NASBP Virtual Seminars Now Delivered With Adobe Connect Platform
NASBP is pleased to announce NASBP Virtual Seminars are being delivered using Adobe Connect technology. In response to many requests from presenters and participants, now all NASBP Virtual Seminars will be held using the Adobe Connect software platform, which will give participants a much richer experience. Instead of calling in by phone and moving presentation slides on their own, registered participants will be e-mailed a unique website address that links to the presentation. By simply turning up their computer speakers, participants will hear the presenters and see the slide presentation in real time from their computer screen.
For those participants who wish, NASBP still will provide a call-in only option, which will allow them to listen to the entire presentation; however, for the best experience, we encourage all participants to simply log in with their computers to see and to hear the entire presentation as it occurs.
First-time participants will need to download Adobe Connect to their computers. The process includes prompts to guide you, and there is no charge for the software. If you have never used Adobe Connect, you can access a brief overview online by clicking here: http://www.adobe.com/products/adobeconnect.html
All registered participants will still be granted access to the final presentation, which will now be one file with the slides synced to the presenter’s voice.
Scheduled 2015 Virtual Seminars
Thank you for making the 2014 NASBP Virtual Seminars a successful member resource. We have already begun adding seminars to the 2015 calendar. We would greatly appreciate suggestions from the NASBP membership on topics for 2015 Virtual Seminars that are interesting, timely and informative. Please direct your ideas and recommendations to the attention of Charnita Lee at clee@nasbp.org. Below are virtual seminars scheduled for the early part of 2015. Presenters will be announced once they are confirmed.
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Jan. 6 – Tiger Trust (complimentary)
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Jan. 20 – Ownership & Succession Planning
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March 10 – The Pit and the Pendulum (Economic Forecast)
NASBP Virtual Seminar Editorial Board Members
The Virtual Seminar Editorial Board, whose members are listed below, are responsible for selecting the topics and presenters.
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Dedi Belis, Chair – Seitlin a Marsh & McLennan Agency
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Matt Cashion – The Cashion Company, Inc.
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Susan Hecker – Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
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Ed Heine – PayneWest Insurance, Inc.
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Todd Loehnert – L.A. Surety Solutions, LLC
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J. Spencer Miller – Schwartz Brothers Insurance Agency Inc.
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Steve Nelson – SureTec Insurance Company
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Dorothy O’Connor – International Fidelity Insurance Co.
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Martha Perkins – National Association of Surety Bond Producers
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Ralph Pulver – Travelers Bond
NASBP would like to thank the NASBP Virtual Seminar Editorial Board for their time and dedication to NASBP and its membership by working to provide more than 20 Virtual Seminars each year. For information about NASBP Virtual Seminars,
visit nasbp.org, contact Charnita Lee
at clee@nasbp.org. The NASBP website is undergoing annual maintenance until 9 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 5. To register before Jan. 5, email Michele Thomas at mthomas@nasbp.org.