October 2025 Webinars
Join us this month for these three free webinars!
These webinars are entirely free to anyone and don’t require registration. As long as you have 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 your busy day!
We hope you’ll be able to join us live, but if you can’t, remember that we record all our webinars. Those recordings are housed in the archive, and are available to current NBA members. If you want to watch later, just sign in with your member account, navigate to the skills area you’re looking for, and hit play! If you’re not a member and want access to training videos, checkout this page for more info about membership.
Our live webinars and archived recordings have Closed Captioning available for those who would like it. Google Meet provides this for our live webinars and Vimeo provides this service for our hosted recordings. To turn on Closed Captioning, use the button in the tool bar with a “CC” in the square.
Nemeth Code For Math And Science
The Nemeth Manning Chapters: PIs and ELIs
Presenter: Cindi Laurent, Chair, Nemeth Code For Math And Science Committee
Date: Friday, October 10th at 12:00p ET
Description: This webinar will give a brief overview of Punctuation indicators and English Letter indicators. After a quick review, we will then apply them to multiple examples demonstrating the use and non-use of these indicators.
Skill Level: Beginner
World Languages Braille
Alphabetic References in Non-English Materials
Presenter: Anna Werner, Chair, World Languages Braille Committee
Date: Thursday, October 16th at 12:00p ET
Description: The 2024 updates to Braille Formats 2016 included changes to the formatting guidelines for alphabetic references. This webinar will review the guidelines from Braille Formats 2016 and the 2024 document “Changes to Foreign Language Sections of Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2016” that apply specifically to alphabetic references in bilingual texts and texts entirely in another language.
Skill Level: Intermediate
Braille Formats/Textbook
Reviewing The Highlights Of The 2024 Updates And Changes
Presenter: Michael Gunner, Chair, Braille Formats/Textbook Committee
Date: Tuesday, October 21st at 1:00p ET
Description: Several updates and changes to Braille Formats were approved and posted in 2024. Here is a review, in case you missed it!
Skill Level: Beginner