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Learn what goes on behind the scenes with our zoom calls. Learn the valuable roll hosts and facilitators play in our calls and what each must to do keep things flowing.# Episode Notes Notes go here

The Information Referral and Peer Support steering committee is excited to launch its monthly community event: Information Corner. This month, to prepare us all for November, Clark Rachfal will be discussing our rights to accessible voting under laws like the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Help Americans Vote Act. Hosted by the Information Referral and Peer Support Steering Committee

The Apple Clips app is a simple, fun, and powerful video creation app. It’s free with every Apple device, and it’s fully accessible with Voiceover. Join Matt Vollbrecht, certified Apple Teacher, and his instructor team, as they explore, teach, and demo this powerful app and create a short video.

Are you new to IOS? Have you had an iPhone for a while, but still don’t feel like you’ve gotten the hang of it? Then join Andrea DeKlotz for a session on basic iPhone concepts, where the only silly question is the one you don’t ask.

If you are already hosting or facilitating a community call, you are strongly encouraged to join us. If you are wondering what the duties of these roles are, you are welcome to take part too. Virtual gatherings have become a common occurrence in our daily lives, but they’re still relatively new. The more we understand our positions in them, the more effective we’ll be and the more enjoyable for al...

Episode Notes We will begin this event with memories of Charlie Crawford followed by our program.

Episode Notes We’ve all come to vision loss in different ways and times in our lives. Here’s an opportunity to ask those, “How do you do this?” questions and share tried and true techniques with one another. Join Elizabeth Bowden for a candid chat of sharing, and let’s help each other make our lives a little easier in the process. This week, we’ll share ways that will make doing laundry much clean...

Episode Notes Please join us as we continue to delve even further in to the part personality plays in all aspects of conflict and its resolution; this time we will particularly look at how to approach each personality type in a conflict and how each personality type functions when in a stressful situation. If you have a chance, please try to take this personality assessment before the training; it...

Episode Notes So you want to be an Audio Description Narrator or Writer? You'll want to tune into this in-depth discussion.

Episode Notes If you are already hosting or facilitating a community call, you are strongly encouraged to join us. If you are wondering what the duties of these roles are, you are welcome to take part too. Virtual gatherings have become a common occurrence in our daily lives, but they’re still relatively new. The more we understand our positions in them, the more effective we’ll be and the more en...

Episode Notes Have you been coming to the community calls for a while from your phone but find yourself nervous about using the actual app? Would you like to learn about some of the often unused features such as screen sharing or chat? Join Meka for explanations of some of Zoom's features and hands-on demonstrations. In order to get the most out of this workshop, please log on using your smartphon...

Episode Notes Our Lady A device can do all kinds of things to help make our lives a little easier from providing helpful and sometimes useless information to even providing a little levity to our days. What is that one skill you’d like to share with our community? Join Cindy and Tyson for this Echo skill sharing bonanza!

Episode Notes Are you interested in hosting calls for your local chapter or affiliate? Come get a behind the scenes view of what it means to host a call. Let us show you what it’s like to be a mic runner in a virtual world and how to manage any size group.

Episode Notes Although many people use Microsoft Outlook to read and manage their email, the fact is that this program is not free of cost. If you're wanting to use a totally free and accessible email, program Mozilla Thunderbird may be the program you're looking for. During this introduction we'll cover how to download, install and set up Thunderbird as well as how to read, reply to, forward and...

Meka and Cindy welcome you to join in for another fun Friday night filled with games and laughter.

Episode Notes Have you ever wondered what's up with all of those hashtags, trending topics, and mentions? What's a DM, anyway? Well, birds aren't the only ones with the ability to tweet. Please join Meka and learn what Twitter is, why you might want to try it, and how you, too, can start giving your 280 character thoughts on the world wide web!

Come to learn about and discuss various technology topics. These could include learning about iPhone and iPad apps, feature demonstrations, as well as answering questions asked by participants. Shawn Thiel from ACB of Ohio will do his best to ensure that audio from the iOS device, computer, Victor Reader stream, Etc. is put through his mixer to be as clear as possible.