[nabs-l] On-line "get a job" seminar

[Peter Donahue]

Good evening everyone,

    I have repeatedly told several accounts of how I was able to attend a 
national convention having to deal with a number of extenuating 
circumstances. I have also seen several other members do the same. There's 
the lady that left a hospital on a Saturday afternoon after having her 
gallbladder removed and a hernia repaired and that same evening board a 
flight to Dallas for last year's national convention. Both her and I were 
out on the march the following Wednesday with many others. I know because I 
traveled with her. And we did it without a single cent of assistance from 
anyone.

    There was also the gentleman who was encouraged by members of his 
chapter to attend a national convention in 1984 during the June chapter 
meeting. That gentleman got busy and found the cash to put him in Phoenix. 
And it was a good thing he rose to the challenge as he and his wife 
celebrated their 24th Wedding Anniversary last month.

    There were several members that gave birth during the national 
convention. And for a few others the national convention was the last stop 
on their road of life. We've seen countless cases in which members who 
thought they couldn't afford to attend the national convention rise to the 
challenge and come to experience this life-changing event and they're glad 
they did. They set the example for others to follow. The assistance is 
there, but you must first believe you can attend and find a way to get 
there. There are too many examples of members who due to extenuating 
circumstances thought they couldn't attend the national convention but when 
they began to believe they could be there they made it happen and had their 
lives changed forever.

 Webinars are great, but a total immersion experience is the gold standard! 
Would you want someone to just tell you how to use a cane online, or meet 
successful blind role models who can actually show you how to use a cane at 
an NFB event? Would you want someone to just explain how they do their job 
over the Net, or have one or more blind persons walk you through what they 
do and show you the alternative techniques they use during an NFB employment 
seminar at the national convention?My advice to all of you is to find a way 
to be with us in Detroit this summer and get the total immersion experience; 
not just half of the program. This advice comes from someone who has 
constructed Web sites and other Internet resources for numerous NFB 
affiliates. Mary and I hope to see many of you in Detroit.

Peter Donahue

 ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Reed" <jim275_2 at yahoo.com>
To: <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 2:42 PM
Subject: [nabs-l] On-line "get a job" seminar


Hello,
Many peole keep mentioning that there will be an employment seminar at the 
national convention. They seem to be missing the point of a web seminar. Not 
all (do I dare say most?) blind people will be unable to go to the national 
convention due to schedule conflicts, family commitments, financial issues, 
or they simply have no interest in going to Detroit in mid-summer.

I'm sure a web seminar would run counter to the NFB's stratagy of offering 
the employment seminar as an attraction drawing people to the national 
convention; to that I say "so what?". What a web seminar would do is provide 
everyone access to the necisary information; not just those who can afford 
to attend the convention.

Unfourtunatly, I have no skills or knowledge in disability law, nor do I 
have any knowledge on how to put on a web seminar. Hopefully someone with 
more knowledge or experience within these realms will take this idea and run 
with it. I would be willing to help, but I'm afraid I would be of little 
use.

Jim

"Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed."



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