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Seminars

We are planning more training sessions for this year. Most people who take the time to come are extremely grateful to learn all the things that they never knew they were missing.

The upcoming locations and dates are:

User's Conference

  • Dallas TX, Fri.-Sat. Sept 24-25th
    Centerpoint Church, Mesquite, TX
    See details

Free Training Seminars

  • Washington DC, Fri. Sept. 17th, 9 am-5 pm
    Special Focus: Greek & Hebrew
    Hosted by: Reformed Theological Seminary
    McLean Presbyterian Church
    1028 Balls Hill Road
    McLean, VA 22101
    Room: The Lodge
    Church: 703-821-0800
    Campus: 703-448-3393
  • Dallas TX, Mon. Sept 27th
    Dallas Theological Seminary
    3909 Swiss Ave.
    Dallas, TX 75204
    Campbell Academic Center
    Room 206
    800-387-9673
  • Waco TX, Wed. Sept 29th, 3 to 6 pm
    Truett Seminary, Rm 107
    Baylor University
    1100 S. 3rd Street
    Waco, TX  76798
  • Langley BC, Fri. October 1st
    Trinity Western University
    7600 Glover Road
    Langley, B.C., Canada  V2Y 1Y1
    604-888-7511
  • Vancouver BC, Sat. October 2nd
    Regent College
    5800 University Blvd.
    Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6T 2E4
    800-663-8664
  • Seattle WA, Mon. October 4th
    Japanese Presbyterian Church
    1801 24th Ave S
    Seattle, WA 98144
    206-323-5990
  • Los Angeles, CA, Sat. Oct. 9th TBD
  • Atlanta GA, Fri. November 19th
    Marriott Atlanta Marquis
    265 Peachtree Center Avenue
    Atlanta, GA 30303
    (404) 521-0000
    Room:  M101
  • Atlanta GA, Sat. November 20th, 4 pm-6:30 pm
    Special Focus: Syntactical Searching in Accordance
    Marriott Atlanta Marquis
    265 Peachtree Center Avenue
    Atlanta, GA 30303
    (404) 521-0000
    Room:  A703

More seminars are planned, so watch this space!

PLEASE make the sessions known to the staff and students on any campus in the area, as well as to any users you know. We will not necessarily be able to notify each seminary or college in the vicinity of the seminar, so if you have a contact or are on such a campus, please arrange to pass on the information.

All-day seminars (9 to 5) will consist of two sessions with a break for lunch. The first session will introduce Accordance, the underlying concepts, the interface and searching, and the range of available materials, and is suitable for non-users and new users. The second session will demonstrate graphic tools, user tools, the advanced search and analysis capabilities with special emphasis on the Greek and Hebrew tagged texts and accompanying tools. Users are encouraged to bring their own laptops to follow the projected demonstrations.

Shorter seminars at academic institutions focus on the Greek and Hebrew texts and tools.

A sales representative is usually available to offer upgrades and new purchases at a special seminar discount.


New schedule for seminars

We invite you to try our new custom training seminars, where we encourage you to pick the sessions of most interest to you, and skip some of the others.

The feedback from our seminars is generally excellent, except for one recurring recommendation: that we separate our users into the beginners and the experienced, and into English users and Greek and Hebrew students. This is easier said than done! To arrange for two rooms, projectors and screens, and two trainers, or one room for two days, is not so simple. Since our seminars are free we cannot simply book rooms in a nearby hotel.

So we are trying a new schedule for our fall seminars: we'll stretch them into the evening, and postpone the Greek and Hebrew and the more complex searches until the evening session. This will enable us to cover the overview of the Accordance interface, the palettes and windows, searching and amplifying, the graphical products, and the user modules in greater depth but a more relaxed pace.

9:00-12:30: Accordance interface: Windows and Palettes, Searching, Amplifying, and Customizing.

2:00-5:00: Map, Timeline and Images, User Tools and Notes.

6:30-10:00: Greek and Hebrew, Constructs, Advanced searches and wildcards.

We strongly request that you come to the morning introductory sessions, or watch the training videos or podcasts ahead of time. We will not have time to repeat all that material in the later sessions for any who are unfamiliar with Accordance, and in any case, even experienced users often comment on the valuable information they gained in that first session. If you plan to skip the first session, be sure that you are familiar with the Accordance interface and basic searching. The online videos and podcasts offer helpful preparation.


Registration for seminars

We have decided no longer to charge for registration at seminars, so they are completely free to all attendees. However, it greatly aids our planning if attendees do let us know as soon as possible if they plan to come, and inform us if their plans change. Please register at least 5 days in advance by sending an email to seminars(at)accordancebible(dot)com. You can also use this address for any questions about the seminars.


Conferences

OakTree Software will also be presenting Accordance at these upcoming meetings:

WHW Conference Los Angeles, CA, Oct. 4-8, 2010

Catalyst Conference-Atlanta The Arena at Gwinnett Center, Duluth, GA, Oct. 6-8, 2010

Evangelical Theological Society Atlanta, GA, Nov. 17-19, 2010

Society of Biblical Literature Atlanta, GA, Nov. 20-23, 2010

Please come and see us if you can, and tell any friends who may be attending these meetings or in the area.