{"id":102208,"date":"2018-11-09T17:02:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-10T00:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/?p=102208"},"modified":"2018-11-27T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T21:48:09","slug":"myheritage-live-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/myheritage-live-highlights-102208.html","title":{"rendered":"MyHeritage LIVE Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From\u00a0November 2-4, 2018, MyHeritage hosted their first-ever user conference, <a href=\"https:\/\/live2018.myheritage.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyHeritage LIVE<\/a>, in Oslo, Norway. Over 400 attendees from 28 different countries around the world\u00a0headed over to the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel to\u00a0participate in this unique conference. Another 60,000 tuned in to watch some of the many genealogy and DNA track sessions live streamed on the conference website and the MyHeritage Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees had\u00a0multiple presentations and hands-on workshops to choose from, each offering a unique opportunity to learn more about MyHeritage&#8217;s products and tips for their genealogy research.\u00a0Geni&#8217;s General Manager Mike Stangel\u00a0held a\u00a0Geni workshop and gave a very informative presentation about Geni and the World Family Tree. If you were unable to attend the conference and missed the live stream, you can catch Geni&#8217;s presentation and all of the\u00a0conference\u00a0sessions for both the genealogy and DNA tracks in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/myheritage\/videos\" target=\"_blank\">MyHeritage Facebook video library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to watch\u00a0MyHeritage CEO Gilad Japhet&#8217;s moving keynote address. It&#8217;s definitely one you don&#8217;t want to miss!\u00a0Watch\u00a0it\u00a0here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/299232829\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A special exhibit area was\u00a0available for attendees to get some personal experience with the products from MyHeritage and\u00a0participating vendors.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_03-e1541799980534.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102230 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_03-e1541799980534-600x379.jpeg\" alt=\"MyHeritage LIVE Highlights\" width=\"600\" height=\"379\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_03-e1541799980534-600x379.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_03-e1541799980534-300x189.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_03-e1541799980534.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Mike and Geni curator Bj\u00f8rn Brox at the Geni table<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Mike\u00a0was on hand at the\u00a0Geni table to chat with attendees about the power of collaborative genealogy on Geni&#8217;s World Family Tree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_04.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102231 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_04-600x337.jpeg\" alt=\"MyHeritage LIVE Highlights\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_04-600x337.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_04-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_04.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>The Geni table at the MyHeritage LIVE exhibit area<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Materials at the table were available in both English and Norwegian. Thanks to the hard work of volunteer translators,\u00a0nearly\u00a0all of Geni has been translated into Norwegian, so Norwegian users can comfortably use the site in their native language.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_02.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102229 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_02-600x337.jpeg\" alt=\"MyHeritage LIVE Highlights\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_02-600x337.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_02-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_02.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Geni&#8217;s General Manager Mike Stangel with curators Remi Pederson, Ken Nilson, and Cecilie Nyg\u00e5rd<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There was\u00a0an amazing turn out of Geni curators at MyHeritage LIVE. Special thanks to Jeroen van Dijk, Bj\u00f8rn Brox, Cecilie Nyg\u00e5rd, Remi Pedersen, Ard\u00a0van Bergen, Barbara Rubinstein, Ken Nilsen, and Thomas F\u00fcrth for coming and helping to represent Geni!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_01.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102234 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_01-600x386.jpeg\" alt=\"MyHeritage LIVE Highlights\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_01-600x386.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_01-300x193.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_01.jpeg 1761w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><em>Curators Ard van Bergan and Jeroen van Dijk\u00a0chatting\u00a0with conference attendees<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The curators lent a hand at the table to help attendees understand more about Geni and the World Family Tree.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; margin-bottom: 1px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_05.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-102235 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_05-600x337.jpeg\" alt=\"MyHeritage LIVE Highlights\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_05-600x337.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_05-300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MHLIVE_05.jpeg 2016w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 11px;\"><i>Bj\u00f6rn Again entertained guests at the MyHeritage evening party<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Saturday\u00a0evening was capped off with a lively party filled with music, dancing, and food! Guests were entertained with live performances by Norwegian folk dance champions, Bulder og brag, and Bj\u00f6rn Again, the world&#8217;s number one ABBA tribute show.<\/p>\n<p>The conference was a great success and we look forward to hearing more about the possibility of a future conference from MyHeritage!<\/p>\n<p>Watch more MyHeritage LIVE conference highlights here:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/299433560\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From\u00a0November 2-4, 2018, MyHeritage hosted their first-ever user conference, MyHeritage LIVE, in Oslo, Norway. Over 400 attendees from 28 different countries around the world\u00a0headed over to the Radisson Blu Scandinavia Hotel to\u00a0participate in this unique conference. Another 60,000 tuned in to watch some of the many genealogy and DNA track sessions live streamed on the conference website and the MyHeritage Facebook page. Attendees had\u00a0multiple presentations and hands-on workshops to choose from, each offering a unique&#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/myheritage-live-highlights-102208.html\"><span>Read the full story<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"featured_media":102269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[3361,4538,6912],"class_list":["post-102208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-conference","tag-genealogy","tag-myheritage-live"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102208"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102375,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102208\/revisions\/102375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.geni.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}