[Tn-talk] Fwd: [nfb-talk] Some ideas for NFB booths

[Sheri Anderson]

Dear NFB of Tennessee,

Below is a forwarded message from NFB-talk just in case some don't
read it. Ms. Rovig is an amazing contribution to anything and
everything Federation, and as usual, her below offered ideas are
fabulous and right on time.

Warmly,
Sheri

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Rovig, Lorraine" <LRovig at nfb.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:01:42 +0000
Subject: [nfb-talk] Some ideas for NFB booths
To: "NFB Talk Mailing List (nfb-talk at nfbnet.org)" <nfb-talk at nfbnet.org>

I am cleaning out old files and ran across an idea I developed in 2003
for a local festival in the Fells Point neighborhood.  One problem
that I've noticed when helping out at NFB booths is to get the public
to stop and talk, not just look at us and keep on walking.

Idea #1: Having a challenge helped a lot to bring people to the booth
and get them to stop long enough we could talk with them.  Once you
get some people to stop  you look popular, so more people stop.  To
add to our usual "Braille your name for free" give-away stickies, we
used a poster we placed to face the crowd.  I am sure you
Federationists can guess what we worked into the conversation about
alternative techniques and accessibility as we did a demo of these
no-cost or low-cost alternatives and techniques to get around not
seeing.  Here's the poster with some notes on the props I recommend.

Hey Fells Point,
Try some of our Challenges-
WITH YOUR EYES CLOSED!


1.       Build a tower of blocks. [To keep them on the table, well
mostly, the tower was built inside a large cake pan.]

2.       Learn to read and write A-B-C in Braille.

3.       Tell the difference between nickels, dimes, quarters, and pennies.

4.       Pour perfectly 1 teaspoon of vanilla. [Beforehand you bend a
teaspoon so it turns into a dipper and place some vanilla in a baby
food jar. Show the narrow-neck store-bottle with a normal teaspoon but
hide the alternative setup under a napkin - Tah Dah!]

5.       Dial a phone [or these days, demo using an iPhone]

6.       Play checkers or chess.
COME ON OVER...

In the past when I lived in Iowa, I've posted signs over NFB booths
that asked other how-to questions. It is important that at least the
lead question is in very large print and there is plenty of
white-space between items on your list, so folks walking by can read
it easily.

Idea #2: Thanks to modern computer programs for making your own
business cards, a chapter could create a card give-away that says,
"For information on blindness, contact us." And fill in the local
contact information. The other side of the card could be blank or
could list some "challenge" questions to make the card more than just
a name, motto, and website.  Perhaps people would use the questions to
stump their family and friends, which would get our name out in the
community even further in a good way.

Cordially,

Lorraine Rovig
NFB member since 1975

P.S. You can help us help blind Americans: Text the letters NFB to
85944 to donate $10 to the NFB Imagaination Fund via your phone bill.

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