From silvermanresearch7 at gmail.com Wed Jun 18 17:58:02 2014 From: silvermanresearch7 at gmail.com (Arielle Silverman) Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 10:58:02 -0700 Subject: [Blindvet-talk] Seeking more participants for employment research study Message-ID: Hi all, My name is Arielle Silverman, and I just completed a doctorate in psychology at the University of Colorado at Boulder. My advisor, Dr. Geoffrey Cohen, and I are collectingsome additional data to round out our study investigating blind and visually impaired adults? experiences with preparing for and getting employment. We are looking for legally blind adults over the age of 18 who live in the United States and who are currently seeking employment, as well as high school and college seniors and graduate students who plan to graduate by December 2014, to participate in our study. This study consists of three phases, which you will complete entirely online. During the first phase, you will answer some questions about your background, attitudes and personal experiences, and will write a short essay about a personally significant event. This session will last for about 45 minutes. Then, you will be asked to fill out a brief questionnaire every night for the next seven days, describing your experiences and things you did during the day. Each of these should take about 10 minutes. Finally, about a month from now, you will fill out another online survey similar to the first one, which should take about half an hour. In exchange for your participation, you will receive three $10 gift certificates to a merchant of your choice (either Amazon.com, Itunes.com, Olive Garden Restaurant, or AMC Theaters), one for each phase of the study. To be eligible to participate, you must be: (1) a legally blind adult aged 18 or older living in the United States; and either (2) currently seeking a long-term job, or (3) a student planning to graduate by December 2014 and then planning to seek employment after graduation. High school, college and graduate students are all eligible, as long as you intend to seek employment immediately after graduating; and (4) you must have not completed the study last year. To complete the first part of the study and receive your first $10 gift certificate, please go to: http://ucsas.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1OdonrYSXxrepfL Or, if you would prefer, you may email me at Arielle.silverman at colorado.edu To request a text version of the initial survey. If you are not eligible to participate yourself, we would appreciate it if you could forward this announcement to anyone you know who is eligible and who might be interested. If you have any questions before, during or after the study, feel free to contact me at Arielle.silverman at colorado.edu You may also contact Dr. Geoffrey Cohen at Cohen.geoff at gmail.com Thank you in advance for your participation in our research. From misterconsultant50 at gmail.com Thu Jun 19 21:41:48 2014 From: misterconsultant50 at gmail.com (Dwight Sayer) Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 17:41:48 -0400 Subject: [Blindvet-talk] FW: [Nfbnet-members-list] Seeking your assistance (Focus groups in Orlando) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1acf01cf8c07$47758ea0$d660abe0$@gmail.com> -----Original Message----- From: Nfbnet-members-list [mailto:nfbnet-members-list-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Jolliff, Tiffany via Nfbnet-members-list Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2014 5:07 PM To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Seeking your assistance (Focus groups in Orlando) My name is Tiffany Jolliff and I am the research coordinator at National Industries for the Blind (NIB). NIB is focused on its mission to create and sustain employment opportunities for people who are blind or visually impaired. I will be attending the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) 2014 Conference and Convention, and while there, I am interested in conducting focus groups with people between the ages of 45 and 64 who are blind. Vision loss and employment are closely linked for this age group, and I am researching how NIB can help this group circumvent potential barriers to employment. If you are attending the NFB convention and interested in participating in this focus group, please take a minute to respond to the following survey. The survey is intended to gauge your interest in participating in a focus group, and to identify the dates and times that work best in your undoubtedly busy schedule. If you are not planning to attend the 2014 NFB conference this year and would still be interested in participating in my research, this survey also offers the option to provide contact information for future participation. Any contact information you provide in this survey will be seen by only me, and will be used for the sole purpose of contacting you about your focus group. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at tjolliff at nib.org or by phone at 703-310-0583. Here is a link to the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2014NFBFocusGroupSurvey When prompted for a password, enter NFB2014. Thank you, and enjoy the conference. Tiffany Jolliff Research Coordinator National Industries for the Blind 1310 Braddock Place Alexandria, VA 22314 (703) 310-0500 - main (703) 310-0583 - direct tjolliff at nib.org www.nib.org _______________________________________________ Nfbnet-members-list mailing list Nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org List archives: --- This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus protection is active. http://www.avast.com