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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From Tracy Soforenko, President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I’ve heard many of our members expressing frustration with the lack of training and/or inaccessibility of collaboration tools like Microsoft Teams.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am thrilled that our Jernigan Institute team has prepared and will offer the following free training. Please be aware you must register in advance. Other trainings on Excel and PowerPoint along with other great training is offered but you must register.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Upcoming Event: Comparison of Collaboration Tools:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>[Boutique rescheduled from March 16]</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><a name="_Hlk98762585"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>As the Covid pandemic continued on, businesses and teams of all types adapted to collaborating and working together online. </span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To facilitate this, a number of apps and services have sprung up to enable teams in widely distributed areas to seamlessly work with each other. Come join the National Federation of the Blind Center of Excellence in Nonvisual Access on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, from 1:00-5:00 p.m., eastern, via Zoom where we will compare the accessibility of several of the top collaboration services. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>Take advantage of these free opportunities and </span><a href="https://nfb.org/programs-services/center-excellence-nonvisual-access/trainings/accessibility-boutiques/accessibility-boutique-registration"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'>register for the accessibility boutique</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue'>s</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white'> today!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;margin-left:.25in;line-height:115%'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202 285-4595<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com">Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfb.org">www.nfb.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbv.org">www.nfbv.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want<o:p></o:p></p><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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#222222'><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>