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January 2022 Webinars

By Chris Clemens | January 5, 2022
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Join us this month for a few free webinars to improve your braille transcription knowledge! 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, 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…

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December 2021 Webinars

By Chris Clemens | November 30, 2021
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Join this month for a music webinar! 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…

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November 2021 Webinars

By Chris Clemens | November 8, 2021
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Join us in November for these three short, 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!…

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BULLETIN: Vol. 57, No. 3 – Fall 2021

By Chris Clemens | November 3, 2021
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The Fall 2021 BULLETIN: Vol. 57, No. 3 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…

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October 2021 Webinars

By Chris Clemens | September 27, 2021
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Mark your calendars and join us during the month of October for these short, 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…

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CANCELED: 2021 Professional Development Conference

By David Shaffer | September 3, 2021
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We are deeply disappointed to deliver the news that we are canceling our upcoming Professional Development Conference in San Antonio, Texas. This decision did not come easily and is a result of ever-increasing complications surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Please know that we miss all of you, we want to see you, and that it saddens us to be making this decision for a second year in a row. NBA remains committed to hosting in-person events and we will come together again when we are no longer facing the the complications that caused us to cancel. What To Know If you’ve…

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September 2021 Webinars

By Chris Clemens | September 1, 2021
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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…

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Join Us In San Antonio!

By Chris Clemens | August 16, 2021
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The 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,…

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August 2021 Webinars

By Chris Clemens | July 29, 2021
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As 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,…

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BULLETIN: Vol. 57, No. 2 – Summer 2021

By Chris Clemens | July 14, 2021
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The 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…

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