In this week's blog post, I'm offering you 6 simple steps to grow more awareness as professional speakers, to become more aware of the need for inclusion and work towards creating a more inclusive environment in your speaking engagements.
https://inklusiv.ca/understanding-the-need-for-inclusion-as-public-speakers/
This week's #inclusiveSpeaking interview features Samuel Proulx, Fable's very own Accessibility Evangelist.
As someone who is blind and values the importance of accessibility in all aspects of life, Samuel is a strong advocate for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the digital world. In today's interview, Samuel shares his perspectives about what speakers can do (or should avoid) to be more inclusive for their audience members.
As speaking professionals, we understand that words have power. The more you research concepts related to inclusive communication and accessible copywriting, the more you’ll find simpler, more efficient ways to express your ideas and thoughts. This is called plain language, and it’s a core principle of the inclusive communication practice.
https://inklusiv.ca/ten-steps-to-a-more-inclusive-copy-using-plain-language/
This week's #inclusiveSpeaking interview features Patrick Sturdivant, a Principal Strategy Accessibility Consultant and an experienced System Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Patrick is blind and comes to us from Texas, USA.
Honoured to be one of the 14 experts who will take part in the "Meet the Experts" session on December 5th, in Calgary, during the 2022 edition of the CAPS Convention.
For those of you who will be attending the Convention, be sure to stop by my session, if you're not afraid to find out just how inclusive you happen to be as a speaking professional! :)
Today, I am excited to launch the Inklusiv Daily Insights Newsletter with all of you, to share the hundreds of insightful tips and tricks about inclusive speaking and communication with those who care about disability, accessibility and inclusive communications.
If you subscribe to either newsletter, you’ll receive a bonus handout with 10 tips to make your content more inclusive of audience members with disabilities.
https://inklusiv.ca/get-your-quick-daily-bursts-of-inclusive-speaking-value/
This week's #inclusiveSpeaking interview features open source champion Nikita Koselev, an audience member who has autism. Nikita shares his thoughts on what speakers should do (or avoid) to better include those who have disabilities in the experiences they create for their audience.
The search for new tips and tricks to become a more inclusive speaking professional never ends! There are so many details that we, as speaking professionals can control, when it comes to creating a more #inclusive experience for all of our audience members.
Let’s explore into a few more in this month’s edition of “Five things you can do to be more inclusive”. #inclusiveSpeaking #trulyConnect #InklusivComm
https://inklusiv.ca/five-things-you-can-do-to-be-more-inclusive-november-2022-edition/
Food for thought #027 #inclusiveSpeaking
“When we fail to recognize and embrace the diversity that exists in our audience, what happens to audience members that feel, vibrate and respond to different frequencies than we do?”
Also, TFW you realize that Mastodon actually does offer the ability to add alt text to your images.
Denis Boudreau
