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July 5, 2025
AABT Breakfast From Smart Devices to Chatbots How AI Is Helpful for Blind Students
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July 5, 2025
AI is not here to replace teachers-it’s a tool that can support learning in new ways. From reading text aloud to providing descriptions of images. AI helps blind students access information, work creatively, and engage in the classroom. Learn how AI can make education easier, not harder. Presenter: Shawn Keen, AI Guru, AI For The Blind, Fort Worth, TX.
Bringing Meaning to Your Business
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July 5, 2025
Our speaker will use personal experiences to highlight how using the mission and goals of the business will help it thrive. The main focus is on bringing meaning into their business to ensure the passion for the business continues. Presenter: Dan Lococo, PhD, Affinity By Design, Inc., Milwaukee, WI.
Tips for Preventing Identity Theft
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July 5, 2025
Speakers will give participants ways to prevent identity theft. You will also learn about recent scams and how to identify them so you don’t get scammed. Panelists: Deborah Joice, Author, Honolulu, HI; Chris Peterson, Founder and CEO, Penny Forward, Richfield, MN.
From Setback to Comeback. Essential Tools for a Successful Career Change After a Job Loss
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July 5, 2025
This Interactive panel will provide Practical tools and tips from professionals to help you recharge or reinvent your career from resume and interview tips, career assessment/coaching, job search techniques and self-care and mental health advice. Co-sponsored by ACBGE and the Employment Committee Moderator: Pat Sheehan, President, ACB Government Employees – Silver Spring, MD. Panelist: Pam Shaw – Chair – ACB Mental Health and Wellness Committee – Jenkintown, PA; Cheryl Cumings – Workforce Development Manager -Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. – Seattle, WA – ACB Employment Committee; Sara Freeman Smith -Career Navigator/CEO U R Gems, LLC., ACB Employment Committee, Houston, TX.