Webinar: Using Inclusive Social Media in National Service to Recruit Individuals with Disabilities

The National Service Inclusion Project is pleased to announce a January web conference to be held on Wednesday, January 27th. This web conference will focus on how to make social media inclusive to everyone and how usage of social media can benefit service programs. This will be accomplished by reviewing different kinds of social media, ways to apply social media to recruitment efforts, and ensuring website accessibility for people with disabilities.

Date: Wednesday, January 27th, Time: 1pm – 2pm EST

Description:
There has been increasing interest in learning how social media technologies can be applied to service programs. This webinar will build on that interest by discussing what social media is and how to make it inclusive to recruit people with disabilities. Specifically, we will discuss how social media can be used to:
-Connect and recruit to a wider audience of people interested in service
-Broadcast exciting things that are happening in a program to others in service
-Provide information via social media regarding recruitment and upcoming events

Featured Speakers:
Jason Scott
Training Officer/ e-Learning Specialist
Office of Leadership Development and Training
Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS)

Jeff Coburn
Senior Web Specialist
Institute for Community Inclusion

To register for this event, please email nsip@umb.edu by 12:00 PM EST on Tuesday, January 26th with the following info:

-Name
-Organization
-Email
-Phone
-If you require CART* to participate, please also indicate that in your email.

Please note: We will send out confirmation emails by Tuesday afternoon, January 26th with instructions how to sign into the web conference.

*CART service provides instantaneous translation of the speech text using real-time software. Teleconference participants receive caption services over the web. This is an accommodation we provide to participants who are Deaf or hard of hearing.

The National Service Inclusion Project (NSIP) is training and technical assistance provider on disability inclusion, under a cooperative agreement (#08TAHMA001) from Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS). NSIP partners with the Association on University Centers on Disability, National Council on Independent Living, Association on Higher Education and Disability and National Down Syndrome Congress to build connections among disability organizations and all CNCS grantees, to increase the participation of people with disabilities in national service.