RespectAbility with Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi for Wednesday, 5 November 2014
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Can you please share this invitation with people who can benefit from these free online sessions? Anyone you know who creates word, powerpoint or PDF document presentations will want to know how to make their documents "disability friendly." That is so that people who are blind, or otherwise vision-impaired, can use screen readers and other assistive technology to read their materials. It is way easier than you think to learn how to do this. Indeed, you can learn how to do quickly on Friday from this outstanding speaker. Seriously - even I (who stinks at computers) was able to figure it out from listening to this expert! Also, are there members of your team who still use dated negative non "PC" language like "handicapped"? If you or others on your team interact with the public, and don't want to be insensitive, you are invited to join us for the session on respectful disability etiquette. On Monday we also have an exclusive political poll briefing with a dynamic duo of top bipartisan pollsters on disability issues. The speakers are excellent and the programs are free as a public service. Please look at the details below and sign up in advance for these user-friendly free webinars. I look forward to speaking with you soon! Jennifer Laszlo Mizrahi President, RespectAbility Friday, November 7, from 1:30-3:00 ET Live captioning will be provided. Session Summary: Creating Accessible Documents: Word, PDF and Power Point. Come learn the basics of document accessibility with us. In this user-friendly presentation you will learn how to ensure that people with disabilities are able to get your information, understand it, and use it. Feel free to invite your IT, graphics, finance, administrative and other members of your team to join you for this free training. The speaker is fantastic – he makes it all way easier than you ever thought possible – and it's free! Though editorial and other quality-control measures are part of a well-defined clearance process in many organizations, one commonly over looked quality-control measure is ensuring accessibility. File accessibility has legal roots in current Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act and will be strengthened with the upcoming Section 508 Refresh, which will likely roll in existing WCAG 2.0 standards (Level A and Level AA). This presentation will provide a brief overview of the current Section 508 standards and the upcoming refresh, with an emphasis on how they can inform document design. The presentation will then introduce two easy-to-check items for each of the major file types (i.e., Word Documents, PowerPoint Documents, and PDFs) and three easy-to-check items common to all file types. The presentation is not meant to be a comprehensive tutorial on everything needed to make documents accessible; rather, it is an introduction meant to support one key take-away message: making files accessible can take time, money, and resources—so accessibility must be actively planned into and accounted for in a project's budget and timeline. Download the presentation HERE. Speaker: Cristopher Broyles is the Web Accessibility Program Manager for ASPA/DCD at HHS—a program that encompasses nearly 2.5 million web pages, 30,000+ files, across 11 Operating Divisions. He has been working in accessibility and communications for nearly 10 years, and he has drafted SOPs, guidance documents, and policy documents in support of accessibility and compliance with Section 508. In addition to his professional work, he is a published academic who is currently working on his doctorate in Technical Communication at Texas Tech University. His main area of interest is the rhetorical underpinnings of descriptions written for nontext elements, such as alt text, and how user-centered design can reshape how such descriptions are created. RSVP here. Free Webinar! Monday November 10 at 11:00 ET Live captioning will be provided. Get the results of a first of its kind survey of actual 2014 voters with and without disabilities on disability issues! Speakers and pollsters are Republican Whit Ayres PhD and Democrat Stan Greenberg PhD. Speaker Bios Below: Republican Whit Ayres, PhD is a leading Washington, D.C. political consultant with over 30 years of experience in polling and survey research for high profile political campaigns and associations. As Founder and President of North Star Opinion Research, a national public opinion and public affairs research firm located in Alexandria, Virginia, Whit provides message development advice and strategic insights to high level political clients including U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Lindsey Graham, and Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam, and association clients including the Boy Scouts of America, the National Rifle Association, America's Health Insurance Plans, and the Pharmaceutical Care Management Association. Whit and former RNC Chairman Ed Gillespie are Co-Founders of Resurgent Republic, a center-right nonprofit which develops and disseminates a steady stream of national polls and focus groups, helping policy makers, think tanks, interest groups and others advocate for policies that are consistent with conservative principles. Resurgent's research is regularly cited by leading journalists and politicos. Whit has been active in The American Association of Political Consultants for over 20 years, serving as its Treasurer, President, and Chairman. In 2012, Whit was honored as the Republican Pollster of the Year by the organization. AAPC is a bi-partisan professional society that promotes the political consulting industry, protects political freedom of speech, and fosters ethical behavior in political campaigns. Whit is a frequent commentator on network and cable media outlets including NBC's Meet the Press,FOX News, CNN, NPR and the BBC. His comments and analysis appear in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, USA Today, and numerous regional newspapers. Whit founded his company after a career as a tenured professor at the University of South Carolina. Whit is a graduate of Davidson College and holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Whit has been an active private pilot for 30 years, flying his Beechcraft Baron throughout the eastern U.S. He is also the 2012 Virginia State Racquetball champion in his undisclosed age division. Democrat Stan Greenberg, PhD has served as polling advisor to presidents and prime ministers, CEOs, and dozens of tough campaigns in the US and around the world, including President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Nelson Mandela, as well as the national leaders in Israel, Europe and Latin America. Greenberg's corporate clients include Boeing, Microsoft and other global companies. He also conducts the bi-partisan polls for NPR, The Los Angeles Times, and the Bipartisan Policy Center. Greenberg and James Carville founded Democracy Corps, the leading organization providing in-depth research and strategic advice to progressive groups, candidates and leaders. When Karl Rove listed in the Wall Street Journal 10 steps to regain the Republican majority, step one was to create a Democracy Corps. The New York Times' Nate Silver rated their national polls the most accurate, within 1/2 point of Obama's actual margin. His New York Times best-selling book with Carville – It's the Middle Class, Stupid! – was praised as a "recipe for Barack Obama's re-election" and "playbook on how to talk to voters about economic issues" that "Democrats and Republicans alike in the elite and political class should pay heed." Stan's book, Dispatches from the War Room: In the Trenches with Five Extraordinary Leaders, led George Stephanopoulos to conclude, "No single strategist has done more to lay the foundation for modern progressive politics – across the globe." RSVP here. "Disability Etiquette" Join us on Thursday, December 4th 2014 at 1:30 ET Live captioning will be provided. Julie Anne Hensler-Cullen, RN, MSN is Director of Education, Quality and Advocacy at MossRehab. MossRehab, part of Einstein Healthcare Network, repeatedly ranks among the nation's top 10 rehabilitation hospitals and is #1 in Pennsylvania by U.S. News & World Report. MossRehab provides specialized treatment for persons with traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke and other neurological disorders, amputation and orthopedic conditions. MossRehab operates acute inpatient rehabilitation programs at six locations and over 20 outpatient sites throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. MossRehab has proven itself as a leader in educating the community about disability etiquette through its programming for children and adults. Representatives from MossRehab have provided presentations to many groups including, but not limited to health insurance executives, Philadelphia Corporation for Aging staff and volunteer Senior Companions, special education teachers, elementary and high school students, healthcare clinicians, restaurant workers and even local museum staff. Hensler Cullen, who received her undergraduate nursing degree from Gwynedd Mercy College and a Master's Degree in Nursing Administration from LaSalle University, has over 20 years experience working at MossRehab advocating for persons with physical disabilities. She is the proud recipient of the 2012 Rehabilitation Leadership Award from the Pennsylvania Association of Rehabilitation Facilities. RSVP here. |
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