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Welcome to the National AA Technology Workshop 2019
Bowling Green Kentucky September 20-22
This year the workshop has an app available only to Workshop attendees. It contains the latest session schedule and ways to communicate during the workshop. Please visit the registration desk to get your instructions on how to access it.
Holiday Inn, University Plaza, Bowling Green, KY (Google Map link)
(270) 745-0088 (Hotel)
Connect to NAATW while at the workshop:
- Join the Slack Channel
- Come to the members meeting on Sunday
- Use the TIAA forum category on NAATW workshop sharing to comment on an existing thread or create a new thread with a new topic.
Frequently asked questions
General schedule of events:
For latest and full schedule of all sessions please use the app.
Friday
| Time | Session |
| 8:00 am | Collaborative work space opens |
| 11:00 am | Registration table and hospitality suite opens |
| Noon | Welcome & Announcements – Sessions begin |
| 3:15 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm | Sessions Resume (A and B tracks) |
| 6:15pm | Dinner and Fellowship |
| 7:45 pm | Birds of a feather – sessions 1, 2, 3 |
| 8:45 pm | Birds of a feather – sessions 4, 5, 6 |
| 9:45 pm | Hospitality Suite – Fellowship and games – Till ? |
Saturday
| Time | Session |
| 7:30 am | AA Meeting or Meditation Yoga – Hospitality suite opens |
| 8:30 am | Welcome & Announcements – Sessions begin |
| Noon | Lunch and Fellowship |
| 1:15 pm | Sessions Resume (A and B tracks) |
| 3:45 pm | Break |
| 4:00 pm | Sessions Resume |
| 6:15pm | Dinner and Fellowship |
| 8:00 pm | Call Up AA Meeting (sharing) |
| 9:30 pm | Ice Cream Social |
| 10:30 pm | Hospitality Suite – Fellowship and games – Till ? |
Sunday
| Time | Session |
| 7:30 am | AA Meeting & Hospitality suite opens |
| 8:30 am | Welcome & Announcements |
| 8:45 am | 2019 NAATW Committee Report and Hosting Bids |
| 9:45 am | Sharing session |
| 10:15 am | Break |
| 10:30 am | Annual NAATW Member Meeting |
| 12:15 pm | Workshop Concludes |
What is NAATW?
NAATW is made up of people from varying backgrounds in service and varying geographic regions. There seems to be a growing realization that Alcoholics Anonymous is somehow moving into a technological age, but we are not sure what form that we might, or ought to take. We are here to communicate our experiences and to “INFORM” ourselves abour our needs and our experiences when using technology in our service work. All forms of service are involved; Intergroup, General Service, or at the Home Group level. NAATW is a forum for learning to frame the right questions, and sharing the groups current answers as well as past and current experience. It gives opportunity for group collaboration and new ideas to spark. It has been said that technology in Alcoholics Anonymous was an oxymoron three year ago and that is no longer the case, we are rapidly moving into the 21st century.
We actively realize the long list of technical actions already known, that we need to take in order to utilize the next available app or device feature. Our choices have become more involved as that list of options has grown… and grown… and grown. We are down to the actions which require change and growth. Our groups, our committees, and our trusted servants are not new to dealing with discussions over content and functionality on websites. Members have smartphones and access to desktop and cloud-based tools, and wish to contribute their time. This growth has some natural challenges in a fellowship centered on Unity and the Informed Group Conscience. NAATW’s Workshop is to assist in creating technologically informed members.
SHARING THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
We share information, methods, procedures, ethics and our enthusiasm at each technology workshop as we continue to gather, grow, and serve.
We demonstrate and share technology related experience, strength, and hope.
SERVICE IN TECHNOLOGY
We work together to serve and provide meaningful, useful and up-to-date technology expertise to the fellowship, members and non-member friends (special workers in technology). Our hope is to share the message of Alcoholics Anonymous through technology to help the next alcoholic.
Contact us!
Be a part of the AA Technology Team! If you and your team are working on an innovative project that you believe would help improve AA technology services, please let us know so we can work together to improve our tech services to make it easier to: Reach the next alcoholic and pass on the message of hope. info@naatw.org