2024 NFB of Alaska State Convention Audio
- Listen to NFB Alaska 2024 Convention Friday Afternoon Session
- Listen to 2024 Saturday Morning Session One
- Listen to Saturday Morning Session Two
- Listen to Saturday Afternoon Session 1
- Listen to NFB of Alaska 2024 Elections
- Listen to NFB Alaska Affiliate Constitution Overview and Ways to Increase Membership
- Listen to NFB of Alaska 2024 Convention Banquet Speech by Ryan Strunk Plus closing Comments
2022 NFB of Alaska State Convention Audio
Friday, November 4, 2022
Blind Alaskans Living the Fit Life They Want!
- Listen to Treasurers Report by Carmen Jameson
- Listen to David Newman, Alaska State ADA Coordinator
- Website for Alaska ADA Coordinator
- Listen to Jesse Shirek, Making NFB-NEWSLINE® a reality for all print disabled Alaskans
- Web page for NFB-NEWSLINE
- Listen to Robert Corvisier, Alaska Human Rights Commission
- Alaska Human Rights
- Listen to Jocelyn Bucaro discuss Accessible ballots from your home
- Website for Tusk Philanthropies
- Listen to Freya Anderson discuss what’s new with the National Library Service
- Website for Talking Books of Alaska
- Listen to Jeff Dick with Challenge Alaska discuss Community recreation for Alaskans with disabilities
- Website for Challenge Alaska
- View Video with Tyler Merren discuss making exercise accessible for all
- Listen to Tyler Merren discuss making exercise accessible for all
- Website: ReVisionFitnessApp.com
- Listen to Kevin Whitley
- Listen to Nate Kile
- Listen to Tom Class
- Listen to Charlie Rogge
- Listen to CB Brady, Executive Director, Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Listen to Jeff Yan, Co-Founder of Digication.com
- Digication.com
Saturday, November 5
- Listen to Patti Chang with President’s report with initiatives of the National Federation of the Blind
- Listen to Bonnie Lucas, Alaska NFB Affiliate presidential annual report and future projections
- Listen to Michael Lauf discuss Accessible Windows Software and iPhone Apps, All in One Place
- Website for LaufWare Accessible Software and iPhone Apps
- Listen to Raul Gallegos, President of National Association of Guide dog Users
- Website for National Association of Guide Dog users
- Listen to Debbie Wunder, President of diabetes Action Network
- Website for NFB Diabetes Action- Network
- Listen to Glenn Crosby, President of NFB Seniors division
- Website for NFB Seniors Division
- Listen to Chancey Fleet, cutting edge free training and resources from the New York Public Library
- Website for New York Public Library Accessibility
- Listen to Gary Wunder, editor of the NFB Braille Monitor
- Website for NFB Braille Monitor, (flagship publication of the National Federation of the Blind)
- Listen to Emily Schlenker, the first blind pharmacology student
- Listen to Tom Class, blind Alaskan living his life as a home owner and full-time employee
- Listen to Dan Bigley, author of Beyond the Bear, husband, father and director of social service agency
- Listen to Katie Lester, winner of $8,000 NFB National Scholarship
- Listen to Kevin Whitley, Manual skills instructor at the Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
- Listen to 2022 Elections
- Listen to Banquet Guest speaker, Patti Chang
2021 NFB Alaska State Convention Audio and Video
- Listen to Opening, Bonnie Lucas, President;
Invocation, Brand and Pledge by Brian Blair, and Song: A Beautiful Soul, Written, produced and Sung by Tony Gephart - Listen to Alaska State ADA Coordinator David Newman
- Listen to Alaska Division of elections, Gail Fenumiai, Alaska State Director of Elections and Julie Hussman, Anchorage Regional Director of Elections
- Listen to Challenge Alaska, (Community recreation for Alaskans with disabilities), Jeff Dick
- Listen to Jessica Beecham, President, NFB Sports and Recreation Division, including a fit break
- Listen to Tribute to October 15, White Cane Awareness and safety Day
- Listen to Duane Mayes, State of Alaska Director, and Megan Schiele, Alaska State Blind Services Coordinator, Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Listen to 2021 Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Nate Kile
- Listen to National Library Service for the blind and physically disabled, Alaska State Library, Freya Anderson
- Listen to Alaska Human Rights Commission, Robert Corbisier, Executive Director
- Listen to Assistive Technology of Alaska-ATLA, Tori Gingras
- Listen to Author round table featuring Deborah Kendrick and Judy Dixon
- Listen to Guiding Eyes, Mike Goehring, Regional Guide Dog Mobility Instructor
- Listen to Way Around tags for labeling virtually anything
- Listen to New products from A T Guys, “Your Access Technology Experts
- Listen to Non-24 Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorders, Shauna Jatho, Nurse Educator with Vanda Pharmaceuticals
- Listen to Katie Lester, TRAILS, ILC, Kenai Peninsula, how it works
- Listen to Welcome, Invocation, and annual report by Alaska NFB President Bonnie Lucas
- Listen to National Report by Terri Rupp, President of Nevada Affiliate and National Board member
- Listen to Choosing Training, Kay Robinson
- Listen to My blindness Story, Kristine Bradley
- Listen to National Association of Blind Students, (NABS), an NFB Division, Nina Marranca, treasurer
- Listen to issues and concerns facing guide dog users, Raul Gallegos, National Association of Guide Dog Users (NAGDU), a division of the National Federation of the Blind
- Listen to Community Service Division, Jeanetta Price
- Listen to iPhone Q&A
- Listen to Katie Lester summarize resolutions adopted at the 2021 NFB national convention
- Listen to Alaska NFB 2021 Banquet: Message from national Rep Terri Rupp, Introduction of Board Members, and announcement of scholarships
2020 Convention Audio Highlights
Friday, October 23
- Welcome, NFB Pledge, What is the NFB?
- Update on Alaska Website Accessibility, David Newman, Alaska State ADA Coordinator
- National Library Service Talking Book Library, Freya Anderson
- Alaska Division of Vocational Rehabilitation; Duane Mayes, State Director; and Megan Schiele, Director of Blind Services
- NFB-NEWSLINE®, What is it and how does it work?
Exhibitor Presentations
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals – Information about non-24 condition
- Way Around; Label anything, Jessica Hipp
- AIRA – Use your phone and an agent to do more, Ryan Bishop
- Elegant Insights Braille Creations
- Guiding Eyes; Guide Dogs During a Pandemic, Michael Goehring
Tech Presentations
- Useful JAWS Tips, Nate Kile
- Using Your Voice; Google Home and Amazon Echo, Michael Lauf
- Apple Watch Series 6, Abby Fleenor
Saturday, October 24
Main Session
Special Thanks to our Sponsors
- Alaska Parents of Blind Children (NOPBC), Q&A
- Invocation by Brian Blair
- National Presidential Report, Anil Lewis; National Representative, Baltimore, Maryland
- Song: Beautiful Soul, by Tony Gebhard
- Annual Affiliate Report, Bonnie Lucas, President
- Alaska Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, Nate Kile, Program Director
- Making Voting Accessible, Lou Ann Blake
- National Association of Blind Students, Robert Parsons
- NFB Centers: Jennifer Wenzel, Director of Admissions, BLIND, Inc
- 2020 Treasurer’s Report
- 2020 Elections
- PAC Plan, How is the Money Used?
- Banquet Address, National Representative, Anil Lewis
- Vanda Pharmaceuticals
- Way Around Smart Assistant for the Blind
- Aira
- Elegant Insights Braille Creations
- Guiding Eyes for the Blind