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Town Square

Saturday, October 24

Vendor Exposition
1:30 – 4:30pm

Explore cutting-edge ideas at this year’s Town Square. 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. APH members with items/services to promote or sell also are invited to rent vendor tables to display and market their products (books, CDs, DVDs, etc.) and services (transcription, editing, marketing, graphic design, printing and binding. Vendors will be equipped to make sales on site.

Vendor tables are available at the discounted rate of $75 each for APH members and $125 for nonmembers, with an additional charge of $40 for an electrical hookup if needed. Wireless Internet connections will be available at a cost of $100 each. See the Vendors page for more details. To reserve vendor tables, please register online and check the appropriate boxes in the Vendor Table Reservation section or fill out the mail-in Conference Registration form.

Regional Personal History Project Displays
1:30 – 4:30pm

All APH members are encouraged to display samples of their work—books, CDs, DVDs, and other projects. Member tables will be set up by region for this purpose at no charge. Please note that no merchandise may be sold in this display area. We invite you to showcase “what’s special” about your hometown by collaborating with others in your region to create a group display of items unique to your area. Discuss ideas with your regional neighbors and your regional coordinator and browse the region map & contacts or email Deb Moore, Regions Director.

Speed Coaching for Personal History Entrepreneurs
2:00 – 4:00pm

Don’t miss this opportunity to seek advice from some of our association’s most successful personal and family historians. To participate, sign up early at the Registration Desk or during Town Square for a free ten-minute, one-on-one speed coaching session with a specialist in your area of interest, including Marketing, Interviewing Techniques, Publishing, Video, Audio, Operating a Small Business, Teaching Personal History Workshops, Ethical Wills, Websites, and much more. We are extremely grateful to our veteran members who volunteer their time and expertise to participate in this popular program.