Accessibility Resources Archives - Fiona Demark

Making Your Virtual Meetings Accessible

Fiona Demark — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:07:52 +0000

We are all used to being involved in virtual meetings these days. They are a great way for people with disabilities to be actively involved in meetings, particularly if there are physical barriers to attending in person.

Meetings run a lot more smoothly when everyone can participate equally but online applications do not always operate well or at all with accessible technologies that are used by people with disability.

Here we have some tips to ensure that your attendees can follow along with your meetings regardless of their accessibility needs.

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Making Your Event Accessible

Fiona Demark — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:36:08 +0000

Events are powerful tools for fostering connections and sharing knowledge. There are many aspects to holding an event from booking the venue, to marketing, to having attendees there in person on the day.

You can loose connection with your audience at each step of the organisation process if you have not made your event inclusive and accessible.

Make your event as accessible as possible to as many attendees as possible by following our tips in this helpful download. I take you through each stage from choosing the venue, through to event logistics on the day.

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Making Your Presentation Accessible

Fiona Demark — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:54:51 +0000

Have you ever thought about whether people with disabilities can follow along with your presentation? We use a lot of visuals and audio in presentations and training sessions, but these parts of a presentation are not always accessible to people with certain disabilities or other needs.

If your presentation is accessible to a variety of different people you will get more engagement from your audience and they will enjoy your presentation a lot more.

You can make your presentations more accessible to people with some simple changes and this download covers a variety of tips to make your PowerPoint presentations more accessible.

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Digital Accessibility

Fiona Demark — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 05:11:48 +0000

One in five Australians have some form of disability. Approximately 44% of adults have a low literacy level and 29% of Australia's population were born overseas where English may be a second language.

All of these groups use digital technology in some form. In fact, for many of these groups, digital technology has created access to them for parts of the community they may have been excluded from previously.

In this download, I cover what Digital Accessibility means and why its important for all users. But I go one better than that, I give you some tips on how to make your digital content accessible to more people.

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