|
Click here to go to menu
The Independent Visually Impaired Entrepreneurs (IVIE) is a national organization for visually impaired business owners or those interested in entrepreneurship.
IVIE was officially presented its charter by the American Council of the Blind (ACB) on July 8, 1981.
IVIE provides an annual convention held in conjunction with the ACB annual convention. Each summer at the convention, IVIE plans a program of interest to business owners and friends. During this convention, we have a breakfast business meeting where members and friends can share ideas and meet others with like interests. We have an annual luncheon with speakers of interest to those in business. At these conventions, there is also an opportunity for IVIE members to exhibit their products and services. To find more information about the national convention of ACB and its affiliates, please visit: www.acb.org
Conventions are held in various cities in the United States. Some past conventions have been held in Jacksonville Florida, Minneapolis Minnesota, Louisville Kentucky, Orlando Florida, Phoenix Arizona and Reno Nevada. The 2012 conference and convention will be held in Louisville, KY.
IVIE provides a quarterly audio newsletter, "The IVIE Motivator," to its members. Each audio newsletter has articles that assist business owners with tips relating to marketing, improving, and building a business. IVIE has officers who live throughout the United States. ACB has a national office in Arlington, Virginia. Members of IVIE also receive a magazine called "The Braille Forum" published several times a year in multiple formats: Braille, large print, email, disk, and cassette tape. This ACB publication contains articles of interest to blind and visually impaired persons. All "Braille Forum" issues are now archived on the ACB website.
Membership dues for those interested in joining IVIE are only $15 per year, which are due each July 1st. This entitles members to receive both the publications mentioned above and a member directory listing on the IVIE website. Dues can be sent to: IVIE Treasurer, 2201 Limerick Drive, Tallahassee, FL 32309.
Print a copy of the application from the link below and submit it with your check or pay online.
Click here for IVIE Application for Membership. Notice: application is in MS WORD document format.
For more information on online dues payment or website suggestions, contact Vice-President Ardis Bazyn (818) 238-9321 or email:
Send suggestions of audio content or possible persons to be interviewed to President Carla Hayes, editor of "The IVIE Motivator," at
or contact Carla Hayes at 724-941-8184.
For more information about the American Council of the Blind, call 202-467-5081 (800-424-8666 from 2-5 p.m.) or go to:
www.acb.org
Look at the menu to your right to find links of organizations designed to help business people and for our membership directory.
|