{"id":6182,"date":"2020-08-25T09:43:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T14:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6182"},"modified":"2020-09-03T21:31:40","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T02:31:40","slug":"sustainability-is-fueling-airas-future-aira-gift-cards-roll-out-and-a-plan-and-5-minutes-free-for-everyone-explained-by-aira-ceo-troy-otillio-and-operations-manager-ryan-bresnahan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=6182","title":{"rendered":"Sustainability is Fueling Aira\u2019s Future. Aira Gift Cards Roll Out and a Plan and 5 Minutes Free for Everyone Explained by Aira CEO, Troy Otillio, and Operations Manager, Ryan Bresnahan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7302\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6182-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Aira2020_5F.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Aira2020_5F.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Aira2020_5F.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?page_id=6210\">Full Transcript<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Show Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We are excited about the <a href=\"https:\/\/aira.io\/gift-2020\">Aira Gift Cards<\/a> rolling out and Aira CEO, Troy Otillio, teases us with something else rolling out next month. Operations Manager, Ryan Bresnahan, gives a great explanation surrounding the 5 Minutes Free changes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This conversation dives into Aira\u2019s decision making process and how the community drives the biggest changes and how Aira is always keeping their eye on the future for the Explorers, Agents and Aira Access Partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join Troy and Ryan along with Blind Abilities, Serina Gilbert and Jeff Thompson as we take a good look at Aira\u2019s vision for the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gift Cards are rolling out and all you need is the phone number of the person to gift them an Aira gift card. Learn about the Aira plans and see what plan fits your lifestyle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yu can find out all of the latest from Aira on the web site at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/aira.io\/\">https:\/\/aira.io\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Follow Aira on Twitter&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/airaio\">@Airaio<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/aira.io\/gift-2020\">Aira Gift Cards<\/a><\/li><li>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/222989288221347\/\">Aira Explorers Community Group on Facebook<\/a><\/li><li>subscribe to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/airacast\/id1449888701\">AiraCast podcast<\/a><\/li><li>Download the Aira App and get exploring today..<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/aira\/id1071584352\">Aira on iOS.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=io.aira.smart&amp;hl=en_US\">Aira on Android.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact Your State Services<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you reside in Minnesota, and you would like to know more about Transition Services from State Services contact Transition Coordinator Sheila Koenig by&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:Sheila.Koenig@state.mn.us\">email<\/a>&nbsp;or contact her via phone at 651-539-2361.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><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:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/blind-abilities\/id1085849859?l=es&amp;mt=8\">Free Blind Abilities App&nbsp;on the App Store<\/a>and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.blindabilities.android.blind&amp;hl=en_US\">Google Play Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/607027582712671\/\">Blind Abilities Community<\/a>on Facebook, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/BlindAbilities\/\">Blind Abilities Page<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/jobinsightsgroup\">Career Resources for the Blind and Visually Impaired<\/a>&nbsp;group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7304\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6182-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Aira2020_5F.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Aira2020_5F.mp3\">https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Aira2020_5F.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p>https:\/\/traffic.libsyn.com\/secure\/blindabilities\/Aira2020_5F.mp3 Full Transcript Show Summary We are excited about the Aira Gift Cards rolling out and Aira CEO, Troy Otillio, teases us with something else rolling out next month. Operations Manager, Ryan Bresnahan, gives a great explanation surrounding the 5 Minutes Free changes.&nbsp; This conversation dives into Aira\u2019s decision making process and how the community [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8,"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":[17,524,467,514],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bapresents","category-tech-abilities","category-technology","category-transcribed"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Blind-Abilities-Logo.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rcRg-1BI","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7822,"url":"https:\/\/blindabilities.com\/?p=7822","url_meta":{"origin":6182,"position":0},"title":"Aira: Looking Forward: Now that the dust has settled and listening to the community response,\u00a0Let&#8217;s look forward with Troy Otillio, CEO at Aira and Jenine Stanley\u00a0Director, of Customer Communications","author":"Blind Abilities Team","date":"January 13, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Podcast Summary: Troy Otillio and Jenine Stanley joins Jeff Thompson in the Blind Abilities Studio to talk about the latest news, price changes and a look forward. 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