[Pibe-division] Be Seen

[Dr. Denise M. Robinson]

Be SEEN 
As I set 
up and teach my students about SKYPE or Google Video, I often hear the 
phrase, "I don't need video because I'm blind!"

I remind them of our 
lessons on "looking people in the face," when talking to them, standing and 
walking tall and confident, and making that personal connection. It is the same 
principal. Sighted people want to "see" you. To make a good impression, we need 
to hold ourselves in a certain way and with the majority of people being 
sighted, they want to see, so let's be SEEN. 

Even when I virtually meet 
with people around the country: Given a choice of whether we do just voice over 
a phone or video conferencing, across the board, people want video. It does not 
matter that you cannot see someone; video is like standing next to them, making 
that connection, almost like a touch. It is getting outside ourselves and 
thinking about what works best for that other person. Then finding a way to make 
it happen and accomplishing so much more in the process

       Denise 
 
Denise M. Robinson, TVI, Ph.D. 
Teacher of the Blind & Visually Impaired
TechVision-Independent Contractor
Specialist in blind programming/teaching/training
509-674-1853     deniserob at gmail.com

http://blindgeteducated.blogspot.com/
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