NIB is building awareness for SKILCRAFT® and the AbilityOne Program by supporting the GI Film Festival with an ad in the special insert of today’s Washington Examiner (distributed on the metro) and in a special Sunday edition that will be distributed at the GI Film Festival.
View our ad in the special Washington Examiner insert online (page two):
NIB has a similar ad in the official program. The Festival runs May 11-16. We have a shared booth with the Examiner on Saturday May 15 (Armed Forces Day and the largest film day of the Festival) and Sunday, May 16. We are also providing SKILCRAFT government pens in the VIP gift bags. About 4,000 attendees are expected.
Hollywood stars conducting seminars include: Glenn Close, Gary Sinese (CSI and Forest Gump fame), Ricky Schroeder. The event also features VIP receptions with Members of Congress, the Administration and Department of Defense, along with film makers.
The GI film festival will have significant media coverage and has an impressive list of sponsors (see them online – link below).
GI Film Festival site
Friday, May 7, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Tim Sanders Keynote Speaker at Opportunity Forum June 14, 2010
Tim Sanders believes that social responsibility and sustainability are hotbeds for business innovation. Companies that focus on these areas will attract new customers as well as boost the morale of employees and partners. Along the way, they’ll save money too!
Tim has deep experience in cutting-edge businesses and marketing. He’s weathered the quality movement as well as the dotcom crash and emerged with precious insight. He was the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo! and later its Leadership Coach. Prior to his senior positions at Yahoo!, Tim created and led the Yahoo! ValueLab, an in-house “think tank” that delivered futuristic insight on technology and human behavior.
View/listen to one of Tim's speeches.
2010 NIB/NAEPB Opportunity Forum
June 13-15, 2010
Westin Kierland
Scottsdale, Arizona
Join us at the 2010 NIB/NAEPB Opportunity Forum in Arizona! Focused on the theme, “A New Decade: Get Ready to Engage,” the event will provide excellent networking opportunities among NIB associated agencies, customers, suppliers and contractors with the goal of increasing business that creates more jobs for people who are blind.
The forum will include a spacious indoor supplier exhibit area, informative and motivational speakers including: Susan Brita, Deputy Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and Rear Admiral Mark F. Heinrich, Supply Corps, United States Navy Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers, and practical skill-development sessions from Tom Cross, University of Virginia Darden School of Business faculty.
Click on the following links for more information:
View the draft agenda
Register for the Opportunity Forum
Make hotel reservations
Note: NIB’s conference rate expires May 21 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time -- so make your reservation now!
National Industries for the Blind (NIB) is a Central Nonprofit Agency (CNA)authorized under the Javits Wagner O’Day Act (JWOD) – now called AbilityOne by The Committee For Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled. NISH is another CNA that operates under the AbilityOne Program. SKILCRAFT products are produced and sold through the AbilityOne Program by people who are blind or severely disabled.
Tim has deep experience in cutting-edge businesses and marketing. He’s weathered the quality movement as well as the dotcom crash and emerged with precious insight. He was the Chief Solutions Officer at Yahoo! and later its Leadership Coach. Prior to his senior positions at Yahoo!, Tim created and led the Yahoo! ValueLab, an in-house “think tank” that delivered futuristic insight on technology and human behavior.
View/listen to one of Tim's speeches.
Tim Sanders: Mojo Rising Keynote from Tim Sanders on Vimeo.
2010 NIB/NAEPB Opportunity Forum
June 13-15, 2010
Westin Kierland
Scottsdale, Arizona
Join us at the 2010 NIB/NAEPB Opportunity Forum in Arizona! Focused on the theme, “A New Decade: Get Ready to Engage,” the event will provide excellent networking opportunities among NIB associated agencies, customers, suppliers and contractors with the goal of increasing business that creates more jobs for people who are blind.
The forum will include a spacious indoor supplier exhibit area, informative and motivational speakers including: Susan Brita, Deputy Administrator, U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) and Rear Admiral Mark F. Heinrich, Supply Corps, United States Navy Commander, Fleet and Industrial Supply Centers, and practical skill-development sessions from Tom Cross, University of Virginia Darden School of Business faculty.
Click on the following links for more information:
View the draft agenda
Register for the Opportunity Forum
Make hotel reservations
Note: NIB’s conference rate expires May 21 at 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time -- so make your reservation now!
National Industries for the Blind (NIB) is a Central Nonprofit Agency (CNA)authorized under the Javits Wagner O’Day Act (JWOD) – now called AbilityOne by The Committee For Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled. NISH is another CNA that operates under the AbilityOne Program. SKILCRAFT products are produced and sold through the AbilityOne Program by people who are blind or severely disabled.
Monday, May 3, 2010
U.S. Census Using Bags Made by Industries for the Blind Milwaukee
Read the entire story online: American Chronicle – 05/02/2010
By Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
On Saturday, May 2, some 635,000 census takers in Wisconsin and across the nation will begin the task of going door to door to contact around 48 million households that did not return 2010 census forms.
"The bag serves multiple purposes," said Chuck Lange, president of the Industries for the Blind [Milwaukee]. "The census takers keep their papers, pens and pencils in there. And the bag identifies the census takers."
The organization also produced the binders that census takers will use. Those binders were manufactured in West Allis and in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Contact: U.S. Census Bureau
Industries for the Blind in Milwaukee and Kalamazoo, Michigan are members of the National Industries for the Blind. They produce SKILCRAFT and other products sold to the U.S. Federal Government and Department of Defense through the AbilityOne Program.
By Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
On Saturday, May 2, some 635,000 census takers in Wisconsin and across the nation will begin the task of going door to door to contact around 48 million households that did not return 2010 census forms.
"The bag serves multiple purposes," said Chuck Lange, president of the Industries for the Blind [Milwaukee]. "The census takers keep their papers, pens and pencils in there. And the bag identifies the census takers."
The organization also produced the binders that census takers will use. Those binders were manufactured in West Allis and in Kalamazoo, Mich.
Contact: U.S. Census Bureau
Industries for the Blind in Milwaukee and Kalamazoo, Michigan are members of the National Industries for the Blind. They produce SKILCRAFT and other products sold to the U.S. Federal Government and Department of Defense through the AbilityOne Program.
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