2024 AgrAbility National Training Workshop

Published by Joyce Brkopac on

When:
March 25, 2024 @ 8:00 am – March 28, 2024 @ 4:00 pm
2024-03-25T08:00:00-04:00
2024-03-28T16:00:00-04:00
Where:
Grand Hyatt Atlanta/Buckhead, Atlanta, GA.
3300 Peachtree Road Northeast Atlanta
GA 30305 Phone: 833-617-1943
Cost:
More information coming soon.
Contact:
National AgrAbility Project
1-800-825-4264

 

About the Workshop

The AgrAbility National Training Workshop (NTW) is the foremost educational event addressing issues related to disability in agriculture.
The mission of the NTW is to empower professionals and consumers to fulfill AgrAbility's main priority areas:

  • Education: The NTW builds service capacity for professionals and provides relevant, practical knowledge to consumers through a variety of means, including keynote sessions, plenary sessions, breakout sessions, tours, and new staff training
  • Networking: The NTW enables networking among AgrAbility staff members and stakeholders to help leverage resources to fulfill the AgrAbility mission. Venues for networking include informal information sharing, structured networking sessions (e.g. standing committees and communities of interest), and exposure to new/potential stakeholders through sessions and exhibits
  • Assistance: The NTW trains AgrAbility staff members in best practices for providing direct assistance to AgrAbility customers. Participation by customers also enhances their ability to remain actively engaged in agriculture-related work
  • Marketing: The NTW provides AgrAbility staff members with training and resources to communicate the AgrAbility mission through sessions specifically focused on marketing and via informal learning from marketing materials or techniques used in exhibits

Audiences for the NTW include:

  • AgrAbility staff members
  • AgrAbility customers and their families
  • AgrAbility stakeholders
    • USDA professionals
    • Rehabilitation professionals
    • Other nonprofit professionals
  • Suppliers of products useful to AgrAbility customers

Conference highlights include:
• Pre-conference sessions and tours on specialized topics
• Welcome reception on Monday evening
• Wide variety of breakout sessions on Tuesday and Wednesday
• Tours to local agriculture enterprises on Thursday
• Consumer travel stipends available

Travel:

The closest airport is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The airport is about a 30-minute ride by car (depending on traffic and time of day), and rental cars, taxis and shared ride services are easily available from the airport.

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Joyce Brkopac

Joined the AgrAbility Project August of 2023 as a a Digital Media and Outreach Coordinator. Working for UCP of Central PA for 7 years as a Community Participation Support Supervisor of Adults who have disabilities. US Navy Veteran with specialty as a Hospital Corpsman 11+ years with both active and reserve service time. Has an Associate of Arts Degree in Human Services and training in Visual Communications from the Art Institute of Pittsburgh.

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