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Join us in September for these five free webinars! Remember that these webinars are entirely free to anyone and don’t require registration. As long as you’ve got an internet connection, you can click the join link below each description a few minutes before start time, and you’re in! These are intended to run short on purpose, so the content portion is typically around 15 minutes long, and then there’s a few minutes for any questions. We want you to be able to learn some new tricks without having to take a lot of time out of your busy day! We hope you’ll be able…
Read MoreThe annual NBA Professional Development Conference is the highlight of our year. For three days transcribers and teachers of the visually impaired gather in workshops taught by leading experts from around North America. Last year, of course, we had to pivot last minute and present the experience online. This year, we’re simply enamored to be returning to our regular in-person routine! Registration for the 2021 NBA Professional Development Conference in San Antonio is now live! Here’s all the details you’ll need to be sure you can join us this November. WHEN The three-day conference will take place on November 3rd,…
Read MoreAs summer wraps up our skills committees have been hard at work creating five different free webinars for August. This month our lineup of free, short webinars includes the monthly Formats, Music, and UEB Literary topics plus a Nemeth and Tactile Graphics topic. Remember that these webinars are entirely free to anyone and don’t require registration. As long as you’ve got an internet connection, you can click the join link below each description a few minutes before start time, and you’re in! These are intended to run short on purpose, so the content portion is typically around 15 minutes long,…
Read MoreThe Summer 2021 BULLETIN: Vol. 57, No. 2 is now available for current NBA Members to download right from our website! Once you’re logged in, navigate to the “My Account” using the link at the very top of your screen. Then you’ll find a link to the Bulletin page. Both PDF and BRF files are available to download right now! For those who receive the braille, print, and disc editions of the Bulletin, you should be receiving those within the next month. Remember: even if you receive any hardcopy form of the Bulletin, as a current member, you still have…
Read MoreJoin us in July for these five, free webinars! Remember that anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world can join our free webinars at no cost and without even registering in advance. Just simply click the link to the join underneath the description in the webinar you want to attend. We record all the webinars and make them available in the member section of our website. If you can’t attend live, log in with your member account the day following the webinar and watch the recording as many times as you want! Braille Formats Textbook Displayed Material Presenter:…
Read MoreThe National Braille Association is thankful for the countless men and women who have dedicated their lives to ensuring that individuals who are blind receive high quality braille. In 2011, we began to honor these individuals by presenting them with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Each year, one individual is selected to receive the NBA Lifetime Achievement Award. For 2021, the selected recipient will receive the award at our 2021 Professional Development Conference in San Antonio, Texas. The awardee is selected by the NBA Board of Directors, after a careful review of submitted nominations. If you would like to nominate someone for this year’s award, we encourage you…
Read MoreWith the COVID-19 pandemic shattering our plans for an in-person conference in 2020, we scrambled to find ways to deliver the same educational content. As you probably already know, and likely even attended, we produced a 5-day virtual conference in November 2020 with workshops each day. All those sessions were recorded and we knew that we wanted to do something with those recordings, but weren’t quite sure what. Since doing a virtual conference was new to us, we really wanted to focus on that first. Once the conference ended and we took a moment to catch our breath, we jumped…
Read MoreJune is planning to a busy month for webinars! We’ll be hosting six of our free, shorter-length webinars and one of our longer, extended-length webinars. Remember that anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world can join our free webinars at no cost and without even registering in advance. Just simply click the link to the join underneath the description in the webinar you want to attend. We record all the webinars and make them available in the member section of our website. If you can’t attend live, log in with your member account the day following the webinar…
Read MoreIf you ever wanted to do a deep dive into the world of how lists and tables are transcribed according to the Principles and Print to Braille Transcription, 2016 then now is the time! After receiving so much positive feedback following the presentation of the topic during the spring 2021 conference produced by the Visual Aid Volunteers of Volunteer, we thought that we’d revisit the topic for those wanting to review it again, or for those who couldn’t make that conference. Join us on Wednesday, June 30th at 2:00p ET as Cindi Laurent presents Lists and More! Presenter: Cindi Laurent, Member,…
Read MoreFor the month of May, we’ll be offering six different free webinars on various topics. Remember that anyone with an internet connection anywhere in the world can join our free webinars at no cost and without even registering in advance. Just simply click the link to the join underneath the description in the webinar you want to attend. We record all the webinars and make them available in the member section of our website. If you can’t attend live, log in with your member account the day following the webinar and watch the recording as many times as you want!…
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