[Nfb-announce] Seeking Successful Blind Business Owners for BLAST Conference
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Wed Jul 13 18:03:01 UTC 2011
>Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:20:26 -0500
>To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
>From: "Kevan Worley"
><kevanworley at blindmerchants.org> (by way of David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com>)
>Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Seeking
>Successful Blind Business Owners for BLAST Conference
>
>Greetings Colleagues,
>
>Business Leadership and Superior Training
>(BLAST+) for blind entrepreneurs is quickly
>approaching. I need to find some successful
>blind owners of businesses to highlight at this
>training, networking and leadership development
>event. If you know of any of the following:
>1. Blind individuals who have recently had
>successful case closures because they became
>employed as a small business owner. That is to
>say, they opened their own business with or
>without rehab support
we need to know about them.
>2. If you are a successful blind business
>owner, I would like to hear from you. If you
>know of rehab counselors or employment
>specialist or agency self-employment specialists
>I would like to be in touch with them. We have a
>few all-expense paid trips to the BLAST+
>conference available. The BLAST+ conference will
>spend significant time this year providing
>education and networking for those who are
>engaged in developing business ventures for the
>blind outside of the Randolph Sheppard program.
>
>BLAST+ will occur on September 21-24 at the
>Airport Marriott in Nashville, Tennessee.
>Additional information can be found at
><http://www.blindmerchants.org>www.blindmerchants.org.
>I look forward to hearing from any of my
>colleagues on this matter. Time is of an essence.
>
>Kevan Worley
>(1-866) 543-6808
>Extension 14
>kevanworley at blindmerchants.org
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