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<div align="center"><b>NFB Employment Committee 2014 Job Seeker
Seminar<br>
The Interlocking Power Triad of Job Seeking: <br>
<u>Skill</u>, <u>Connection</u>, <u>Presentation<br>
</u>Tuesday July 1, 2014<br>
8:30 a.m. to Noon, Room W203B, Orlando Convention Center, Level 2<br>
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8:30 to 8:40: Intro, overview, expectations - Dick Davis and Robert L.
Newman<br>
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8:40 to 9:10 <i>SKILL</i>: Blinndness Skills Panel<br>
· Pam Allen, Executive Director, Louisiana Center for
the Blind, Ruston, LA <br>
· Julie Deden, Executive Director, Colorado Center
for the Blind, Littleton, CO<b> <br>
</b>· Dan Wenzel, Executive Director, BLIND, Inc.,
Minneapolis, MN<br><br>
9:10 to 9:30 <i>>SKILL</i>: Technology Skills<br>
· Jan Brandt, Program Specialist, Nebraska Commission
for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Lincoln, NE <br>
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9:30 to 10:00 <i>CONNECTION</i>: Networking Panel <br>
· David Ticchi, Public School Teacher and Special
Assistant to the President of Legal Seafood, Boston, MA<br>
· Carlos Servan, Deputy Director, VR, Nebraska
Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Lincoln, NE<br>
· Michael Bullis, Executive Director, Image Center,
Baltimore, MD <br>
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10:00 to 10:20 <i>CONNECTION</i>: Social Media <br>
· Corbb O’Connor, President & Business Growth
Consultant, O'Consulting Group; Louisville, KY<br>
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10:20 to 10:40 <i>CONNECTION</i>: Career Exploration <<br>
· Joe Strachey, AFB Career Connect, New York, NY<br>
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10:40 to 11:00 <i>CONNECTION</i>: Federal Employment, iincluding
resumes <br>
· Erika Crawford, U.S. Coast Guard, Office of
Civilian Human Resources <br>
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11:00 to 11:20 <i>PRESENTATION</i>: “So, tell mme about yourself. .
.” <br>
· Bethel Murphy, Career-Readiness/Transition
Specialist, Louisiana Center for the Blind, Ruston, LA<br>
· Dick Davis, Assistant Director for Employment
Programs, BLIND, Inc., Minneapolis, MN<br>
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11:20 to 11:40 - <i>PRESENTATION:</i> Interviewing <br>
· Chuck Young, President, and <br>
· Colleen Wunderlich, Director of The Forsythe Center
for Employment and Entrepreneurship, Hadley School for the Blind,
Winnetka, IL <br>
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11:40 to 12:00 - <i>PRESENTATION: </i>Turning Blindness into a Diversity
Asset <br>
· Phil LaBarbera, HR Consultant, Diversity &
Inclusion, Oracle, Redwood Shores, CA<br>
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12:00 - Wrap Up<br>
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<u>Next steps:</u> Mingle with the presenters or invite them to
lunch. From 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. attend the 2<sup>nd</sup> annual NFB Job
Fair in Grand Ballroom A, Level 1 in the hotel. Meet over 20 employers,
all interested in hiring blind people. Go to the Employment Committee
meeting on Friday, July 4 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in Salon 16, Level 2 in
the hotel. It will include a job exchange for employers and jobseekers,
so bring your resumes and job postings. <br>
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