[Nfbnet-members-list] Information and Instructions for NFB Independence Market Product Demonstrators at the 2014 National Convention
David Andrews
dandrews at visi.com
Wed Jun 18 02:11:21 UTC 2014
Information and Instructions
for NFB Independence Market Product Demonstrators
at the 2014 National Convention
Thank you for volunteering to work in the NFB
Independence Market as a Product Demonstrator at
our convention this year. Your role in the market
is crucial in our operations. Without your help,
we would not be able to recreate the Independence
Market at convention to give everyone the
opportunity to get a unique, hands-on look at
many blindness products. We know that your
efforts will help to make the Independence Market
experience a positive one for many other
convention attendees. This year we are providing
you with information in advance, which we hope
both first-time volunteers and veteran Product Demonstrators will find useful.
The Independence Market will be open to the
public during the following days and times:
Wednesday, July 29:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Thursday, July 38:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Friday, July 412:00-1:45 p.m.
Saturday, July 512:00-1:45 p.m.
You will be contacted separately about your individual work schedule.
The kickoff meeting for all convention workers
will be at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, July 2, in the
Signature II room on the second floor of the
Rosen Centre Hotel. At that time, general
information relevant to all convention workers
will be shared and all are encouraged to attend,
even if you don't have a work shift immediately
following the meeting. The Independence Market
contingent will then adjourn to the exhibit hall,
so that everyone can learn about the layout of the market.
The Independence Market will be located with the
Exhibit Hall in the Orange County Convention
Center, Level 2, West Hall, just across the
covered walkway from the Rosen Centre. This is
the same location as last year. As you enter the
exhibit hall, you will be facing south. The
Independence Market will be in the southwest
(back right) corner of the exhibit area. Our
tables will be arranged in a rectangle, with the
checkout/pay station area on the south (back)
side of the rectangle. Canes will be at the
southeast (back left) corner of the rectangle.
Other Independence Market products will be on
display on all sides of the rectangle of tables.
There should be two chairs behind each table displaying products.
Product Demonstrators should come in to the
rectangle at the northwest (front right) corner
of the rectangle. When you arrive for your work
shift, please check in with Jenivieve White about
your specific work assignment. Feel free to
mention if you would like to demonstrate
particular items. We will try to accommodate your
preferences as much as we can. However, keep in
mind that we may have already given that spot to
someone else and that we may need you to
demonstrate other items. Your flexibility to help
out wherever needed will be much appreciated.
Your job will be to show the demo products in
your area to interested passersby. You will not
be handling the actual stock. Please make sure
that the demos come back to you, once potential
customers have examined them. Ellen Ringlein will
come around and train you on each of the items
you are demonstrating. Please pass on any
feedback from Independence Market visitors to her.
Each demo item is labeled with a laminated
Braille/large print tag, with paper print labels
behind it. If someone is interested in purchasing
a product, pull off one of the paper tags and
give it to the potential customer. If the
customer wants to buy more than one of the same
item, just give them one tag and ask them to
mention at checkout how many of a specific
product they wish to buy. Please attract the
attention of Jenivieve White or Brenda Rollins if
you have run out of paper tags for an item. They
will replenish the paper tags. If we have sold
out of an item at convention, they will attach a
Braille/print Sold Out tag. Some products have
a Demo Only tag, as we did not bring any stock to convention for that item.
As a courtesy to your fellow volunteers, please
arrive on time for your work shifts and stay the
entire shift. If you need to take a short break,
ask one of your neighbors to cover your area.
Below is a list indicating what will be on each
table as well as some general information about
the overall layout. This information will give
you an idea of the types of products available at
the Independence Market and help you to direct others to specific areas.
Table 1: The first table at the southern end of
the west side (in the back right corner) of the
Independence Market rectangle of tables
Literature related to NFB History
Table 2:
Blind Driver Challenge shirts
Specialty items, including NFB jewelry, the
Louis Braille commemorative silver dollar, and
the National Center stoneware mug, as well as the
NFB songbook and the Christmas Programs CD.
Table 3:
Men's and womens Braille watches
Men's talking watches
Table 4:
Women's talking watches
A Braille clock and the smaller talking clocks
Table 5:
Talking desk clocks
Kitchen aids, including timers, a cooking
thermometer, and a liquid level indicator
Table 6: The last table at the northern end of
the west side (in the front right corner) of the table rectangle
Kitchen aids, including a knife with a slicing
guide, double spatula/tongs, a talking kitchen scale, and the cornbread kit
Various measuring cups and spoons and an egg separator
Table 7: The first table at the western end of
the north side (in the front right corner) of the table rectangle
Sewing aids
Clothing organizers, including a color identifier
Table 8:
Tactile and audio labeling aids, including
stick-on bumps, the Penfriend, and Braille food labels
Digital recorders, including the Wilson and the
Victor Reader Stream as well as Recording and Playback Devices Accessories
Table 9:
Household items, such as various locating devices and accessible padlocks
Household items, including a large button phone,
an indoor/outdoor thermometer, and a thermostat
Talking calculators and an abacus
Table 10:
Measuring devices, including a click rule,
tactile rulers, and a talking measuring tape
Measuring devices, including a light sensor, an
audible battery tester, and the iBill banknote identifier
Talking bathroom scale
Table 11:
Other medical devices and the Choose Your Foods book
Magnifiers
Table 12:
Low vision products, including the book So You
Don't See As Well As You Used To, large print
record keeping aids, dark lined writing paper, and 20/20 Pen
Writing guides
Table 13:
Braille slates
Braille styluses and eraser
Table 14:
Braille paper and a notebook
Braille labeling aids, including various plastic index cards
Table 15: The last table at the eastern end of
the north side (in the front left corner) of the table rectangle
Various Braille learning aids, including the
print/Braille book Sadie Can Count
Literature about learning Braille
Table 16: The first table at the northern end of
the east side (in the front left corner) of the table rectangle
Literature about learning Braille
Other literature related to Braille
Table 17:
Various coloring and activity books as well as raised line drawing boards
Various balls and a Frisbee
Table 18:
Various card games and tactile Dice
Board games
Table 19:
More board games
Table 20:
Literature relating to education and rehabilitation and training
The cane demonstration area is between tables 20 and 21.
Table 21: The first table past the cane
demonstration area at the eastern end of the
south side (near the back left corner) of the table rectangle
Topographical puzzle map of the United States
Various travel related items such as cane tips,
a talking compass, a talking pedometer, and sleepshades
Table 22: The last table before the checkout/pay
station area, which is also on the south (back) side of the table rectangle
Literature related to teaching cane travel
UPS shipping box
Please let us know if the information provided in this document was helpful.
We appreciate that you are generously donating
your time to contribute to the success of the
Independence Market at convention. We would not
be able to pull off such a complex operation
without everyones help. Thank you again for all your efforts.
(Mrs.) Patricia A. Maurer
Director of Reference, Jacobus tenBroek Library
Jernigan Institute
NATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE BLIND
200 East Wells Street
at Jernigan Place
Baltimore, Maryland 21230
Phone: (410) 659-9314, extension 2272
Fax: (410) 685-2340
E-mail: <mailto:communityrelations at nfb.org>communityrelations at nfb.org
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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 live the life you
want; blindness is not what holds you back.
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