Leading Remotely: Maintaining Performance & Employee Engagement From Afar
Date: 8/20/2020
Video Description: Donal Conn, Founding Principal of Kaydeross Performance Solutions, addresses the following topics:
- The Psychology of Safety & Wellness at Work
- Rules For Virtual and Partially Remote Work Teams
- Facilitating Video Virtual Team Meetings
- Promoting Collaboration and Teamwork
- Building Communication Plans & Protocols
- When The Cat’s Away …Managing From Afar
- Virtual Team Celebrations & Employee Recognition
- Maintain Your Organization’s Culture Remotely & Values
Video Recording: Leading Remotely: Maintaining Performance & Employee Engagement From Afar
GOTV: The Time Is Now!
Date: 8/19/2020
Video Description: Andy Lee, Director of Voter Services for the League of Women Voters of Albany County addresses the following topics:
- What New Voters Should Know
- What Else to Expect at the Polls
- How to Organize for Election Day
- GOTV Tools and Scripts for the Final Weeks
- Election Day Challenges: What to Do?
- Transportation and Polling Place Accessibility
Following the presentation, Statewide Systems Advocacy Network (SSAN) members Maria Samuels, Executive Director of Westchester Disabled On the Move; Phil Prehn, Statewide Systems Advocate at ARISE in Syracuse; Dr. Gregg Beratan, Director of Advocacy and Development from Center for Disability Rights in Rochester and co-founder of #CripTheVote; and Monica Bartley from the Center for Independence of the Disabled in New York have a round table discussion on Get Out The Vote efforts in their ILCs around the state.
Video Recording: GOTV: The Time Is Now!
Managing Disruption and Continuing to Deliver
Date: 7/30/2020
Video Description: Amy Nitza, PhD, Director of the Institute for Disaster Mental Health at SUNY New Paltz, addresses the following topics:
- Not being able to meet face-to-face with consumers
- Reassuring consumers that ILCs are still there for them, and virtual help is effective
- Dealing with stress and methods for recovery
Webinar Recording: Managing Disruption and Continuing to Deliver
REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count
Date: 7/15/2020
Video Description: Keri Gray, Senior Director, Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Communications for the American Association for People with Disabilities (AAPD) addresses the following topics:
- Voter Suppression: What it is, How it Impacts Outcomes, Why it Matters to the Disability Community
- Stakeholder Education: Approaches and Tools that Work
- Levering Candidate Questionnaire and Forums to Advance Your Cause
- Making the Most of REV Up!'s Tools and Resources
Webinar Recording: REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count
Webinar Transcript: REV UP! Making the Disability Vote Count (PDF)
Additional Resources: aapd.com/advocacy/voting
Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations
Date: 7/9/2020
Video Description: A roundtable of representatives from ILCs around the state discuss how they adapted to operate in the "new normal" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Topics include:
- Ensuring all staff have proper technology, including Internet access
- VPN and other forms of remote access such as LogMeIn, SplashTop, Google Remote Desktop
- Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Skype
- Temporary phone numbers via Google Voice
- Voice over internet protocol
- Zoom with encryption to allow for staff calls, plus staff with consumers
- Zoom alternatives
- Managing bandwidth
- Peer counseling, wellness calls and emotional support strategies for staff and consumers
Webinar Recording: Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations
Webinar Transcript: Best Practices for ILC Remote Operations (PDF)
Get Out The Vote: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights
Date: 6/17/2020
Video Description: Presenters from Disability Rights New York (DRNY) address the following topics:
- Why it Matters: Understanding the Impact of the Disability Vote
- Voter Rights: What Everyone Needs to Know
- Polling Place Accessibility/Ballot Marking Devices
- Alternative Voting Options
- Absentee Voting in NYS Today
- DRNY Recent Litigation
Author: Presented by Helen Charland, Advocate, DRNY, and Christy Asbee, Executive Director, DRNY
Presentation Slides: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights (PDF)
Webinar Recording: Election Accessibility and Voter Rights
Universal Precautions Open Doors Training
Presentation Description: Mandatory Infection Prevention Trainins for Open Doors (MFP), presented by Transition Center Project Nurse Laura Bingell, RN
Further your knowledge of best practices to reduce the spread of infections, including:
• Hand hygiene and cough etiquette
• How diseases spread
• Vaccines
• Use of gloves and masks
Date: 3/18/2025 (Revised)
Presentation Slides with Audio and Captions in Slide Descriptions:Universal Precautions Open Doors Training 2026(PPTX)
Using SNTs When You Receive a Lump Sum or Have Excess Resources
Video Description: This is the second part, in a two part webinar series, introducing the basics of Supplemental Need Trusts (SNTs). This second part covers the rules and options on transferring, spending or depositing a lump sum payment while recieving Medicaid, SSI, Veteran's Benefits, SNAP/Food Stamps, and Housing Subsidies including Section 8.
Date: 11/15/2019
Author: Presented by Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, Director, Valerie Bogart.
Presentation Slides: Using Supplemental Needs Trusts to Retain Public Benefits, Part One and Two (PDF)
Webinar Recording: Using Supplemental Needs Trusts to Retain Public Benefits, Part Two (External Link to YouTube)
Introduction to Supplemental Needs Trusts
Video Description: This is the first part, in a two part webinar series, introducing the basics of Supplemental Need Trusts (SNTs) and will go over the various types of SNTs (Pooled trusts vs. Individual trusts, 3rd party trusts vs. Self-settled trusts). How to use a SNT to eliminate Medicaid 'Spend Down', what expenses may be paid by an SNT, and how ABLE accounts and SNTs differ, will be covered.
Date: 11/6/2019
Author: Presented by Evelyn Frank Legal Resources Program, Director, Valerie Bogart.
Presentation Slides: Using Supplemental Needs Trusts to Retain Public Benefits, Part One and Two (PDF)
Webinar Recording: Using Supplemental Needs Trusts to Retain Public Benefits, Part One (External Link to YouTube)
Overview of New York State’s Lobbying Law and Regulations
Video Description: New York State’s Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) recently released new regulations, effective January 1, 2019, which update the definitions for what constitutes lobbying – including direct contact lobbying and grassroots activity - and the requirements for reporting. This webinar outlines what is a reportable lobby activity, if your ILC should be reporting, and how to go about doing so.
Date: 11/19/18
Author: Hosted by NYAIL, presented by NYAIL’s Lobbyist, Kevin Cleary. Kevin has over 36 years’ experience in the workings of State Government in Albany, as a lobbyist, consultant, key legislative staff person, regulator and service provider.
Presentation Slides: Lobbying in New York State
Webinar Recording: Overview of New York State’s Lobbying Law and Regulations