[stylist] Face book and writing prompts/classes

Tue Oct 30 14:14:16 UTC 2012

Good suggestions, Mister Webmaster 

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From: stylist [mailto:stylist-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter Donahue
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 8:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [stylist] Face book and writing prompts/classes

Hello Robert and everyone,

    One thing I would suggest is creating archives of recordings of these classes and any hand-outs that are sent to members and posting them on the division Web site. They could also be made available as a podcast. I'm reading the discussion with interest. All the best.

Peter Donahue

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From: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
To: "Robert Leslie Newman" <newmanrl at cox.net>
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 8:12 PM
Subject: [stylist] Face book and writing prompts/classes

Stylist and Division Members

RE: Writing Prompts – writing classes

Part of the discussion on the Division’s listserv, in fact the impetus for 
getting the Division on Face Book, was for us to again offer opportunities 
for those of us interested in improving our writing skills by instigating 
monthly writing challenges and/or actual interactive teaching in various 
writing forms. Face Book was one suggestion for where and how to get some of 
this going, and using our email list (which we once had this going) and 
making use of our free conference call line (we once  talked of handling 
writing classes by conferencing).

Toward this all, recall that I mentioned that I would contact Joyce, 
President of the Krafters Division, because many of us are aware that she 
and her Division are doing very well in holding frequent teaching sessions 
for people interested in crafts. And so I did talk to Joyce today. She 
described a three part scenario on how they make it work:

Number one: The class is held by phone conferencing. People call into a 
conference line by use of their phones or by the computer and SKYPE. (They 
have people joining in from many countries outside the usA). People take 
turns teaching a class.

Number two: They make use of email, a listserv (like our STYLISST) to post 
written materials, such as instructions and the like. This list is a closed 
one, only people who are members or are invited in can get to the postings. 
The material is left up for about a month, or essentially the time between 
one lesson and the next.

Number three: Face book is where the Division has there notice of who they 
are and what they are doing. And so people from around the world are finding 
them, and learning about the calls and the listserv for access to the 
written lessons and discussion.

--Think about this. How we can make use of this format.

Robert Leslie Newman

Personal Website-

Adjustment To Blindness And Visual impairment

http//www.thoughtprovoker.info

NFB Writers’ Division, president

http://www.nfb-writers-division.net

Chair of the NFB Communications Committee

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