Shaping a National Collaborative For AT Reuse Successful Strategies, Innovative Partnerships, Futures Planning September , 2009 Shaping a National Collaborative For AT Reuse Successful Strategies, Innovative Partnerships, Futures Planning September , 2009 Atlanta, Georgia

…We are Glad Y’all are Here! (It’s about time…)

What is Your Dream? Where Do You want your Program to be in 3 Years? – –Big, Medium, Small? (Write it down) – –How Many People do you want to Serve? – –What type of AT do you Reuse/want to Reuse? – –How Solid are Your Policies & Procedures? Do they match your Practices? – –Who do you need to Meet to accomplish Your Dream/Goal? (the Team Approach!) – –Is Your Dream Sustainable?

“If You Build it, They will Come!” ~Field of Dreams

Conference Objectives To recognize the accomplishments of the AT reuse programs and recognize the partners of the programs. To recognize the accomplishments of the AT reuse programs and recognize the partners of the programs. –Learn! Challenge – Take home 5 strategies/solutions Challenge – Take home 5 strategies/solutions –Our Successes are Shared Successes! –Awards - (work it!)

Conference Objectives Share innovative strategies that Reuse programs have found to work. Share innovative strategies that Reuse programs have found to work. –Sanitization, Marketing, E-waste, Sustainability… and the list goes on. –TIP: If you don’t know – Ask! Try to avoid Acronyms this week. Try to avoid Acronyms this week.

Conference Objectives Identify new skill areas and specific needs of Reuse programs that need to be addressed. Identify new skill areas and specific needs of Reuse programs that need to be addressed. –Write them down & let us Know!

Conference Objectives Expand and strengthen reuse programs, particularly as they relate to emergency preparedness and program sustainability. –Networking – Hanging out with Intent Challenge: Meet 5 who can help you. Challenge: Meet 5 who can help you. – –Collaborate – locally, regionally & Nationally TIP: Create a Map of current Relationships & identify ones you want to develop

Conference Objectives Identify current challenges and opportunities of AT reuse programs and tasks of our national collaborative in addressing them. – –Help us Plan, collectively, for the Future. – –Roundtable Discussions – Talk with us! – –“Whatda” Need to Grow & be Sustainable?

What Can One Person Do? I AM ONLY ONE PERSON I am only one person What can one person do? Rosa Parks, Was only one person, She said one word She said it on December, 1, One person Said One word She said it on a bus She said it to the bus driver On Cleveland Street in Montgomery The bus driver said, "Stand up, woman, And Give up your seat!" Rosa Parks, One person Said one word The Word was "NO!" One woman Said one Word And a nation Blushed! One woman Said one word And a world Talked! One woman Said one word And the Supreme Court Acted! One woman Said one word And the buses were Desegregated! I am only one person. What can one person do?

You Can Change the World. You are an Agent of Positive Change You Do change the World by Changing One person’s world through each AT device you Reuse. …And We are here to help You!

…now go Network and Learn!