[Nfb-editors] Food for Thought: Presenting Our Message as Theater

[Robert Leslie Newman]

Tina 

What a creative thought! (I've been thinking the same sort of thing. I'm the
Chairman of the Newsletter Publication Committee and Doctor Maurer's letter
to me read:
 "..The purpose of the Federation's Newsletter Publications Committee is to
consider questions dealing with the Braille Monitor, state newsletters, and
the total range of communications and information throughout our movement."
And so when I grasped that phrase "...the total range of communications and
information throughout our movement..." I saw our job to be more than just
dealing with our classic Newsletter. And you bet, the new Social Media and
the new young crowd that is coming up, as all generations before them, are
use to the newer set of tools and ways. So we best get onto who and what
they are and get at them "where they live." 

Any further thoughts, suggestions? And I sure need an insightful speaker on
the new social  media stuff! 


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On Behalf Of Tina Hansen
Sent: Monday, May 02, 2011 7:52 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
Cc: Correspondence Committee Mailing List
Subject: [Nfb-editors] Food for Thought: Presenting Our Message as Theater

Not long ago, I learned that the Braille Institute in Los Angeles,
California, produced a series of recordings called Sound Solutions. They
present tools and techniques for coping with blindness and vision loss in a
number of dramatic formats. I thought: it might be cool if we could do that.
We do have a play at our National convention, but that's about it.

I'm not sure if I agree with everything they present, but I still think we
can learn from it. To get an idea of what they do, you can go to

http://www.airsla.org/soundsolutions.asp 

The episodes cover topics such as: home management, coping skills, and many
other topics, and with one exception, most of them are 30 minutes or less.

I'm presenting this for what it's worth, since I know that we have some
creative people out there, and I also know that if we can present our
message in a creative way, it might interest the younger generation. Check
it out. Thanks.
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