Treasuring and Preserving Your Family Legacy

This hands-on virtual workshop, titled "Treasuring and Preserving Your Family Legacy," offers participants the unique opportunity to engage with renowned author, speaker, and storyteller Judith W. Umlas. Participants will explore ways to preserve and share their family treasures-whether letters, photos, recipes, or other heirlooms-with future generations. The workshop emphasizes the importance of safeguarding these personal artifacts and provides actionable strategies for ensuring they remain a part of your family's heritage.

Beyond the practical aspects, preserving your family's past offers profound psychological benefits. Engaging in this process can foster a deep sense of connection and continuity across generations, providing participants with a meaningful way to honor their ancestors and contribute to a shared family identity. Additionally, the act of organizing and preserving family memories can be therapeutic, offering a sense of closure, understanding, and pride in one's heritage. Participants will also discover the intrinsic rewards of knowing that their efforts today will enrich the lives of future generations, ensuring that family stories, values, and traditions are not lost but cherished and passed on.

Why you should Attend

A Detailed and Actionable Plan for the Preservation of Personal Family Treasures
Insights on How to Engage Family Members in the Legacy Preservation Process
Tools and Resources to Begin or Continue the Legacy Preservation Journey

Areas Covered in the Session

Identification of Valuable Family Artifacts and Documents
Practical Methods for Preserving Various Types of Media (e.g., Letters, Photos, Recipes)
Techniques for Sharing Your Family Legacy With Future Generations
Development of a Personalized Action Plan for Legacy Preservation

Who Will Benefit

Family Historians and Genealogists
Individuals Interested in Preserving Their Family Heritage
Anyone With a Collection of Family Letters, Photos, or Other Memorabilia

Speaker Profile

Judith W. Umlas is an experienced author and publishing expert with a rich history in the literary world. She formed her family publishing company in January 2022, bringing a unique perspective on self-publishing and traditional publishing. Judith is also known for her work on acknowledgment and appreciation in the workplace, which has influenced her approach to writing and publishing.

Judith W. Umlas is the author of The Power of Acknowledgment, an inspirational, motivational and action-oriented book which drives home the need for acknowledgment. It also applies these principles to leadership skills, growth and development in the workplace, as well as in everyday life. Following the publication of this book, Ms. Umlas wrote Grateful Leadership, Using the Power of Acknowledgment to Engage All Your People and Achieve Superior Results, and You’re Totally Awesome, the Power of Acknowledgment for Kids.

Ms. Umlas has trained over 100,000 people on the Power of Acknowledgment and Grateful Leadership, including executives of the NYC Police Department, the U.S. Department of Justice, the World Bank and hundreds of corporations and government agencies - all to outstanding reviews. These include Volvo, the U.S. Army, Prudential, JMP Engineering, the Fannie Mae, IBM, AT&T, Google, Amway, MD Anderson, Wartsila in Finland, the NANA Development Corporation. She delivered a keynote address at the IPMA Conference to 800 project managers in Helsinki, Finland, the closing keynote address to Recognition Professionals, International, and to the American Society of Association Executives Executive Leadership Forum.

She also now teaches a Grateful Leadership™ Certified Professional course for highly qualified participants, who are then authorized to teach this transformational body of work in their own organizations. Ms. Umlas always delivers leading edge, highly interactive and engaging courses and keynotes – with outstanding and long-lasting results. Grateful Leadership and The Power of Acknowledgment are Judith’s passion, her mission and her purpose!