[Access Lunch] Advice on recruiting locally?

[Frank Elavsky]

For LAMP, it is about not wanting to officially (or unofficially) appear to
endorse a study. Apparently the library ends up having to get lawyer
approval. I think the same was for BVRS but they weren't totally clear. And
I just haven't heard back from Golden Triangle yet.

On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 1:54 PM Jeffrey Bigham <jbigham at cs.cmu.edu> wrote:

> Have you had any feedback about why folks aren’t sharing the announcement?
> I have heard (in other places) that the organizations are getting inundated
> with requests.
>
> ==
> Associate Professor
> Human-Computer Interaction Institute
> Language Technologies Institute
> Carnegie Mellon University
> jeffreybigham.com
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 1:37 PM Frank Elavsky <fje at cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Great idea on the alum! We need folks who are 18 and over, so I didn't
>> even think to reach out to WPSBC.
>>
>> And to Aaron's comment about a local participant registry: I think that
>> is a great idea. I had access to one of these lists for remote participants
>> for a couple studies I helped run back when I was in an industry setting
>> and it was amazing. I never really had to work hard to get participants
>> remotely.
>>
>> I'll let y'all know if I get any leads, too. I reached out the the NFB
>> for advice as well, because you never know.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 1:26 PM Kimberly Norris <knorris2 at andrew.cmu.edu>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Depending on the age you want, you could also try the Western
>>> Pennsylvania School for Blind Children. They might be too young, but they
>>> have an alumni association.
>>> https://www.wpsbc.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1580511&type=d&pREC_ID=1708288
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Kimberly Norris*
>>>
>>> *Digital Accessibility Coordinator*
>>>
>>> *Computing Services**, Digital Accessibility Office*
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Carnegie Mellon University
>>>
>>> 5000 Forbes Avenue
>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/5000+Forbes+Avenue+Pittsburgh,+PA+15213?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>
>>> Pittsburgh, PA 15213
>>> <https://www.google.com/maps/search/5000+Forbes+Avenue+Pittsburgh,+PA+15213?entry=gmail&source=g>
>>>
>>> Digital Accessibility Office Website
>>> <https://www.cmu.edu/computing/dao/index.html>
>>>
>>> knorris2 at andrew.cmu.edu
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 1:10 PM Frank Elavsky <fje at cmu.edu> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hey accessibility lunch folks,
>>>>
>>>> I hope you're all doing well (considering we are at the end of the
>>>> semester and many of y'all are likely gearing up for CHI, among everything
>>>> else).
>>>>
>>>> I have been trying to recruit blind folks locally for a study and have
>>>> been having a pretty hard time. Do any of you have any advice on this? Or
>>>> do you know anyone who might have advice? I've reached out to LAMP, BVRS,
>>>> Golden Triangle Council for the Blind, and even a couple folks I know
>>>> directly. But I just can't get anyone to actually share the recruitment
>>>> materials around.
>>>>
>>>> Are there any additional avenues you'd recommend? I've heard that the
>>>> AFB or some other national-sized org has a mailing list for these things
>>>> that you can pay for. If true, perhaps there is a Pittsburgh-specific
>>>> subset they could mail to (but I can't find any info on this).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks a million,
>>>>
>>>> Frank
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