NEWSWIRE: MONDAY, March 6, 2017, featuring Andrea Pitsenbarger and the
another social media tool, Facebook, and best practices on how to best use
Facebook with a PC, a BrailleSense, and an iPhone, 5PM PST and 8 PM EST, in
the PAT PRICE ROOM:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
Andrea Pitsenbarger has worked in the area of blindness-oriented technology
since 2004. She is primarily a jaws and windows-based trainer, but has also
worked with students using braille notetakers and IOS devices. Andrea taught
at Cypress Community College from 2004 to 2009, and is currently employed
by Access Ingenuity of Santa Rosa California, a licensed vendor with the
California State Department of Rehabilitation. Andrea lives in Orange,
California and is currently the President of the Orange County Chapter of
the California Council of the Blind (CCB), as well as serving on the
Technology Committees for both the State (CCB) and National (American
Council of the Blind, ACB).
This is a program you will not want to miss as many of us may know the
basics of Facebook, but how many of us are now being asked to use this
social media for advertising, especially for the purpose of getting your
nonprofit organizations information/mission statement out to the public?
Co-Chair, Ken Metz
Email: <mailto:kenmetz1946@xxxxxxxxx> kenmetz1946@xxxxxxxxx
Co-Chair: Alan Lemly
Email: <mailto:walemly@xxxxxxxxx> walemly@xxxxxxxxx
Date: Monday, March 6, 2017
Time: 5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m. Central, 8:00 p.m.
Eastern and elsewhere in the world Tuesday 01:00 GMT
Approximately 15 minutes prior to the event start time: Go to The Pat Price
Tek Talk Training Room at:
<http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2>
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rsc9613dc89eb2
Or, alternatively.
Select The Pat Price Tek Talk Training Room at:
<outbind://6/www.accessibleworld.org> www.accessibleworld.org
Enter your first and last names on the sign-in screen.
All Tek Talk training events are recorded so if you are unable to
participate live at the above times, then you may download the presentation
or podcast from the Tek Talk Archives on our website at
<outbind://6/www.accessibleworld.org> www.accessibleworld.org
If you are a first-time user of the Talking Communities Online Conferencing
software, there is a small, safe software program that you need to download
and then run. A link to the software is available on every entry screen to
the Accessible World online rooms.
All online interactive programs are free of charge, and open to anyone
worldwide having an Internet connection, a computer, speakers, and a sound
card. Those with microphones can interact audibly with the presenters and
others in the virtual audience or text chat with the attendees. To speak to
us, hold down the control key until you hear a chirp and then talk; then let
up to release the microphone and listen.
Accessible World uses News Wires, like this one, to inform people of the
topic and times for the many Discussion Groups on Accessible World. The
lists are announced only to keep the traffic to a minimum.
You can join the Accessible World one-way Announce List by sending an email
to: <mailto:aw-announcements+subscribe@xxxxxxxxx>
aw-announcements+subscribe@xxxxxxxxx
Accessible World also provides a Tek Talk Discussion List. This list is
intended to give you an opportunity to ask computer-related questions,
suggest topics to be used in the weekly Monday Training Programs, or just to
interact with others interested in using assistive devices to access
computers. You may sign up for this list by writing to:
<mailto:aw-tek-talk-discussion+subscribe@xxxxxxxxx>
aw-tek-talk-discussion+subscribe@xxxxxxxxx.
Accessible World Contacts:
Robert Acosta, Chair Emeritus
Accessible World
818-998-0044
Email: <mailto:boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx> boacosta@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: <outbind://6/www.helpinghands4theblind.org>
www.helpinghands4theblind.org
Ken Metz, Tek Talk Chair
Accessible World
Phone: 818-882-3610
Email: <mailto:kenmetz1946@xxxxxxxxx> kenmetz1946@xxxxxxxxx
Alan Lemly, Co-Chair
Phone: (601) 919-6907
Email: walemly@xxxxxxxxx
Steve Hoffman, President
Talking Communities
Email: <mailto:steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
The Accessible World, a division of Helping Hands For The Blind, a 501(c)(3)
not-for-profit organization, seeks to educate the general public, the
disabled community and the professionals who serve them by providing highly
relevant information about new products, services, and training
opportunities designed specifically to eliminate geographic and access
barriers that adversely affect them.
Ken Metz
