participate, sign up early at the Registration Desk or during Town Square for a free five-minute, one-on-one speed coaching session with a specialist in your area of interest, including Marketing, Interviewing Techniques, Genealogy, Publishing, Video, Audio, Small Business, Ethical Wills, Websites, and much more.

Lettice Stuart, former APH president and the subject of articles in Time Magazine, the Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times, has agreed to lead a team of experts in this popular program again this year.

Photos provided by APH Member Roger West - taken at the APH 2007 Conference in Franklin, TN.