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“Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for Blind Users,” Tek Talk.

Recently, Anna Dresner discussed her book, Social Networking and You: Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn for Blind Users, on Tek Talk.

Social networking is now a key skill in finding job opportunities and even in insuring on-the-job success. Learn more about the ins and outs of social networking to look for work and to continue making…

04/21/2010 / LightHouse Staff / Employment, Featured / No comments

Disabilities At Work Internet Talk Radio

Live - Every Wednesday at Noon EST!

Disabilities At Work (DAW) Internet Talk Radio focuses on broad areas of interest to people with disabilities, their advocates, and employers.

DAW Radio spotlights businesses that go ‘beyond compliance’ in finding and hiring qualified people with disabilities, or who support people with disabilities through philanthropy or in other ways.…

04/21/2010 / The LightHouse / Employment, Featured / No comments

Participate in the Smith-Kettlewell wayfinding survey

A message from Josh Miele:

Greetings!

The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (S-K), in collaboration with researchers at Accessible Design for the Blind and U.C. Santa Barbara, is conducting a survey of tools and techniques used by blind and visually-impaired people in their every-day lives. We want to know how you get around, how comfortable you feel…

04/21/2010 / The LightHouse / Featured, Transportation and Travel / No comments

Pushing Limits on KPFA Berkeley features Blind Man's Bluff.

Pushing Limits, radio by and for people with disabilities.

Listen live or to the archived recording at
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60304

Description: We're bringing you a dramatic production -- a radio adaptation of scenes from Blind Man's Bluff, a self-published memoir by visually-impaired writer and advocate Geri Taeckens.

Travel with Geri as she collides with the reality of visual impairment and…

04/16/2010 / The LightHouse / Community / No comments

Pushing Limits on KPFA Berkeley features Blind Man’s Bluff.

Pushing Limits, radio by and for people with disabilities.

Listen live or to the archived recording at
http://kpfa.org/archive/id/60304

Description: We're bringing you a dramatic production -- a radio adaptation of scenes from Blind Man's Bluff, a self-published memoir by visually-impaired writer and advocate Geri Taeckens.

Travel with Geri as she collides with the reality of visual impairment and…

04/16/2010 / LightHouse Staff / Community / No comments

Northern California Entertainment and Recreation Listing April 16, 2010

If you do not receive this listing in your inbox every Friday, join the distribution list by emailing bberenson@lighthouse-sf.org.

This listing is compiled by the Vision Loss Resource Center at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It is compiled weekly as a service to the blind and visually impaired community of Northern…

04/16/2010 / The LightHouse / Arts and Entertainment, Community, Sports and Recreation / No comments

LightHouse encourages blind individuals to apply for NIB's Fellowship for Leadership Development by April 20th!

A message from LightHouse Executive Director, Bryan Bashin:

Once every two years a small crop of blind individuals is selected for an outstanding fellowship in business development. Each fellow is paid roughly $40,000 per year while studying and the upside career potential has been very solid. The San Francisco Lighthouse is particularly interested in seeing…

04/15/2010 / The LightHouse / Employment / No comments

LightHouse encourages blind individuals to apply for NIB’s Fellowship for Leadership Development by April 20th!

A message from LightHouse Executive Director, Bryan Bashin:

04/15/2010 / LightHouse Staff / Employment / No comments

CENSUS ALERT: Important Information about Your Census Form

As you know, the 2010 Census is upon us. You may have received a form in the mail from the U.S. Census Bureau in late March. All Americans are required to provide Census data under Title 13, United States Code, Sections 143 and 191. Anyone over 18 years old who refuses or willfully neglects…

04/14/2010 / The LightHouse / Community / No comments

4th Annual Transition Summit Focus: Self-Advocacy

The Annual Transition Summit is just one of the ways the LightHouse supports blind and visually impaired individuals in finding employment opportunities. This year's 4th Annual Summit will take place from Friday, April 30th to Sunday, May 2nd at Enchanted Hills Camp in Napa. While this event has been filled, to learn more about…

04/14/2010 / The LightHouse / Featured / No comments