Everything You Need to Know About The Family Photo Keeper Academy

What is The Family Photo Keeper Academy?

The Family Photo Keeper Academy is a subscription-based, membership learning community. It’s filled with people just like you, family photo keepers with a lifetime of old family photos containing precious memories. The Academy will take you from photo memory chaos in boxes and bins to an organized collection that will bring you peace and joy and is more likely to be welcomed by your children.

It’s where you can learn how to manage your memories, at your own pace, in a like-minded community. No more trying to figure photo organizing out on your own, or thinking you already should know how to do it.

In the Academy, you’ll learn how to manage all your photo memories – no matter the format – with easy-to-follow tutorials, proven systems and expert advice. Plus, you’ll have access to professional support whenever you’re stuck.

What problems will it solve?

The Academy isn’t for everyone, and it’s relatively specific to whom it helps. Here are the problems the membership solves: 

• You have boxes and bins of photos from two or more generations with little or no organization, and it’s overwhelming.
• You likely have some of the following: slides, videotapes, old home movies, memorabilia, and digital photos. And you are sure what the best solution is.
• You aren’t sure where to start, how to modernize old formats, nor the best ways to share memories with others.
• Your kids may have told you (or you think they might) that they don’t want the photos (but in your heart you are pretty sure the memories are important to them).
• You’ve tried to tackle photo organizing on your own, but you’ve started and stopped as you got stuck or other priorities arose.

Why was the Academy membership Created?

I believe that you can both enjoy your memories in the present and leave a meaningful collection for future generations. In my 20 years of working with family photo keepers in person, I’ve seen that this is true.

With the rise of technology, the decline in album making, the pandemic and more, I realized that I can help even more people by reaching out online. But simply writing instructional articles and providing done-for-you services and one-off phone calls was not solving the problem for the majority of people.

I realized that most people wanted – and needed – to be able to work side by side with a professional in order to get it done, just like the old days of my classes and workshops. The Family Photo Keeper Academy gave me a way to help people just in this way.

What’s Included in the membership?

Here’s what’s included in the Family Photo Keeper Academy:

• Monthly live Q&A calls where you can ask me live or submit questions in advance. The calls are recorded and transcribed for future reference.
• Monthly Virtual Co-Working Workshops where we all work on our photos together, and you can ask questions while you work. These also give you a commitment to keep to yourself and others to keep working on the project. This is available to the public for a fee, but members Academy members may attend free.
• Community is an aspect of the monthly events, and it is continued in our private Facebook Group. You are not alone!
• Accountability – You may sign up to receive a weekly email from me that asks you to reply to three questions. You get my personal attention on your success.
• An organized Learning Center with all materials broken down into the categories of Organize, Preserve, Celebrate and Share. Currently this Learning Center is housed in our private Facebook Group under the heading GUIDES.
• Member Discounts – Current members can purchase any of my 1:1 consulting or done-for-you services at a 10% discount, even when they are on sale.
• Trainings and Printable Guides are planned for the future. These will be sold to the public but Adademy members will receive free access to them.

I’m not on Facebook. Is it still worth it to join?

Yes, I believe so. The only aspect you will miss out on is the community within the private Facebook group. You’ll still have access to all the events (hosted on Zoom), the training materials, and every other benefit of Academy membership.

I don’t live in the USA. Will I be able to attend the live events?

Currently the Q&A Zoom calls are on the second Saturday of the month at noon Mountain Time. However, I am totally open to changing the day and time to something that works for the majority of the community. These calls are also recorded and can be watched after the fact.

The Co-Working Workshops run from noon till 8:30 pm on the fourth Saturday of the month (November and December excepted). The times usually work so that anyone in another time zone can attend for at least a few hours. I am open to changing the day if it works for the majority of attendees, however, several regular US attendees are not yet retired and can only work on the weekends.