Professional Development Conference

Nearly six months of planning are about to conclude as we officially begin our week-long virtual 2020 Professional Development Conference! Many of you are already registered, and by doing so you’ve helped contribute to a record setting year for us. This is the first time we’ve ever even contemplated a virtual conference, so we’ve tried…

If you’ve been waiting to get yourself registered for this year’s conference, you don’t have to wait any longer. We’ve just opened up the registration process for the whole week. You can now secure your seat in any of the workshops in this year’s virtual conference that you’d like to attend. If you’re just learning…

As promised, we’ve been working around the clock to make this year’s virtual conference in November as special as possible. The conference this year will be an entire week because we’re conducting one workshop at a time, rather than simultaneously. If you’re just hearing about the conference for the first time, you’ll want to check…

There have been some rumors floating around that maybe this year we would have a conference after all. Some have heard that it would be done virtually so people could attend from anywhere. There are also rumors that the week-long conference would be free to attend. Those are all true. It’s really happening! For those…

Many of you have reached out asking for an update about our 2020 Professional Development Conference scheduled to take place this November in San Antonio, Texas. Regarding our conference, please note this message from Cindi Laurent, President of the National Braille Association. The NBA board has been considering all of the options regarding our fall…

Each year during our Professional Development Conference we host a Silent Auction. For one-and-a-half days during the conference, attendees outbid one another on an array of items donated from individuals and organizations. All of the proceeds raised during the Silent Auction directly support our efforts to provide educational services to transcribers and teachers of the…

We are now just a few weeks from the start of our annual Professional Development Conference! We’ve been busy prepping to greet those of you who are joining us in Phoenix this year, and wanted to provide a few updates. No Onsite Registration During previous conferences, we’ve allowed attendees to show up at the conference…