{"id":4669,"date":"2019-03-08T21:21:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-09T03:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4669"},"modified":"2019-03-08T22:12:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-09T04:12:46","slug":"excelability-conversation-with-jenny-lay-flurrie-microsofts-chief-accessibility-officer-who-happens-to-have-deafness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=4669","title":{"rendered":"ExcelAbility: Conversation with Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft\u2019s Chief Accessibility Officer Who Happens to Have Deafness"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8780\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4669-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Jenny_Lay_Flurrie_final_BA.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Jenny_Lay_Flurrie_final_BA.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Jenny_Lay_Flurrie_final_BA.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<p>In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen\u2019s ExcelAbility Team.<br>ExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities.<br>to learn more about ExcelAbility and to connect with the team,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>check out ExcelAbility on the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.teamexcelability.com\/\">www.teamexcelability.com<\/a><br>Jack Chen delivers talks and training for corporations and other organizations on empowering success for people with disabilities. Jack participates in Extreme Ultra Events, marathons, climbed Kilimanjaro, and was on the Sea To See Team in this years 2018 race Across America.null<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Podcast summary<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In this episode we speak withJenny Lay Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft. Jenny experienced increasing deafness as a child but never let it prevent her from pursuing her dreams.<br>Join to hear Jenny\u2019s attitudes, techniques, and practices that enabled her to achieve incredible success.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/excelability-episode-jenny-lay-flurrie-transcript\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here for a transcript of this episode.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key lessons<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Jenny will show us that&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Not hesitating to self advocate to get what you need,&nbsp;<\/li><li>not seeing yourself as different<\/li><li>Embracing all of life as developing problem solving and innovation skills<\/li><li>Identifying your own board of directors to serve as mentors<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>have led to her tremendous success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Connect with Excelability<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teamexcelability.com\/team-excelability-dedicated-to-success-and-excellence-for-people-who-happen-to-have-a-disability\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Send us your comments, feedback, or tell us about your own story of success. We\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamXLAbility\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Follow us on Twitter @TeamXLAbility<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Team-Excelability-2208345399390973\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Like Team Excelability on Facebook<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamexcelability.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Visit Team ExcelAbility on the web for more resources<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Thank you for listening!<br>You can follow us on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/blindabilities\">@BlindAbilities<\/a><br>On the web at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/\">www.BlindAbilities.com<\/a><br>Send us an&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:info@blindabilities.com\">email<\/a><br>Get the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appsto.re\/us\/demUab.i\">Free Blind Abilities App<\/a>&nbsp;on the App Store.<br><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8782\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-4669-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Jenny_Lay_Flurrie_final_BA.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Jenny_Lay_Flurrie_final_BA.mp3\">http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Jenny_Lay_Flurrie_final_BA.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>http:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/blindabilities\/Jenny_Lay_Flurrie_final_BA.mp3 In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. A collection of podcasts from Jack Chen\u2019s ExcelAbility Team.ExcelAbility, empowering excellence and success for people with disabilities.to learn more about ExcelAbility and to connect with the team,&nbsp; check out ExcelAbility on the web at&nbsp;www.teamexcelability.comJack Chen delivers talks and training for corporations and other organizations on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3949,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17,521,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-excelability","category-transcribed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ExcelAbilityLogo.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1dj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3439,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=3439","url_meta":{"origin":4669,"position":0},"title":"ExcelAbility: Conversation With Vint Cerf, Hearing Impaired, Father Of The Internet","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"April 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"In collaboration with Jack Chen, Blind Abilities presents ExcelAbility. 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