[Nfb-web] Webmasters Seminar, Any Thoughts?

[Peter Donahue]

Hello Quintina and listers,

    The same here. I believe whenever other seminars are held participants
are given material to take home with them or to read in their spare time. I
was looking forward to reading this material on the flight back to San
Antonio. Having said that let's remember that this was a first for the NFB
Jernigan Institute. Perhaps this suggestion will be acted upon for follow-up
seminars.

    The only other thing I could suggest is that a P.A. system be installed
in the computer lab to make it easier for those with hearing impairments to
hear the speaker. I have hearing aids, but the blasted things spend more
time in the repair shop than they do on me. They're always going out due to
ear wax being lodged in them. A friend of ours also has the same problem
with her hearing aids. Other participants told me that they also had trouble
hearing too. My hearing is such that if there's a P.A. system in use I can
hear much better. It's only a matter of sitting closer to a speaker, or in
the front of the room. When Gary moved me to the workstation closer to where
John was it was easier to hear him, but he still sounded rather unclear.

    Add to that that workstation had a laptop so I was faced with having to
figure out how to use it. As I said in this business there's lots of
opportunities for structured-discovery learning. I got my share of it during
the seminar including learning how to use the laptop. I jumped in with both
feet and began feeling comfortable with it by the time we finished on
Saturday evening.

    It was also a pleasure to meet you too. I'll be curious to hear about
your X Catalyst adventures as well as those of others on this list. Happy
Valentine's Day.

Peter Donahue




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Quintina M. Singleton" <qmsingleton at comcast.net>
To: "NFB Webmaster's List" <nfb-web at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-web] Webmasters Seminar, Any Thoughts?


Peter,
Since you asked, I also had a very productive weekend.  I was scared to
death at the beginning, but by the end of the evening I felt comfortable
enough to consider the fact that one of these days I could become quite
computer savvy, or at least more than what I am now.
The only thing I can think of at the moment, in regards to any
recommendations for other seminars, is to perhaps have a handout or brief
outline of what has been discussed during the day.
I can not speak for other beginners, but even though I took accurate notes
as well as recorded the entire thing, it also would be of help to read a
breakdown of the material provided by an authority on the subject.
Just My Thoughts,
Quintina Singleton


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Peter Donahue" <pdonahue1 at sbcglobal.net>

> Good afternoon everyone,
>
> I noticed that the list has been very quiet following the Webmasters
> Seminar this past weekend. I'm curious to hear what folks have to say
about
> the event so share your thoughts please. For me it was an emotional and
> personal experience having had the opportunity to spend a weekend at our
> national headquarters and to attend an event held in the NFB Jernigan
> Institute. It's an awesome place and one I highly recommend everyone to
> visit when the opportunity presents itself. That opportunity didn't come
> easy for me. I went at my own expense. I came home still not believing
that
> I, of all people attended an event at the National Federation of the Blind
> Jernigan Institute and stayed over in our national headquarters. But at
the
> same time I feel a sense of inner piece in that there's a brighter future
> ahead for me in this organization.
>
> Since coming home I haven't had much of a chance to work with the CMS,
> but was able to connect to the NFB Command Center from here on both of our
> computers. I plan to study the documentation to better acquaint myself
with
> all of the system's capabilities so I can begin creating various types of
> pages which I hope will become affiliate Web sites in the coming weeks and
> months. I'll be curious to hear what y'all have done with X catalyst since
> coming home from the seminar and am interested in hearing your thoughts on
> this event.
>
> Finally I wish to public thank Gary Wunder and John Bergrenn for their
> work in coordinating this event and instructing us during the weekend. And
> of course let me not forget Dr. and Mrs. Maurer, Mrs. Thompson, and others
> who worked tirelessly to make this event happen and to ensure that our
needs
> were met and that our stay at the National Center was a memorable one.
>
> Anyway it's Valentine's Day so I need to go shopping and buy Mary a
> something special. She likes those heart-shaped boxes filled with
> chocolates so I'll probably get her one for her to snack on later tonight
> and to share with her co-workers tomorrow. All the best for a great
weekend.
> It was great visiting with you all during the seminar last weekend. Talk
to
> you later.
>
> Peter Donahue
>
> "I will repay you for the years the locusts have eaten"
> Joel 2-25
>
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