National Genealogical Society Conference

Mary Kerr and I just returned from the National Genealogical Society's annual conference in Raleigh, North Carolina.

We exhibited for about three and half days which was, to be frank, too long. The conference could have been accomplished in a day or so. That said, we met some interesting folks and had some very interesting conversations with four of our Legacy Consultants who came by to help us man the booth.

A special thanks to Sara S (Charlotte), C. Larsen (Pinehurst, NC), Dan S. and Jodi M. (Richmond) for stopping by. We enjoyed our time together and learned a lot.

One funny comment heard by an amateur genealogist at our booth after she heard about our offering: "Oh, you deal with the living!" We do indeed.

It struck me how much easier the genealogy industry would have it if people in earlier generations had had the benefit of Priceless Legacy.

Aging in America Huge Success

Priceless Legacy Chief Operating Officer, Bruce Cramer, and I spent the last three days in Las Vegas. No time for the tables, however, because we were hard at work manning our booth at the American Society on Aging and National Council on Aging's "Aging in America Conference."

Although our feet and backs are tired, it was a great show. We had no fewer two hundred of the three thousand attendees stopped by to check us out (the company that it :) ).

The feedback was uniformly positive. Many of the "senior industry" attendees were eager to learn more about becoming Legacy Consultants. Others were "window shopping" for their own parents. Everyone endorsed the need for life story preservation services. Indeed, I may need to have my ego brought down a notch because I have never had a three day period where so many strangers declared me "brilliant" for founding this company at this time. I explained to all of them that no degree of "brilliance" would have impact on people's lives if we do not attract and retain the right Legacy Consultants through the country.

I will blog more about this topic over the coming days. For now, American Airlines is calling . . .