<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>The conference was only a day and a half long, Friday night and all day Saturday. The topics were informative, but sometimes misleading by title.</div><div><br></div><div>If I had made a connection to the net, the group would have seen how many of their questions were answered and what strides have been made. It was very frustrating over all as I was getting no feedback other than from KJ and the members of the conference administration, and their comments were polite but non-committal, so I left feeling very much in the dark.</div><div><br></div><div>Charles</div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight:
bold;">From:</span></b> MARIA GALEA <maria.azzopardi@UM.EDU.MT><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> SW-L@LISTSERV.VALENCIACC.EDU<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, September 27, 2010 6:25:26 AM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: SignWorkshop OASLTA<br></font><br>
Hi Charles,<br>Well done for your presentation. You've done your part: It's just a tiny<br>seed you plant - so yes, you would feel very very small - but then as<br>Erika pointed out you never know how it will grow..<br>maria<br><br><br> Don't worry Charles<br>><br>> I used to be one of the skeptics until Belgium's Kathleen & Sara<br>> discreetly introduced me to SW.<br>><br>> The rest is history.<br>><br>> Sent from my iPad<br>><br>> On 26 Sep 2010, at 20:45, "Valerie Sutton" <<a ymailto="mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG" href="mailto:sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG">sutton@SIGNWRITING.ORG</a>> wrote:<br>><br>>> SignWriting List<br>>> September 26, 2010<br>>><br>>> Hello Charles!<br>>><br>>> First of all, a big hug from me, and a big THANK YOU for being so brave<br>>> to present at any conference - It takes courage to present in front of a<br>>> skeptical audience (if that was
what they were...they may not have<br>>> been)...<br>>><br>>> I am sure you did an excellent job and please do not be hard on<br>>> yourself...<br>>><br>>> All presentations help SignWriting, no matter what the reaction, because<br>>> people become interested later. Even if they express some doubts right<br>>> now, it is because it is the first time they have heard of it and we all<br>>> are skeptical about new ideas - but then later, they hear about it a<br>>> second time from someone else, and they remember the discussions with<br>>> you the first time they heard about it, and they decide to look into it<br>>> because now their interest has been stimulated a second time -<br>>><br>>> So you have really helped SignWriting no matter what -<br>>><br>>> Thank you for telling us about the presentation so quickly after it<br>>> happened
-<br>>><br>>> And Kelly Jo was there? Wow - that is so great!<br>>><br>>> So is there more time at the conference now? It will give you a chance<br>>> to talk to some of the people with questions - don't worry, Charles,<br>>> this was a real blessing -<br>>><br>>> Val ;-)<br>>><br>>> -----<br>>><br>>><br>>> On Sep 26, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Charles Butler wrote:<br>>><br>>>> Well, I presented the workshop but I felt that I fell on my face for<br>>>> the following reasons:<br>>>><br>>>> 1) Too much information, too little time.<br>>>> 2) Lack of vocabulary, all of the attendees were interpreters AND<br>>>> teachers of the deaf, and my vocabulary was inadequate to the task. I<br>>>> should have asked for help from KJ or another interpreter at the<br>>>> beginning.<br>>>> 3) I got positive
responses from a couple of people, but the most<br>>>> common one was "how many people IN OHIO are using this system", "why<br>>>> should MY students have to learn anything else?" Half of them maybe<br>>>> "got it" but the others just kept with questions.<br>>>> 4) I should have simply linked to the website and gone from there as<br>>>> the website is informative, answers most of the common questions, and I<br>>>> could have had a Deaf Advocate actually talking to the group.<br>>>><br>>>> Lessons learned, but I feel very small and inadequate right now.<br>>>><br>>>> Charles Butler<br>>>><br>>>><br>>><br>><br>><br><br></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>
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