UPCOMING WEBINARS
WHERE IS YOUR CAREER NOW?
From Where You Are to Where You Want to Grow
Are you looking to transition back into work after an amputation? Or stuck in deciding on wanting to change careers? During this webinar, our Workforce Development Manager and Workforce Development volunteer will give tips and resources on ways to elevate your current or previous career, how to move forward with wanting to change careers and how to elevate your professional development.
Register: https://amputee-coalition.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FgI8MXkDTYSHo6SVtkP_yA#/registration
Presenters:
- Trenaya Reid is the Workforce Development Manager at the Amputee Coalition. Her primary goal is to make employment opportunities accessible to youth and adults within the limb loss/limb difference community that are looking and wanting to workTrenaya has more than eight years experience working with individuals with disabilities and those within diverse/underrepresented populations. She has worked with individuals with disabilities in the nonprofit, state, federal sectors; as well as at the University level assisting them with job placement. Within Trenaya’s graduate studies at the University of Central Florida, her research focus was improving programs and decreasing the unemployment gap for individuals with disabilities in the workforce. Being a person within the limb difference community, she has a personal interest in being an advocate and mentor for those with diverse backgrounds.
- Paula Golladay is a Workforce Development Program Volunteer at the Amputee Coalition. Paula is a below-knee amputee who is a retired federal government worker, assisting with the recruitment process for people with disabilities within federal employment and within a program called the Federal Workforce Recruitment Program. During her time working as a federal recruiter for people with disabilities, Paula worked within the hiring process called Schedule A Hiring Authority. Schedule A Hiring Authority is used to hire qualified people with disabilities for federal job positions noncompetitively, without going through the traditional hiring process.
Assistive Technology in the Workplace: Microsoft Inclusive Tech Lab Tour
Are you wondering which assistive technology is available to you within the workplace? Accessibility Program Manager, Solomon Romney, will be providing a virtual tour of the Inclusive Tech Lab in Redmond, WA. He will provide an overview of assistive technology that can be used in the workplace for individuals with limb loss and limb difference.
Date: May 29, 2024 – 5:00 PM ET
Register: https://amputee-coalition.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_S5BQofWHQjSR5utyzHp2ag
Panelists:
- Solomon Romney is the Accessibility Program Manager for the Inclusive Tech Lab at Microsoft. He originally started with Microsoft in 2014 in their Physical Stores during which time he was honored to be part of the Xbox Adaptive Controller team. He joined the Inclusive Tech Lab in 2020 to help design and develop products like the Surface Adaptive Kit, Microsoft Adaptive Accessories, and Adaptive Touchpad. His background, though, is not in technology. He is a classically trained actor and scholar. He has two master’s degrees in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature in Performance, wrote about Shakespeare’s business model, and was an accomplished stage fighter. Being a limb different actor, and having a need for various prosthetic hands, ultimately led him to transition to tech. He uses his performance skills to tell the story of disability and technology in an approachable way.
- Trenaya Reid is the Workforce Development Manager at the Amputee Coalition. Her primary goal is to make employment opportunities accessible to youth and adults within the limb loss/limb difference community that are looking and wanting to workTrenaya has more than eight years experience working with individuals with disabilities and those within diverse/underrepresented populations. She has worked with individuals with disabilities in the nonprofit, state, federal sectors; as well as at the University level assisting them with job placement. Within Trenaya’s graduate studies at the University of Central Florida, her research focus was improving programs and decreasing the unemployment gap for individuals with disabilities in the workforce. Being a person within the limb difference community, she has a personal interest in being an advocate and mentor for those with diverse backgrounds.
- Paula Golladay is a Workforce Development Program Volunteer at the Amputee Coalition. Paula is a below-knee amputee who is a retired federal government worker, assisting with the recruitment process for people with disabilities within federal employment and within a program called the Federal Workforce Recruitment Program. During her time working as a federal recruiter for people with disabilities, Paula worked within the hiring process called Schedule A Hiring Authority. Schedule A Hiring Authority is used to hire qualified people with disabilities for federal job positions noncompetitively, without going through the traditional hiring process.
Our webinars cover topics related to amputation and people living with limb loss and limb difference, from sepsis and physical activity to technology and advocacy, there’s something relevant for you. Our presenters include clinical experts, topic experts like the TSA and travel, and members of our staff, all with materials developed just for you.
Whether you join a webinar live or get the highlights from the recorded version, you will have access to high-quality information about topics that concern you. To make sure you receive invitations, please sign up for our newsletters.
Our webinars cover topics related to amputation and people living with limb loss and limb difference, from sepsis and physical activity to technology and advocacy, there’s something relevant for you. Our presenters include clinical experts, topic experts like the TSA and travel, and members of our staff, all with materials developed just for you.
Whether you join a webinar live or get the highlights from the recorded version, you will have access to high-quality information about topics that concern you. To make sure you receive invitations, please sign up for our newsletters.
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