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20250127 AAVL and Advocacy Originally Broadcasted January 27, 2025, on ACB Media 6   We shared our goals and specific strategies around the latest advocacy initiative to reach out to an aging network. Participants learned how they can get involved.   Sponsored by: Alliance On Aging and Vision Loss     Find out more at … Read more

20250127 Bookability Originally Broadcasted January 27, 2025, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined Meka and other bookish friends of the community answered fun questions, gave lots of book recommendations, and extended their book lists to infinity and beyond. Please also join the announce-only Bookability list by sending a blank email to: bookability+subscribe@groups.io     … Read more

20250127 Sports Round Table Originally Broadcasted January 27, 2025, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined the Sports Spelunkers as they highlighted the wonderful, wide, and wacky world of (primarily) US team sports.     Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20250126 ACB Membership Focus Call Originally Broadcasted January 26, 2025, on ACB Media 6   This month’s focus call was on how to maintain contacts and get new ones during the membership season. How do you motivate people to renew, and how do you update membership lists and make contact with those on past membership … Read more

20250126 Sunday Night Shellin’ Originally Broadcasted January 26, 2025, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined Cindy LaBon and Diane Ducharme every other Sunday for a discussion about all things Shells – it could be peanut shells, seashells but mostly BlindShells. Cindy and Diane love answering questions so bring lots to the discussion.     … Read more

20250124 Its Play Time Originally Broadcasted January 24, 2025, on ACB Media 5   Meka and Cindy welcomed participants to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.     Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20250124 A Blind View Originally Broadcasted January 24, 2025, on ACB Media 5   Participants joined Bel for an opportunity to discuss a range of topics on how we relate to the world around us, blind and low vision alike. Remember, your view matters! This time, how do we speak to our blind peers?   … Read more

20250124 In Perspective Originally Broadcasted January 24, 2025, on ACB Media 5   This episode featured Ron Brooks, Founder and CEO of Accessible Avenue, and author of “All Aboard: Conducting Accessible Community Involvement for Public Transit"   email the facilitator   Sponsored by: Branco Events     Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20250124 Learning Blind Tech with Desiree Renee Originally Broadcasted January 24, 2025, on ACB Media 5   We revisited audio editing, some new tricks and my new workflow when recording and editing and we touched briefly on how to include metadata on your recordings.     Find out more at https://acb-community.pinecast.co

20250123 Nothing About Us Without Us, A Career in Audio Description Originally Broadcasted January 23, 2025, on ACB Media 6   Have you ever considered a career in audio description? Do you ever dream about narrating, writing, editing, or working in quality control? Participants  joined three blind/low vision individuals who work in the field of … Read more