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Spice News monthly guest columnist

Post author By Jen
Post date August 29, 2018
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Each month she will share her opinions and insights that will delight and entertain readers. Read her latest piece on Human Rights and Technology.

Luli’s content is an honest and sometimes harsh observation of how we as an industry have a responsibility in making digital inclusivity a reality. Her intention is to generate awareness, educate and create action among event and marketing managers when it comes to web accessibility at events.

Spice News is full of fresh ideas and techniques, it’s the most comprehensive news service for the Australian MICE and event management industry.

Tags event management, event planning, w3c, web accessibility

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Web accessibility is the future

Post author By Luli Adeyemo
Post date July 13, 2018
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Results from a poll at a recent webinar saw 100% of respondents indicated that web accessibility is a priority for their future events. This is a great indication to me that web accessibility and inclusion is indeed at the forefront of Australian event planning.

Meetings and Events Australia (MEA) invited us to host a webinar for their members on July 12th, it gave us an opportunity to interact with an influential audience who can bring about change. The audience included marketing/event managers from Government, major event venues and technology organisations.

Conversation starter

The purpose of the webinar was to assist our attendees to start a conversation around web accessibility within their organisation. We have made the slides from the webinar available on SlideShare for everyone to share.

Questions asked…

Questions were asked during the webinar that really demonstrated to me that interest in this area is genuine and growing. For example, one delegate is planning to build a new website for their business and asked if there is a list they should use as a guideline to ensure accessibility. Another question was around colour contrast and its importance. If you are curious to find out more watch the recording of the video below.

Change from the top down

The usual step after someone takes our web accessibility health check is to review the results internally and start a discussion with their IT department. This is great, but I’m also of the opinion that change needs to take place from the top down.

Organisations want their events to be web accessible and this is an excellent place to start as event websites are like the windows to the soul of a business. However, a total cultural change comes about from executive involvement. My hope is that every webinar, blog, article published on web accessibility will eventually reach the powers that be and it will be seen as a team effort.

Where do we go from here?

Well, I’m going to continue to host a series of free webinars on web accessibility. Each webinar will take delegates further along the journey of web accessibility, the next one is a practical, hands-on webinar. I have invited Humanitix to participate, an amazing Australian charity that is changing our events industry for the better – both social inclusion and accessibility are top of their agenda. Peppermint magazine has described them as ‘change makers’, they have won numerous awards, most recently Microsoft’s Hack4Good at PwC’s Barangaroo offices, focused on hacking solutions for people with disabilities.

BTW – 100% of participants who offered feedback on our webinar said they would recommend it to a work colleague 😉

Join, participate or just observe the conversation now and tag us on Linkedin / Facebook @webaccessibilityforeventplanners

Tags event management, event planning, w3c, web accessibility

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Are Australian events digitally inclusive?

Post author By Luli Adeyemo
Post date May 14, 2018

There is no doubt that venues and event planners across Australia take accessibility and inclusion seriously, especially when it comes to physical access to meeting rooms, transportation, signage etc. Unfortunately, in many cases the same type of consideration isn’t taken in a digital environment. Our new service is featured in CIM Business Events.

I became aware of this when NSW Government and National Disability Insurance Scheme approached Best Case Scenario Event Management to build a web accessibility compliant registration platform. As an event management company based in Sydney for over 10 years, we know our industry wants to be more inclusive and diverse.

Many Australian event planners are at risk because of web accessibility gaps in their event registration platforms and other digital platforms.

Event planners are unaware that in Australia under the Disability Discrimination Act 1992 websites are required to be accessible. In addition, disability discrimination accounts for the highest volume of complaints (37%) to the Australian Human Rights Commission and this number is steadily increasing.

I have invested heavily in training my staff as well as partnering with web accessibility auditor me2 Accessibility to deliver an end-to-end accessibility compliant web and registration platform service for the events industry.

If event venues wish to extend this invitation to their clients or include our services in their event handbook then please contact us directly, jenle@bestcasescenario.com.au

Tags event planners, inclusive events, web accessibility

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