[Nfbk] Hadley eConnect, June 22, 2012

Fri Jun 22 14:53:57 UTC 2012

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Welcome to the new format of eConnect! eConnect will now come out every Friday
morning.

In each issue, you will find a menu with links to each item in the email.
eConnect will continue to announce upcoming Seminars at Hadley as well as share
information about new courses, events and more about what's happening at Hadley.
You can click the link to read more about the item that is of interest to you!

In this issue...

Reminder: Seminars at Hadley Presents: A Brailliant Way to Stay Social

Next Seminars at Hadley Presents: Where Did I Put It? and Braille Literacy-Hadley
Style

PowerPoint and LinkedIn "Modules" Now Available!

Seminars at Hadley Presents: A Brailliant Way to Stay Social

Date: Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Time: 11:00 AM CDT, 16:00 GMT

Life today is all about staying connected! What better way to stay social than
to shoot a text to a friend, tweet a sweet place to eat and see who is posting
to your wall? Discover how to do all of this and more by pairing an iOS Apple
device with a Brailliant braille display by Humanware.

Join Seminars at Hadley as Humanware’s Braille Product Specialist Greg Stilson
presents on how to explore texting, Twitter and Facebook in an exciting new way!

Hadley’s Instructor of Assistive Technology Douglas Walker will moderate this
60-minute seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the
seminar.

Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are
available to attend so that others are not closed out. [1]To register for this
seminar, follow this link.

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Seminars at Hadley Presents: Where Did I Put It?

Date: Friday, June 29, 2012

Time: 2:00 PM CDT, 19:00 GMT

Have you ever searched your entire home for an item, only to eventually find it
exactly where you first looked? Are you frustrated because you are constantly
asking questions such as, “Is this the tomato soup?” Would you like to take
greater charge of your life by labeling and organizing your home? Polly Abbott,
Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist at the Guild for the Blind, will share
strategies and tips for organizing and identifying your belongings.

Join Seminars at Hadley as Polly provides further information on how you can create
independence through a system of organization.

Larry Muffet, a member of Hadley’s Seminars team, will moderate this seminar. A
question and answer period will be included as part of the seminar.

Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are
available to attend so that others are not closed out. [2]To register for this
seminar, follow this link.

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Seminars at Hadley Presents: Braille Literacy - Hadley Style

Date: Monday, July 2, 2012

Time: 1:00 PM CDT, 18:00 GMT

Did you know that Hadley’s first course offered at a distance back in 1920 was a
braille course? Do you wonder how this was possible? How does this method of
learning to read and write braille really work at a distance?

Join Seminars at Hadley as instructors Sharon Howerton and Susan Fisher explain the
braille courses they teach from the early fundamentals of tracking to the
alphabet through contracted braille.

Dean of Educational Programs and Instruction Doug Anzlovar will moderate this
60-minute seminar. A question and answer session will be included as part of the
seminar.

Space in this seminar is limited. Please only register if you know you are
available to attend so that others are not closed out. [3]To register for this
seminar, follow this link.

Mark Your Calendars! [4]For a complete list of tenatively scheduled future
seminars, follow this link.

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PowerPoint and LinkedIn "Modules" Now Available!

The much requested online “modules” (one-lesson courses) on PowerPoint and
LinkedIn are now available. Adult Continuing Education and High School Students
are welcomed to enroll today:

[5]FCE 290—Using PowerPoint 2010

[6]FCE 280—Networking with LinkedIn

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References

1. http://hadley.edu/SeminarDetails.asp?sid=143
2. http://hadley.edu/SeminarDetails.asp?sid=144
3. http://hadley.edu/SeminarDetails.asp?sid=145
4. http://hadley.edu/SeminarUpcomings.asp#list
5. http://hadley.edu/ShowCourseDetail.asp?courseid=FCE-290
6. http://hadley.edu/ShowCourseDetail.asp?courseid=FCE-280
7. http://hadley.edu/eNewsletter.asp
8. http://www.facebook.com/thehadleyschoolfortheblind
9. http://www.twitter.com/thehadleyschool
10. http://www.hadley.edu/AboutHadley.asp
11. http://www.hadley.edu/enroll
12. http://www.hadley.edu/donate.asp

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