think big Seminar

Well we are all trying to think big these days and one way we came up with here at the Resource Center is for us as staff to offer you as members access to some of our expertise. One of the ways we are going to do this is by hosting small seminars focusing on our specialties. These seminars will be held here at the Resource Center, which in case you didn't know actually has room to sleep 10! So your rooming will be provided as part of the registration fee. You will be staying right here and learning right here giving you the most bang for you time and money! The first session which I will be doing is going to focus on technology. We will talk about technology that NALS is using, technology that is available for you to use, and also ways to use these technologies in your daily life. Since these seminars are going to be limited to 10 people then we are going to be able to have detail conversations and the direct interaction will allow us to dig into any questions that might come up. You can do a lot in 2 days and we hope to give you a lot to take home!

If you have any input on these sessions or things you might want to see included then please feel free to comment here or shoot us an email. These seminars will be for NALS members only and will cost $249 for the registration and rooming. The first one will be held August 28-29. You can register online at www.nals.org/thinkbig.

Register Now!

Jay Moore
NALS Communications Manager

NALS Award of Excellence

May 1, 2009 is the deadline to nominate your peers to be selected as the next Award of Excellence Winner!
You can nominate as many people as you would like and you can do it online! Click Here!

This is the highest honor in NALS and we would like to know about the best and brightest stars in NALS so that we can make sure to give the award to a worthy recipient. Don't be shy...nominate your friends, state and chapter presidents, past board of directors members or anyone you feel is worth of being a NALS Award of Excellence winner!

Jay Moore
NALS Communications Manager

ReadyTalk Conference Center

I had the opportunity to participate in ReadyTalk’s Conferencing Tutorial and Demonstration on Tuesday, April 7, 2009. It required me to take my lunch hour from 2 to 3 pm (ET) and I did have numerous telephone calls and other interruptions, but it was WORTH attending. This company has amazing things to offer.

Via a toll-free teleconference number, I dialed into the session and once I connected my computer into the meeting, I viewed slides on screen while Jay Mills and Shawn Cardinal took us through the ReadyTalk site. Shawn described how to (1) schedule a meeting, (2) customize registration for follow-up purposes, (3) have multiple speakers for a Web meeting, (4) eliminate background noise, and (5) how to send a post meeting survey to attendees as well as sending thank you emails; while Jay fielded multiple questions from the attendees.

There are many, many more features to this totally awesome service (see www.readytalk.com) including the ability to record a Web Meeting then send a link to others to access the meeting’s discussions. WOW!

April 16, 2009 is the first NALS WebEd Session - Guess Who Is Coming to Dinner? discussing diversity and May 20 is the next NALS WebEd Session entitled, So You Think That Document is Confidential? covering ethics.

Are you registered? Hope so and I’ll meet you there. NALS is THINKING BIG!

Are YOU?

PattiPP
a/k/a Patricia E. Infanti, PP, PLS
2009-10 NALS President-Elect

Irvine Hotel Rooms Going Fast

Well over half of the total number of NALS hotel rooms blocked for the Irvine conference at the Hyatt Regency Irvine are already gone so don't delay make your reservations today to ensure you get the NALS room rate of $115 for the fall conference. 

You can reserve your room by following this link or by calling 800-233-1234 and remember to tell them you are with NALS. The NALS group rate of $115 is only AVAILABLE UNTIL the BLOCK IS FULL or until September 15, 2009 whichever comes first. If you have problems with your room reservation please let me know: hailey@nals.org  

California is the birthplace of NALS and we will celebrate our 80th Anniversary in Irvine make plans now to be there and share in the celebration.

NALS Education Conference & National Forum

Irvine, California

October 8-11, 2009

(check out the NALS website for more details and to register)