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Photos from this year's conference will be posted soon.	Thank you to everyone who participated in making this year's conference a resounding success!

Conference Schedule
8:30 a.m.	Registration
9:00 a.m.	Welcome and Opening Session
10:00 a.m.	Home Base
11:00 a.m.	Workshops - Round 1 1) Operating Electronics - Phones, PDA's, Desktop, Laptop and Notebook Computers 2) I Can Write! 3) Health Literacy - The Basic Facts about Diabetes 4) Food for Thought - Reading in the Kitchen
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:00 p.m.	Home Base
2:00 p.m.	Workshops - Round 2 5) Computer Workshop - Using Microsoft Word 6) Basic Math 7) Comprehension through Questioning 8) Becoming an Author
3:00 p.m.	Workshops - Round 3 9) Computer Lab - Using Microsoft Excel 10) Mastering the Times Tables 11) Vocabulary Building 12) Reading Skills for Everyday Life
4:00 p.m.	Open Mike and The Tie That Binds

Click here to download and view the conference schedule and the workshop descriptions.

Featured 2011 Conference Speaker
Cyndy Colletti, Literacy Manager
Illinois State Library
Office of the Secretary of State

Click here to view the slideshow of the 2010 New Readers Conference.

Reminder Membership Renewal Due

If you haven’t renewed your membership yet for 2011, do it today. Click here for a membership form. To vote at the Annual Meeting you must be a paid member.

For further information on membership in the New Readers for New Life of Illinois organization,
call Robert Dowling, President at 708/415-0099 or write to him at allirishguy2009@yahoo.com.

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