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Week of Jun 23rd
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ACB Convention Call to Order (virtual)
ACB Convention Call to Order (virtual)
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June 24, 2024Adoption of Standing Rules; First Reading of Credentials Report
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Resolutions (virtual)
Resolutions (virtual)
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June 25, 2024Resolutions 1, 15, 2 and 10; First Reading of constitution and Bylaws Amendments
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Mock Election (virtual)Resolutions (virtual)
Resolutions (virtual)
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June 26, 2024Resolutions 9, 11, 12 and 13; Any Unfinished business from the Previous evening
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(GDUI) Guide Dog School Updates (virtual)
(GDUI) Guide Dog School Updates (virtual)
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June 27, 2024Representatives from each school will give updates. (double session)
(GDUI) Guide Dog School Updates (virtual)(GDUI) Guide Dog School Updates (virtual)
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June 27, 2024Representatives from each school will give updates. (double session)
(LUA) What Can be Accomplished When We Work Together (LUA) (virtual)(LUA) What Can be Accomplished When We Work Together (LUA) (virtual)
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June 27, 2024Talking Book libraries can do much more than send out books and magazines. Come hear how Floridians can access locally produced books and periodicals, videos, and how to work in collaboration with your local talking book library to enhance services. You will also hear how a “Friends of the Library” group in Florida has worked with their talking book library to support existing programming and to help finance fun and exciting new projects. How do they work together and what do they hope to achieve in the future.
(LUA) Why You Should Get a Public Library Card (virtual)(LUA) Why You Should Get a Public Library Card (virtual)
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June 27, 2024Some Talking Book library users are also proud card carrying public library users. Come and learn how you might take advantage of your local public library to access services that could reduce your reliance on pay to play services to access books, music, videos and more. This session will include a short demonstration of the Libby online service offered by many public libraries around the country.
(ACBNG) P.R.E.P for Successful Networking (ACB NG) (virtual)(ACBNG) P.R.E.P for Successful Networking (ACB NG) (virtual)
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June 27, 2024Join Chris Peterson, Swatha Nandhakumar, and Dianna Leonard as they help us prepare for any networking event. They’ll guide us through an interactive P.R.E.P session to learn how to plan, research, navigate an event, and pursue leads. Then join us at our in-person event on July 6th to practice what you’ve P.R.E.P’d and where various affiliate and ACB committee members will attend to network with.
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(BRL) Choosing a Braille Device Trainer (BRL) (virtual)
(BRL) Choosing a Braille Device Trainer (BRL) (virtual)
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June 28, 2024This session explores how you can find a trainer in the area of interest. It offers a practical outline of steps you can take to see just how effective your trainer is likely to be.
(ADP) Developments in Spanish Language Audio Description (virtual)(ADP) Developments in Spanish Language Audio Description (virtual)
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June 28, 2024Panelists will discuss recent progress in the creation, availability, and distribution of audio description in Spanish in the US.
(LUA) You Get What You Pay For (LUA) (virtual)(LUA) You Get What You Pay For (LUA) (virtual)
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June 28, 2024If you find yourself unwilling to wait for the next book in a series or needing access to a niche title, you will find this session on where to go if you are willing to pay for the privilege to be a game changer. Whether you pay by the title, by the month or through an annual membership fee, there are companies and organizations that can provide you with access beyond the free services you are already using.
(ADP) Academic AD – Audio Description and Higher Education (virtual)(ADP) Academic AD – Audio Description and Higher Education (virtual)
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June 28, 2024Panelists will discuss the importance of audio description in higher education and its advantages as a learning and teaching tool.
(ADP) AD and AI – A match made in heaven? Or not? Maybe somewhere in between? (virtual)(ADP) AD and AI – A match made in heaven? Or not? Maybe somewhere in between? (virtual)
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June 28, 2024Join us for a comprehensive review of how the use of artificial intelligence impacts the production of audio description-its voicing, its writing, and its editing.
Constitutions and Bylaws (virtual)Constitutions and Bylaws (virtual)
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June 28, 2024Debate; Adoption of Credentials Report
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(BITS/ACB EMPLOYMENT) AI in the Workplace (virtual)
(BITS/ACB EMPLOYMENT) AI in the Workplace (virtual)
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June 29, 2024Are you a JAWS user? This session is for you. Learn tips, tricks, and techniques to take advantage of AI across products and services. World-renowned technologist, Brian Hartgen, will join us where he will share many techniques to optimize your use of AI tools and services. If productivity, efficiency, and profound improvement in usability are what you crave, then learn from a truly creative individual as Brian shares his vision of where we are in the use of AI with assistive technology. It just not all about prompting with AI tools, it is also about collecting that data in ways that allow you to be most efficient in your daily work. Co-sponsored by BITS and the Employment Committee
(MHWC) From Trauma to Triumph (virtual)(MHWC) From Trauma to Triumph (virtual)
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June 29, 2024Many people have experienced trauma of various types. Yet they have been able to go on to live full lives. Join us as three ACB members share their personal stories of how they have moved from trauma to triumph.
(ACBNG) Exploring New Worlds Through Sensory Games (ACB NG) (virtual)(ACBNG) Exploring New Worlds Through Sensory Games (ACB NG) (virtual)
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June 29, 2024Whether you like audio or video games, this program is for you! Come learn how people with blindness and visual impairment create and play these accessible games: Brock The Investigator, The Last of Us, and Knight Manager. Join us for game demonstrations and lively discussion about present and future audio/video games.
ACB Inspire Mentoring Program Graduation Ceremony (virtual)(ACB WOMEN) Sister Power Happy Hour (virtual)(ACB WOMEN) Sister Power Happy Hour (virtual)
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June 29, 2024Join ACB Women for another inspiring conversation featuring two wise women from our committee, Linda and Linda! Facilitator: Rachel Schroeder, Assistive Technology Specialist and ACB Board Member, Springfield, IL. Presenters: Linda Yacks, Retired Secretary, Rogers, AR and Linda Porelle, Retired Social Worker and Life Coach, Westbrook, ME.