Why you should attend
The course will focus on visual, hearing, interaction and comprehension related barriers and how you can identify and remove them in online (Zoom and Teams), hybrid and in-person events to enable everyone to participate fully.
We will look at each stage in delivering a successful event. To include:
- Design and planning
- Format and context considerations
- Chairing and management
- Follow up and feedback
Who is this training for?
- Event managers
- Learning and Development teams
- Diversity and inclusion leaders
- HR Directors, line managers and anyone organising meetings and events
We would also encourage people participating in events to attend to raise awareness of potential barriers they could be creating and signpost some tech and cultural adaptations they can make to ensure they are contributing in an inclusive, accessible way.
Level of training: Suitable for events and training professionals, leaders and managers and also for those who are new to this area.
To help you get even better value this year, we have a 10 for the price of 8 bundle on AbilityNet online training courses for you and your team to enjoy.
Book your training bundle
Book now: Thursday 7 December 2023
13:00 - 15:00 BST
Please note: after purchasing a ticket you are able to reassign the ticket, if somebody different to the ticket purchaser will be attending the training.
Attendees of the live training session will receive a Certificate of Attendance to add to their professional development training portfolio.
If you're looking for training for more than 8 people on a single course, please contact us about our great value in-house training options.
Buy on demand
Attendees of the live training will receive the recording after the event, but you may wish to just buy the recording of the course on demand. Please note, this recording is from when the course focused on meetings and events, whereas the upcoming course is event-focused only:
Contact us for in-house training
Upskill your team so together we can create a more accessible digital world.
Course overview
- How to plan and deliver inclusive accessible events on Zoom, Microsoft Teams and other digital platforms
- Best practices for in-person and hybrid events
- The importance of creating conditions in events so that all can participate fully regardless of disability, location and method of joining the session
- How to identify gaps in your own process and understand tech powered solutions that can help, using AbilityNet's employee inclusion journey gap analysis techniques
- Using interactive and practical tasks, and real-life case studies and employee feedback, the course articulates the business benefits of running inclusive, accessible meetings and how technology can help achieve this.
What you will learn
At the end of this course you will be able to:
- Describe the dos and don’ts of inclusive, accessible events.
- Understand the unintentional barriers we can create in hybrid or in-person sessions that impact on participants living with disabilities and impairments.
- Zone in on areas for improvement in your current processes.
- Harness the power of technology in enabling inclusive, accessible events.
- Implement immediate changes to help you engage the widest audience.
Attendees will receive a link to the recording of the training to watch back at your leisure after the event. (And you’ll always have access to the latest advice as we will update the content on the link when the training is repeated in the future.)
"Many thanks, really useful session"
Meet your trainer - Lizi Green
Lizi is a philosophy graduate and is AbilityNet's Digital Inclusion Consultant. She started working at AbilityNet in 2016 and over the years she has worked her way up through the levels of the team and is now responsible for delivering and developing workplace inclusion services to a range of clients across all sectors. Lizi has worked as an administration manager which gave her multiple experience in leading multiple teams across the organisation.
She is passionate about assistive technology being widely available and easily accessible. As part of her role she runs tech deco events that showcase free and low cost apps to help in education
Adam Tweed
Adam is a Senior Workplace and Education Consultant at AbilityNet. Adam has a BA in Film Studies, a BSc in Psychology and a career in IT in both the commercial and education sectors as well as also working as an assistant psychologist. A self-described jack-of-all-trades, Adam is a lover of all things tech and fascinated by design and how it dictates how well (or badly) people engage with technology. He believes that technology should be intuitive and that "if you can break it, it's been designed badly.
Important information
Class size: We limit the number of people on our training courses to ensure all attendees can engage with the presenter, ask questions and have an informative experience.
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