[Nfbnet-members-list] NFB-NEWSLINE Convention Volunteers request e-mail

[Worley, Nijat]

 From Scott White
Director, NFB-NEWSLINE®

Greetings Fellow Federationists:

The 74th annual convention of the National 
Federation of the Blind is rapidly approaching, 
so before everyone’s schedule is entirely packed, 
I wanted to write to you to ask for your 
assistance.  The NFB-NEWSLINE® team will be 
hosting a demonstration room and a table in the 
Exhibit Hall this year.  Both of these activities 
will require a number of volunteers and we would 
greatly appreciate any time that you could offer 
to help with our convention activities.

We have recently launched new service features, 
and we want to give convention attendees an 
opportunity to become familiar with these 
additions so that they can make the most of 
them.  To aid us in this effort, in addition to 
our two tables in the Exhibit Hall, the 
NFB-NEWSLINE® team has arranged for a 
demonstration room that will allow for hands-on 
demonstrations of our recent service 
enhancements, such as the new newspaper email 
features, and the latest update to our 
NFB-NEWSLINE® Mobile application for the iPhone. 
We will also demonstrate some of the newest 
smaller features and services added to the system 
and the latest publications now available to the 
blind such as the new Meredith Magazines.

Our demonstration room will be available for 
walk-in traffic for five hours on Wednesday, July 
2nd, and Thursday, July 3rd, to answer questions 
about NFB-NEWSLINE. Our tables in the Exhibit 
Hall will need to be staffed for a total of 
twenty-three hours starting on Wednesday, July 
second, through Saturday, July fifth, so we need 
plenty of help!  We are looking for support from 
our members who are familiar with the NFB-NEWSLINE® service.

Additionally, we need volunteers to staff our 
room’s four workstations to help convention 
attendees learn about recent service 
initiatives.  Our volunteers will be asked to 
assist visitors in many ways­by providing 
information, handing out literature, and helping 
sign up new subscribers.  We will provide 
interested volunteers with information on these 
new service initiatives before convention via 
conference call during the week of June 22 so that everyone is up to speed.

Please send an e-mail indicating your interest in 
volunteering during convention to my assistant, 
Nijat Worley.  Nijat can be reached via email at 
<mailto:nworley at nfb.org>nworley at nfb.org or by 
calling (410) 659-9314, extension 2234.

Thank you in advance for your time and for your volunteer work

Scott White



The National Federation of the Blind knows that 
blindness is not the characteristic that defines 
you or your future. Every day we raise the 
expectations of blind people, because low 
expectations create obstacles between blind 
people and our dreams. You can have the life you 
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or call 1-855-659-931

Nijat Worley
Manager, Marketing and Outreach
Sponsored Technology Programs
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
200 East Wells Street
Baltimore MD 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314 ext. 2234
Websites:
<http://www.nfb.org/>www.nfb.org
www.nfbnewsline.org
www.nfbnewslineonline.org


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