[Nfb-seniors] Fw: National Senior Division Hosts Nationwide Conference Calls March through June 2017

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Announcement--Nfb SENIOR DIVISION SPONSORS FOUR CONFERENCE CALLS SPRING 2017

Thursday, March 23, 2017, Art Schriber will moderate The Blind Consumer, 
Interacting with Hospital and Emergency Room Professionals While Receiving 
Medical Care With Confidence.

Thursday, April 13, 2017 Diane McGeorge with Duncan Larsen will moderate 
Live The Life You Want: Be A Senior In Charge of Your Destiny

Thursday, May 18, 2017 Wayne Marshall with his colleagues from the Senior 
Support Group at the Colorado Center forthe Blind will continue the 
discustion of independence, Seniors In Charge: Cane Travel, Blindness 
Training Essential Elements To Attain Newfound Independence

Thursday, June 15, 2017 Shelley Copel will moderate a discustion with fellow 
South Carolinians who have taken correspondence courses from Hadley to 
obtain nonvisual skills, What Options Do I Have To Learn Needed Skills From 
Sources Other Than My State Agency?

Information on calling
The times we have determined to be most advantageous for many people are 
listed below.
4:00 Eastern time
3:00 Central Time
2:00 Mountain Time
1:00 Pacific Time

The numbers to use are the following:
To dial into the call: 712 432-1500 then the access code:
759633 followed by the pound key.

We ask that, as a courtesy to others and, for you also to hear the call more 
clearly,  that after joining the call you put yourself in (muteeaar mode by 
pressing star 6. You will be aable to hear everyone on the call but we will 
not hear any extra noise from your location such as your clock chiming, dog 
barking, or rattling of dishes.

When you wish to participate, simply press star 6 and you will (unmuteeaar 
yourself and be able to enter into the conversation. Please remute after you 
have finished your comments.

We hope you will join us on any or all of these  conference calls. Please 
tell your friends and fellow seniors so they can join  as well.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ruth S via NFB-Seniors
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2017 1:08 PM
To: Annely Rose via NFB-Seniors
Cc: Ruth S
Subject: Re: [Nfb-seniors] Fw: National Senior Division Hosts Nationwide 
Conference Calls March through June 2017

Good Afternoon,
You are correct. The calls are not listed by topic or date in this email. 
Please see the attached file. Thank you very much.
Ruth Sager, President,
NFB Senior Division

