Prior APH Conferences

Conference 2009 Interactive Website
Conference Program Chair: Marianne Waller, APH Events Manager: Paula Yost

Revolutionary Perspectives, the theme for our 2009 APH conference, reflects the rich historical significance of our meeting site as well as the storytelling revolution that is sweeping our culture today. As APH members, we are on the front lines of this exciting revolution, and we each bring unique talents and perspectives to our work. What is your perspective? Do you look at personal history as a videographer, a writer, an oral historian? Think of all the different hats we wear as personal historians… There’s a business hat and a helping hat. A service hat. A techno hat. An education hat. And, yes, sometimes even a therapy hat. It all depends on your perspective. Each client’s personal history provides a unique perspective of the universal history that only he or she can tell.

As Christina Baldwin writes in Storycatcher, “I have heard a thousand variations of my girlhood; stories from the mother’s point of view, the daughter’s point of view, the father’s and the brother’s point of view.”

You can view all the photos in a Slideshow or see them All in a Glance.
Special thanks to APH Member Brina Bolanz for taking the photos and making them available to all of us.

2008 Conference Information and Program
Conference Program Chair: Paulette Stevens, APH Events Manager: Paula Yost

The theme for 2008, Crossroads in Personal History, was inspired by Robert Frost’s poem, The Road Not Taken, about life’s pivotal decisions. Our keynote speakers, workshops, and conference activities will explore four intriguing areas of interest in support of our theme:

Business & Products Crossroads
Historical Crossroads
Crossroads at the Heart of the Story
Personal Crossroads
Centuries ago, one of the world's first personal historians etched this petroglyph into a southern Utah sandstone cliff.

You can view all the photos in a Slideshow or see them All in a Glance.
Special thanks to APH Member Brina Bolanz for taking these photos.

2007 Conference Information and Program
Conference Program Chair: Jane Baxter, APH Events Manager: Paula Yost

Listen was the theme for the 2007 Annual Conference in Franklin, Tn (near Nashville). Listening is a key element of our work as personal historians. We listen carefully to the stories our clients tell us, and to the feelings and meaning behind their words, in order to preserve for future generations the full sense of their lives. What more appropriate place for personal historians to gather in 2007 than in Nashville, where listening to the human experience has developed into a rich tradition of celebrating personal stories through music?

Read about the Origin of the Listen Theme and listen to the song.

Welcome
to Nashville
Listen & Learn
Board Meeting Fun
(music by Heidi)
Town Square
Hospitality
Listen & Share
(music by Jane)
Nashville
Scenery
Members in the
Movies