“Disability 101 Training” with Christina Eisenberg

Today’s events and meetings must be inclusive and welcoming to all. 

Join us as we welcome and learn from Christina Eisenberg from The Viscardi Center. 
Christina will teach us about various disabilities we may encounter in our planning/execution, including those that are not visible to the eye, how to set-up our event spaces to be the most accommodating for all, and the timely subject of Emotional Support Animals and Service Animals. Christina will also teach us about conversation points we can use when interacting with all of our guests and allow us to engage in sample conversations in an effort to become more comfortable when interacting with all.

Learning Objectives: 

1.  Learn about various disabilities including internal (non-apparent) disabilities

2. Conversation points and sample conversations we may have with those who have disabilities

3. Setting up your event/meeting environments to best accommodate for guests with disabilities

4. Emotional Support Animals and/or Service Animals

Planners: Why Should You Attend?
Accommodations for guests of all physical, mental, and emotional abilities is no longer a “should do”...it is a “must do”. Ensuring reasonable accommodation is vital but why not learn how to take your planning and execution to the next level and make certain that all of your guests are comfortable in the spaces/events/meetings you have created? This training will be applicable to planners at any stage of their career.

Suppliers: Why Should You Attend? 
Building positive relationships and ensuring impeccable customer service are key when it comes to supplier success in today’s event/meeting industry. Join MPI CRV as Christina Eisenberg shares real-world information and scenarios with us and allows participants to engage with each other and perfect their conversation skills. Learning as much as possible about your clients will allow you to successfully close the deal!

About our Speaker:

Christina Eisenberg is the Employer Service Specialist for the Viscardi Center. In this capacity she works with employers on expanding their Diversity and Inclusion efforts to include disability with a focus on recruitment, retention and advancement of individuals with disabilities. She provides resources and guidance on a wide range of disability employment related topics including Disability Awareness, Reasonable Accommodations, Encouraging Self-Identification, and many other topics pertaining to individuals with disabilities in the workplace. Through her role, Christina provides employers with guidance and connection to qualified candidates with disabilities to fill employment opportunities within their companies/organizations.

Christina has 10+ years of experience serving individuals with varying disabilities and working with employers and agencies.  Her career began at the NYC Mayors Office for People with Disabilities working directly for Commissioner Matt Sapolin.  While working under Commissioner Sapolin her duties included the development and dissemination of a NYC resource guide on accessibility that has been both used by individuals with disabilities and also by Employee Resource Groups at major companies in the NYC area.  After working for the Commissioner she transitioned into working at an Independent Living Center where her role included not only direct services to individuals with disabilities, but working with local employers on recruitment, retention, and advancement of individuals with disabilities.  Much of her career has been spent educating employers of varying sizes on the all aspects of disability inclusion in the workplace.  

Christina received a B.A in Sociology, a Minor in Education, with a Concentration in Social Work from Manhattan College. She continued on to receive an M.A in Early Childhood Education from New York University.

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