[humanser] organizing information, more work-related questions

Fri Apr 22 14:46:52 UTC 2016

I like your approach Justin. I use notes all the time, and yes they are linkable to dropbox. I have dropbox on my phone. People are pretty accommodating and I've noticed that people with "differences " seem to understand that we need accommodations more than someone who does not have a disability or mental health issue.

Ericka Short
"What is right is not always popular; what is popular is not always right."

 from my iPhone

> On Apr 22, 2016, at 9:20 AM, justin williams via Humanser <humanser at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Just explain to them that you can't read their print, but filling it out is
> for records, but sense that you are the contact person, anyone who wants
> contacting should come to you after filling it out, and also tell you the
> number.
> If there is too many people, you may not be able to do this.
> Another way is to use the notes app on the phone, or buy a really good notes
> app from the apple vis to just write down that info so you don't have to
> text it to your self.  Maybe find a way to get the info into your dropbox
> folder from you phone; you can do that with the notes app from what I
> understand.
> Justin
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Reyazuddin,
> Yasmin via Humanser
> Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 8:40 AM
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> Cc: Reyazuddin, Yasmin <Yasmin.Reyazuddin at montgomerycountymd.gov>
> Subject: Re: [humanser] organizing information, more work-related questions
> 
> Hi Lisa, 
> I am glad to know that your employer purchased JAWS for you. 
> Regarding your questions, I have a few ideas. 
> At the end of your presentation or meeting, you collect the forms and bring
> them to work. You have to contact the people by email or phone. 
> I like to use excel spreadsheets for this task. For every community meeting
> start a new one. Put the name of the person, their phone in the next cell,
> and email address in the next. This way you have a clear idea on who asked
> for what. Every worksheet will gather all your information in one place. 
> Same could be used for your faith based communities. Keep the descriptions
> of the mission in a word document. The stuff you do at home, can you send to
> your work by email.  I would not send the client info by email, but find out
> if you could bring your laptop to work and transfer the information to the
> work desktop. 
> Again I encourage you to polish up your braille skills. They can come in
> handy in labeling the materials you pick up at a resource fair or bring the
> ones from your organization.
> Let us know if these tips are helpful. 
> 
> 
> 
> Yasmin Reyazuddin 
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Humanser [mailto:humanser-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisa Irving
> via Humanser
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2016 9:43 PM
> To: 'Human Services Division Mailing List' <humanser at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Lisa Irving <peacefulwoman89 at cox.net>
> Subject: [humanser] organizing information, more work-related questions
> 
> Hi All,
> 
> 
> 
> I'm pretty excited to share that my employer purchased JAWS. I'm a bit
> nervous that, for the most part, I've been left out of the loop. I've done
> my best to provide resources and support. I hope to tell you sometime next
> week that all is well with JAWS on the workplace desktop. 
> 
> 
> 
> I've learned a little bit more about some of my job responsibilities and, of
> course, that brings up additional questions. Here are my questions. I
> apologize if they're not clear. 
> 
> 
> 
> At this point I will not have the option to take a company laptop into the
> community and I'm not supposed to use my personal laptop for work purposes.
> This poses challenges at a number of levels. One concern I have has to do
> with paperwork that I pass out to participants at the end of a meeting. The
> group is asked to fill out the form. I'm supposed to collect the completed
> forms; take them back to the office; look over the form to see if any
> participant has requested information or  phone contact. I'm also supposed
> to do something with tallying information I'm supposed to photocopy each
> form and put it into a particular hard-copy file.. I'm not too clear about
> that task. I don't know how to pull all of this together and do my job
> without a laptop. Ideas? 
> 
> 
> 
> I know that JD and others shared how they organize resources. I'm still a
> little lost. I've got a bag of print brochures; flyers and other papers that
> I've collected at a couple of resource fairs and at Earth Day. I understand
> that I can use the Pearl Camera to scan each item. I don't know how to
> organize the information from that point. I don't know how I'm supposed to
> retrieve a resource without the use of a laptop. Ideas? 
> 
> 
> 
> Last week I was tasked with finding faith-based organizations. I worked from
> home; used the internet and tried editing some of the lists I found.
> Subsequently while at work, and without internet access, I used my cell
> phone to get phone numbers for some of the places; there's over 500 places
> of worship listed. At work I've called some of these places to  introduce
> faith-based leaders and their members to our organization and our approach
> to living with a mental health challenge; wellness education and other tools
> as defined by the participant, including meaning and purpose/spirituality.
> Some of these organizations asked to have information emailed. I've got
> their email information and it's not well organized. For example, I have a
> list of places of faith that begins with the letter "A". There's probably 30
> places. I've started to create headings; that's tedious and maybe not the
> most effective way to list these places. I've been inserting phone numbers
> and email addresses into a word document. There's got to be a more effective
> way to do all of this. What is it? 
> 
> 
> 
> I've been permitted to use my laptop and work from home for the past few
> weeks. Now I have saved work emails; the faith-based project and a few
> resources. I don't know how to finish the faith-based project if I can't
> transfer it from my laptop to the company's desktop. (We can't use thumb
> drives). 
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks so much to JD, Carli and so many of you for doing a little
> hand-holding and sharing tips-n-tricks. 
> 
> 
> 
> From,
> 
> Lisa Irving 
> 
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