On Mar 20, 2017 9:17 PM, Annely Rose via NFB-Seniors 
<nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Maybe I missed it somewhere in the email, but I don't read the dates of 
> these calls, only the time of day.
>
> Annely
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 3/20/17, Janie Degenshein via NFB-Seniors <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org> 
> wrote:
>
> Subject: [Nfb-seniors] Fw: National Senior Division Hosts Nationwide 
> Conference Calls March through June 2017
> To: "nfb seniors div list" <nfb-seniors at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: "Janie Degenshein" <jdegen16 at comcast.net>
> Date: Monday, March 20, 2017, 5:29 PM
>
> Perhaps, others may wish to post to
> their newsline coordinators for posting
> statewide as well?
> Just a thought folks
>
> From: Christian R. Riehl
> Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 4:25 PM
> To: Janie Degenshein
> Cc: ruth sager
> Subject: RE: National Senior Division Hosts Nationwide
> Conference Calls
> March through June 2017
>
> Hi Janie,
>
> This is now posted, as well, with the title of The NASB to
> Host 4 Telephone
> Conference Workshops.
>
> Take care,
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> From: Janie Degenshein [mailto:jdegen16 at comcast.net]
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 12:43 PM
> To: Christian R. Riehl <criehl at njstatelib.org>
> Cc: ruth sager <rsager78 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Fw: National Senior Division Hosts Nationwide
> Conference Calls
> March through June 2017
>
>
>
> Please post this on our newsline
>
> Thanks
>
> From: Janie Degenshein
>
> Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2017 11:44 AM
>
> To: Janie Degenshein ; Joe Ruffalo
>
> Subject: National Senior Division Hosts Nationwide
> Conference Calls March
> through June 2017
>
>
>
> The National  Association of Senior Blind (NASB)
> otherwise known as the
> National Senior Division of  the NFB is proud to host 4
> telephone conference
> workshops with a host and moderator of each call.
>
> The information presented and discussed is focused on senior
> blindness
> issues and will hopefully allow all seniors  to feel
> more confident and live
> more independently.
>
> To access these conference workshops  dial
> 712-432-1500, then use access
> code 759633 pound.
> You will hear the code you entered repeated. Press 1 if it
> is correct. Press
> 2 to re-enter it. If you press 1, you then announce yourself
> by stating your
> name and you will then be entered into the conference call.
>
> In order to obtain the best possible sound for these calls,
> it is
> recommended that each caller, after dialing in, press star 6
> which puts you
> in a "mute" mode. You will be able to hear everything
> during the call but
> background noise from your location will not disturb others
> listening in on
> the conversation. When you wish to speak and enter the
> discussion, press
> star 6 and you will be released from the "mute" mode and
> able to
> participate. It is also highly recommended that each person
> wishing to speak
> state his or her name and wait for the moderator to
> recognize you before
> speaking. We can have too many people trying to seek the
> floor at one time
> The moderators will do their very best to recognize as
> many callers as possible however, they will determine the
> order in which
> speakers proceed. When finished with your comments, press
> star 6 again to go
> back into "mute" mode to facilitate better, uncluttered
> communication for
> everyone. Star 6 also works when you have your phone on
> speaker.
>
> The times for the calls are
> 4:00 Eastern
> 3:00 Central
> 2:00 Mountain
> 1:00 Pacific
>
>
> Because our conference calls contain information that's
> helpful and
> interesting to blind seniors, we archive all of them within
> hours of their
> completion. You can listen to our most recent archives by
> calling
> 712-432-1202, and entering the access code 759633 pound
> followed by the call
> reference code. There are 11 of our most recent calls for
> you to choose
> from. You can also listen to them through your computer or
> mobile device by
> visiting http://seniors.nfb.org/ConferenceRecordingsPage.html.
> We hope you
> enjoy and learn from them.
>
> For more information regarding the NFB National Senior
> Division, please
> visit
> seniors.nfb.org.
>
> and for more information  regarding our own Senior
> Division of the National
> Federation of the Blind of New Jersey,, please visit
> www.nfbnj.org/senior-blind
>
> or email me, Jane Degenshein at:
>
> jdegen16 at comcast.net
> Calls for 2017
>          Thursday, March 23,
> 2017:
> Art Schriber will moderate The Blind Consumer, Interacting
> with Hospital and
> Emergency Room Professionals While Receiving Medical Care
> With Confidence.
>
>          Thursday, April 13,
> 2017:
> Diane McGeorge with Duncan Larsen will moderate Live The
> Life You Want: Be A
> Senior In Charge of Your Destiny
>
>          Thursday, May 18,
> 2017:
> Wayne Marshall with his colleagues from the Senior Support
> Group at the
> Colorado Center for the Blind will continue the discussion
> of independence,
> Seniors In Charge: Cane Travel, Blindness Training Essential
> Elements To
> Attain Newfound Independence
>
>          Thursday, June 15,
> 2017:
> Shelley Copel will moderate a discussion with fellow South
> Carolinians who
> have taken correspondence courses from Hadley to obtain
> nonvisual skills,
> What Options Do I Have To Learn Needed Skills From Sources
> Other Than My
> State Agency?
>
> Archived Calls
> ·         June 8, 2016 -
> Let's Keep Writing and . Publishing and More
> Moderator: Robert Leslie Newman, member of the NFB
> Writers' Division
> Reference code: 17 pound
>
> ·         May 11, 2016 -
> How To Solve The Little problems in Your Life When
> Significant Vision Loss occurs
> Moderator: Ruth Sager
> Reference code: 16 pound
>
> ·         April 13, 2016 -
> Churchgoing Making Everyone more Comfortable with
> Our Blindness
> Moderator: Tom Anderson, president of the national
> Association of the Blind
> in Communities of Faith
> Reference code: 15 pound
>
> ·         march 17, 2016 -
> Losing Vision and Adapting to Life's Changes
> Moderator: Shelley Copel
> Reference code: 14 pound
>
> Additional archived calls can be viewed at
> http://seniors.nfb.org/ConferenceRecordingsPage.html.
>
> Keep Smiling,
> Janie Degenshein
> Happiness isn't having what you want, but wanting what you
> already have!
> Facilitator of ECHO (Eyes Closed Hearts Open)
> state affiliate board member
> President of the senior division of the National Federation
> of the Blind of
> New Jersey
> President of the Technology division of the National
> federation of the Blind
> of New Jersey
> NFBNJ Newsline co-ordinator
> jdegen16 at comcast.net
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