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From: Kevan Worley [mailto:kevanworley at worleyenterprises.com] 
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2013 6:04 AM
Subject: Please distribute this special announcement

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:

Cheryl Gross

Merchant Relations

National Association of Blind Merchants

Phone: (866) 543-6808, extension 14 

cherylgross at blindmerchants.org
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t%20Files\Content.Outlook\ZYKODS0Q\cherylgross at blindmerchants.org>  

 

National Association of Blind Merchants 
Announces Lone Star BLAST 2014

 

Colorado Springs, Colorado (November 8, 2013):  The National Association of
Blind Merchants (NABM) <http://www.blindmerchants.org/> , a division of the
National Federation of the Blind <http://www.nfb.org/> , today announced
that it has entered into an agreement with the Business Enterprises of Texas
to bring Business Leadership and Superior Training (BLAST) to Texas in
November of 2014.  BLAST is the national education networking and trade show
event.  The conference draws participants from the Randolph-Sheppard
community, the blind pursuing other business ventures, rehabilitation
professionals, and companies doing business with blind entrepreneurs.  Lone
Star BLAST! 2014 will be held at the Austin Renaissance Hotel from November
18-20, 2014.

 

Nicky Gacos, president of the National Association of Blind Merchants, said:
"We have begun to plan the biggest, boldest, most far-reaching training for
blind entrepreneurs and state agency personnel.  It will be a BLAST as big
as Texas.  By starting our planning so early we will put together training
that truly informs and inspires everyone associated with business enterprise
programs as well as many blind entrepreneurs with an interest in business
outside of the Randolph-Sheppard program.  We promised that we would hold
BLAST 2014 in Texas and we will.  If you dream it, plan it, and work hard at
it, you can do it. So just do it."

 

The NABM and National Federation of the Blind Entrepreneur Initiative will
jointly plan the conference. They are seeking ideas that will address the
diverse training needs and aspirations of blind entrepreneurs and those with
whom they work.  Working in conjunction with the RSA Buying Group, the
association has already begun planning the biggest trade show in its
history.  BLAST seminars will begin midday Tuesday, November 18, with
business development training on the morning of Wednesday, November 19.  The
trade show will take place Wednesday afternoon.  There will be a full day of
targeted education related to personal and professional growth on Thursday,
November 20.  BLAST will conclude with an all-star Lone Star BLAST banquet
and celebration on Thursday evening.  

 

Room reservations at the luxurious Austin Renaissance will be available soon
at the unbelievable low rate of $129 per night plus applicable taxes.

 

Austin is the home of the most diverse and lively music scene in the world.
NABM invites you to come for the high-caliber training, networking, and
Texas hospitality.  In an e-mail to constituents, President Gacos said: "If
you plan to attend any national training conference in 2014, make it the
Lone Star BLAST!"

 

Conference registration and hotel reservation details will be available in
early January 2014.  To offer your ideas for the kind of training you'd like
to have at the Lone Star BLAST, contact Kevan Worley, program chair, at
866-543-6808 or kevanworley at blindmerchants.org.  NABM has already begun
accepting trade show exhibitor registrations.

 

Think national training! Think opportunity! Think Austin Texas! Think BLAST!
Just do it.