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Our Biggest Black Friday – Cyber Monday Online Course Sale!

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The WWII Research & Writing Center is offering our biggest discount ever on our online courses. Take advantage of our Black Friday – Cyber Monday special and take

50% off all our courses!

If you have been considering the IDPF class which is regularly $295.00 – NOW is the time to register for the class with your 50% discount.

All of our courses teach you the research strategies and show you how to research WWII but the same records and strategies apply to WWI, Korean War and the Vietnam War. No other site gives you access to research all four wars.

Click the links below to take advantage of this sale before it ends Monday evening, November 26, 2018.

Finding the Answers in the IDPF
Starting WWII Research 3 Course Bundle
Finding the Answers Through WWII Writing
Finding the Answers: Starting WWII Research
Finding the Answers: WWII Online

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Kajabi – An Online Business Platform

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Last fall I signed up for an online course website that encompasses everything I was looking for. The ability to:

  • Create online classes.
  • Create email classes.
  • Host live and recorded webinars.
  • Create landing pages and offers for different products and services I offer.
  • Have a membership site.
  • Create an education specific website.
  • Have all of my newsletter, payment options, etc. tie into one system rather than having to have 20 different systems.
  • And so much more.

I found Kajabi, which is a platform many energy facilitators were using and kept recommending. I joined for a year and received their 28-Day email series that walked me through step-by-step how to set everything up. My website is WWII Education.

While some day I will hand this off to a tech employee, I prefer to know how everything works. Kajabi is so easy to use that I set up four online courses within two months and had them rolling out at intervals. This summer I will also be offering webinars and preparing for a virtual conference.

Are you looking for a powerful, easy to use platform to host your online courses, webinars, and membership site? You might check into Kajabi. If you would like to sign up, please consider using my referral link.

When someone signs up with my link, they will get a 15% discount off any Kajabi plan. To sign up you can use my referral link.

Kajabi is GDPR compliant also.

Disclaimer, I do make a small percentage off revenue the first year you are a Kajabi member. This does not affect your income in any way.

Do you have questions about Kajabi, feel free to ask. I’m happy to talk about my experience.

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Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 31

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Malmo Sweden 30 May 1946 Memorial Day

Have you taken time to record the stories of your World War II ancestors and families? One way to get started is to use the Military Memories Writing Prompts to jump start your research and writing. Through these prompts, we explore life on the U.S. home front, women in service, and the lives of all veterans.

Prompt 31: Soldier Stories

As we conclude Military Memories, I have two prompts for you today. 1. I am grateful for the service of my ancestors because …….. and 2. I am grateful for the service of today’s soldiers because ………

Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.

Additional Resources

Are you looking for more writing prompts to help you tell the stories of war from a U.S. or European perspective? See my Stories from the World War II Battlefield Volume 3: Writing the Stories of War, for over 500 writing prompts for U.S. and European writing.

Explore our online research and writing courses at WWII Education.

Do you need help learning how to do World War II research or need to hire a researcher to help you? Please feel free to contact us for more details.

© 2018 World War II Research and Writing Center

Military Memories Writing Prompt Day 18

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James obituary edited

Have you taken time to record the stories of your World War II ancestors and families? One way to get started is to use the Military Memories Writing Prompts to jump start your research and writing. Through these prompts, we explore life on the U.S. home front, women in service, and the lives of all veterans.

Prompt 18: Communication

Newspapers can add a lot of details to a soldier’s story beyond that of his service. Think about the battles fought, the terrain, the enemy, and the weather. Use newspapers for facts that add depth to a story. Did your soldier fight on D-Day or in the Battle of the Bulge? Perhaps in the Pacific? Locate stories about the weather for major battles in which your soldier fought. Write a scene using the weather to tell a battle story.

Please share your prompts and responses on your blog and tag them with #militarymemories.

Additional Resources

Are you looking for more writing prompts to help you tell the stories of war from a U.S. or European perspective? See my Stories from the World War II Battlefield Volume 3: Writing the Stories of War, for over 500 writing prompts for U.S. and European writing.

Explore our online research and writing courses at WWII Education.

Do you need help learning how to do World War II research or need to hire a researcher to help you? Please feel free to contact us for more details.

© 2018 World War II Research and Writing Center

New Managing Editor at the WWII Research & Writing Center

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I am so grateful to have, last month, hired Allie Gillies as my research assistant. One thing I have always done in my business is pay attention to the energy of people, what’s occurring, and what I perceive for the future. This allows me to change course as needed and I’m grateful to have hired someone who is able to do the same.

I quickly discovered Allie’s skills expand far beyond research and report creation. Her ability to change course quickly, create new materials, connect us with the homeschool community, and many other amazing capacities required we look at her job title and duties. Feeling also the energy of massive changes in the business this year, I am aware I will require two people in different positions.

I’m happy to announce that Allie Gillies is now the Managing Editor at the WWII Research and Writing Center.

Allie will be proofreading and editing our online courses and materials, books and publications. She will be creating curriculum to accompany our online course for Homeschoolers. As a former homeschooling mom, she has the skills to create coursework, curriculum and accompanying materials that will complement the online courses that the WWII Research and Writing Center offer. Allie’s love of history, her hobby doing genealogy and WWII research makes her a perfect fit for working with Jennifer Holik at the WWII Research and Writing Center.

Allie is our primary contact for homeschool resources at the WWII Research and Writing Center. She will be available to teach beginning genealogy classes in the Chicagoland area. Allie will also provide online support to homeschooling families as their students navigate the courses available to them. Contact Allie via email.

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