2:00pm Guerrilla Marketing Strategies for your ACB Affiliate or Chapter - $4, $6
Free and low-cost promotional techniques that you can start using immediately! Using free bulletin boards and social media, making personal appearances and the effective use of business cards, and tons of promotable special events. Put it all together into an ongoing campaign.
12:15pm MCAC Luncheon and Program - $25, $27
Exhibiting the gold, exploring the treasures, embracing the cultures - Prof. Francisco Lima, ACB international guest from Brazil
5:00pm MCAC Mid-week Social - $18, $20
5:00pm Keys to the Convention
An overview of the ACB Conference and Convention; especially helpful to first-timers and those not attending convention for several years.
2:00pm Keys to the Convention Seminar - Washoe
Repeat of the Saturday seminar.
2:45pm ACB Membership Seminar: Exploring How Affiliates Can Reach New Members.
Each affiliate should plan to send at least one representative to this seminar.
Welcome and introduction…
4:15pm Rehabilitation Around the World- $4, $6
Co-sponsored by the ACB Rehabilitation Task Force
See Rehabilitation Task Force for details.
4:15pm Madrid Awaits
News about the ACB-Road Scholar trip to Spain.
5:45pm Voices from around the World Reception - $12, $15 - So Pac D
Meet and welcome our international guests.
2:00pm 411 from the IAC - $4, $6
1. The iPhone - Not your Mother's Phone
Is calling the iPhone a smart phone like calling a racing car a cigarette lighter? Brian Charlson, director of computer training services at the Carroll Center for the Blind, and other iPhone experts provide an overview and demonstrations of the latest apps. Share your own tricks, please.
2. Accessing Information with Your Telephone
Have no access to the Internet or a computer? Here's how to access news, entertainment content…
2:45pm Employment Seminar - $4, $6
1. A New Look at Reasonable Accommodations through the ADA Lens - Suzanne Thomas, Affiliate, Pacific ADA Center, Oakland, CA. Co-sponsored with NABS & Blind Pride.
2. A View from a Workplace Pioneer; Moderator: Peter Altschul, Organization Development Specialist, Columbia, MO; Speaker: MJ Schmitt, former senior systems analyst, Rochester, NY. Co-sponsored with NABS.
5:00pm DKM First-timers Reception
Meet the DKM First-timers Award Recipients
The Constitution and Bylaws Committee (Dr. Otis Stephens, Chair) meets in Fremont Saturday, July 9 and Monday, July 11 at 4:00pm, and Tuesday, July 12 at 5:00pm.
The Credentials Committee (Jean Mann, Chair) meets in Fremont Sunday, July 10 at 1:00pm.
The Nominating Committee (Patrick Sheehan, Chair) meets in Bonanza A, Monday, July 11 at 5:45pm.
The Resolutions Committee (Judy Jackson, Chair) meets in Fremont as follows:
Saturday, July 9, 9:00pm
Sunday, July 10, 11:00pm or after…
10:30am BOP Meeting
2:45pm BOP Workshop: A Forum on the Forum
7:00pm Candidates' Forum - Rose Ballroom
Candidates running for office on the ACB Board answer questions on a wide variety of topics