[Nfb-announce] Seeking Successful Blind Business Owners for BLAST Conference

[David Andrews]

>Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:20:26 -0500
>To: nfbnet-members-list at nfbnet.org
>From: "Kevan Worley" 
><kevanworley at blindmerchants.org> (by way of David Andrews  <dandrews at visi.com>)
>Subject: [Nfbnet-members-list] Seeking 
>Successful Blind Business Owners for     BLAST Conference
>
>Greetings Colleagues,
>
>Business Leadership and Superior Training 
>(BLAST+) for blind entrepreneurs is quickly 
>approaching. I need to find some successful 
>blind owners of businesses to highlight at this 
>training, networking and leadership development 
>event. If you know of any of the following:
>1.   Blind individuals who have recently had 
>successful case closures because they became 
>employed as a small business owner. That is to 
>say, they opened their own business with or 
>without rehab support
 we need to know about them.
>2.   If you are a successful blind business 
>owner, I would like to hear from you. If you 
>know of rehab counselors or employment 
>specialist or agency self-employment specialists 
>I would like to be in touch with them. We have a 
>few all-expense paid trips to the BLAST+ 
>conference available. The BLAST+ conference will 
>spend significant time this year providing 
>education and networking for those who are 
>engaged in developing business ventures for the 
>blind outside of the Randolph Sheppard program.
>
>BLAST+ will occur on September 21-24 at the 
>Airport Marriott in Nashville, Tennessee. 
>Additional information can be found at 
><http://www.blindmerchants.org>www.blindmerchants.org. 
>I look forward to hearing from any of my 
>colleagues on this matter. Time is of an essence.
>
>Kevan Worley
>(1-866) 543-6808
>Extension 14
>kevanworley at blindmerchants.org