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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">(Please excuse the cross posts)</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Call for Proposals: Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web & Technology Conference | November 12 – 16, 2018<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Proposal Deadline: April 20*<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Accessing Higher Ground 2018 is now accepting proposals for its 21st<span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>Annual Conference in<span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>Westminster, Colorado.<span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:14pt"><span> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span>AHG</span><span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>focuses on:<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span></p><p class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span>accessible media<span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span>Universal Design<span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span>best practices for web & media development<span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span>accessible curriculum<span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span>alternate format<span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span>teaching about accessibility and UD in university curriculum (and elsewhere)<span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span>·<span style="font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">      <span> </span></span></span></span>other topics related to accessibility in higher education and other environments<span></span></p><p class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-MsoListParagraph" style="font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0in;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0in 0in 6pt 0.5in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Use the<span> </span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/speaker-submissions/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">online speaker proposal form</a><span> </span>to submit your proposal. Additional speaker information can be found on the<span> </span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">AHG website</a>.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"><span> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">View<span> </span><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/schedule-2017/#cs_2017-11-15" target="_blank" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline">last year’s sessions</a><span> </span>to get a sense of the typical agenda and range of topics.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">If you have any questions about proposal submission, contact<span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span><span>Howard</span><span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span><span>Kramer</span></span><span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>at<span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>303-<wbr>492-8672<span class="gmail-m_8253211522696804658gmail-apple-converted-space"> </span>or at the<span> </span><span>email</span><span> </span>below.<span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black"> <span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;font-size:13pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">e-mail:<span> </span><a href="mailto:ahg@ahead.org" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)">ahg@ahead.org</a><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-ali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<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Howard Kramer</div><div>Conference Coordinator</div><div>Accessing Higher Ground</div><div>303-492-8672</div><div>cell: 720-351-8668</div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Join us for the <b><a href="http://accessinghigherground.org/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Accessing Higher Ground</span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-weight:normal"> </span><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Conference</span></a></b> in Denver, Colorado,  <span><span>Nov 12-16, 2018</span></span>.  Request for proposals will be announced mid-March.<u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Complete program information and registration is open for our full line-up of webinars, <b><i><a href="http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/webinars" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">AHEADtoYOU!</span></a></i></b><i> </i>And the <b><a href="http://ahead.org/learn/virtual-learning/at_webinars_15_16" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Technology Access Series</span></a></b>.  Site capacities for all webinar events is limited; please register at your earliest convenience for the largest selection.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,32,96)">Not yet a member of AHEAD?  <b><a href="http://ahead.org/join/become-a-member" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">We welcome you to join AHEAD now.</span></a></b></span></p></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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