<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> "Lewis, Anil" <<a href="mailto:ALewis@nfb.org">ALewis@nfb.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> January 27, 2020 at 8:07:00 AM CST<br><b>To:</b> "Andrews, Dave" <<a href="mailto:dandrews920@comcast.net">dandrews920@comcast.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> "Hackert, Matt" <<a href="mailto:mhackert@nfb.org">mhackert@nfb.org</a>>, Chancey Fleet <<a href="mailto:chancey.fleet@gmail.com">chancey.fleet@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>Nonvisual Access Conference and Call for Proposals</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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<span class="field"><span style="font-size:39.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Nonvisual Access Conference</span></span><span style="font-size:39.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h1>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<a href="https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/center-excellence-nonvisual-access/trainings/nonvisual-access-conference">https://www.nfb.org/programs-services/center-excellence-nonvisual-access/trainings/nonvisual-access-conference</a><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">A three-day, hands-on conference being offered at the National Federation of the Blind that includes a Teaching Access Technology Using Structured Discovery Techniques seminar along with
Accessible App Development seminars on the iOS and Android platforms.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Dates and Location<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Tuesday, April 14 through Thursday, April 16, 2020<br>
National Federation of the Blind<br>
200 East Wells Street</span><em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> at Jernigan Place</span></em><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Day 1: Teaching Access Technology Using Structured Discovery Techniques<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">April 14, 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Presented by access technology professionals focusing on the intersection between access technology education and structured discovery philosophy, this train-the-trainer seminar features
the structured discovery philosophy of teaching and learning access technology in a school setting or for professional development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This seminar is for teachers of the blind, blindness professionals, and developers.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green;font-weight:normal">What is Structured Discovery?<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Explores critical concepts rather than being presented a problem by an instructor<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Promotes problem solving in nonvisual skills and independence for the blind<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Depends on a Socratic method of teaching<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Days 2 & 3: Accessible App Development Seminars<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">April 15, 2020: Hands-on accessible iOS app development with Apple<br>
April 16, 2020: Hands-on accessible Android app development with Google<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In collaboration with accessibility professionals from Apple, Google, and the National Federation of the Blind, the accessible app development seminars are hands-on trainings that teach
developers and other business professionals how to improve their coding skills and make mobile apps accessible to blind and low-vision users.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">These seminars are for app developers and business professionals looking to create apps.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green;font-weight:normal">All Apps Can Be Designed To Be Accessible<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Banking and paying bills<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Healthcare management<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Email and professional tools<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Reading, games, other leisure activities<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Ordering food and obtaining transportation<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">When apps are not designed with accessibility in mind blind people are unable to benefit from their use and companies cannot cash in on this customer base.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration is opening soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green;font-weight:normal">Registration Rates<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Three-Day Conference Bundle: $125<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo3;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Single Day Rate: $50 per seminar<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration includes admission and lunch.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The final agenda will be confirmed by February 28, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:27.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;font-weight:normal">Call for Presentations<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are soliciting presentation proposals for the Teaching Access Technology Using Structured Discovery Techniques seminar. We encourage you to share your expertise! Presentation topics
may include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Training techniques<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Self-guided learning<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Theory of Technology Education<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4;background:white;box-sizing: border-box">
<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Any additional relevant topics<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Presentations can be thirty or sixty minutes in length. Interactive elements are encouraged.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:25.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:green;font-weight:normal">To Submit a Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please submit your proposal as a Word or Google document to Matt Hackert at <a href="mailto:mhackert@nfb.org"><span style="color:#005AA3">mhackert@nfb.org</span></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please include the title of your presentation, your name, affiliation, and contact details. Provide a brief description of your planned presentation's goal and what you will cover; bullet
points are fine as long as your planned content is substantive and clear.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline to submit proposals is February 14, 2020 and notifications of acceptance will be made February 21, 2020.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Although we cannot provide travel support to all presenters, limited assistance may be available for those otherwise not able to attend. Please inquire if assistance is needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Conference Chair</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Chancey Fleet, Assistive Technology Coordinator<br>
New York Public Library<br>
<a href="mailto:chanceyfleet@nypl.org"><span style="color:#005AA3">chanceyfleet@nypl.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Conference Coordinator</span></strong><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
Matt Hackert, Access Technology Specialist<br>
National Federation of the Blind<br>
<a href="mailto:mhackert@nfb.org"><span style="color:#005AA3">mhackert@nfb.org</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Nonvisual Access Conference is supported by the State of Maryland through the Nonvisual Accessibility Initiative (NVAI) grant administered by the Maryland Department of Disabilities
(MDOD), to support the NFB Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access (CENA) in Education, Public Information, and Commerce. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anil Lewis, M.P.A.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Executive Director<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">200 East Wells Street, Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(410) 659-9314, Ext. 2374 | <a href="mailto:alewis@nfb.org">
<span style="color:blue">alewis@nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Twitter: @AnilLife<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.
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