72. Accessibility: Digital Communications

72. Accessibility: Digital Communications

Is your marketing and communication strategy excluding people inadvertantly? In this episode you learn about Alycia's background with accessibility and disability, then some quick tips to make sure your digital media is always hitting the mark for accessibility to boost your inclusivity. UPDATE - Thanks to the Accessibility education community I have learned that including your image description in the caption or post in addition to in the alt text formatting DOES provide additional benefit to access. Need tips on how to write these descriptions? Here is an excellent guide from Perkins School for the Blind https://www.perkins.org/resource/how-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/ [https://www.perkins.org/resource/how-write-alt-text-and-image-descriptions-visually-impaired/] TOOLS TO CHECK YOUR MATERIALS Contrast Checker: https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ [https://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/] Website ADA evaluator: https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/ [https://www.accessibilitychecker.org/] Color blindness check for images: https://bioapps.byu.edu/colorblind_image_tester [https://bioapps.byu.edu/colorblind_image_tester] Follow @PositiveImpactEventConsulting [https://www.youtube.com/@PositiveImpactEventConsulting] on YouTube to get the video feed! To ask a question for a future walk email: AlyciaDrubeEvents {at} gmail.com or go to the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link] To engage with Positive+Impact Event Consulting to make your Event Business and Events you work on more sustainable visit AlyciaDrube.com [AlyciaDrube.com] If you'd like to subscribe to the podcast on your podcast app of choice check out the landing page: https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast [https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast] Or copy and paste: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a [https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a] to your preferred podcast app. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

71. What if you Already Have the Knowledge?

This week Alycia is thinking about what Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson was sharing - we [humanity] already have everything we need to solve the climate crisis... how does this feeling parlay into optimism for how possible it is to make your work more sustainable to? Alycia thinks yes. Books referenced: What If We Get It Right [https://www.getitright.earth/], by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson How We Gather Matters [https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-we-gather-matters-sustainable-event-planning-for-purpose-and-impact-leor-rotchild/6423d8eb87423e93?ean=9780865719880&next=t], by Leor Rotchild Follow @PositiveImpactEventConsulting [https://www.youtube.com/@PositiveImpactEventConsulting] on YouTube to get the video feed! To ask a question for a future walk email: AlyciaDrubeEvents {at} gmail.com or go to the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link] To engage with Positive+Impact Event Consulting to make your Event Business and Events you work on more sustainable visit AlyciaDrube.com [AlyciaDrube.com] If you'd like to subscribe to the podcast on your podcast app of choice check out the landing page: https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast [https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast] Or copy and paste: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a [https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a] to your preferred podcast app. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

70. Focusing on Progress

We need to prioritize making some progress all the time, rather than waiting for a perfect opportunity or big win, when it comes to implementing sustainable improvements in our businesses. Alycia covers: mindset, some ideas of what counts, how to give yourself credit, and why it's so important to recognize when you're focused on making small progress instead of waiting for perfection. Follow @PositiveImpactEventConsulting [https://www.youtube.com/@PositiveImpactEventConsulting] on YouTube to get the video feed! To ask a question for a future walk email: AlyciaDrubeEvents {at} gmail.com or go to the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link] To engage with Positive+Impact Event Consulting to make your Event Business and Events you work on more sustainable visit AlyciaDrube.com [AlyciaDrube.com] If you'd like to subscribe to the podcast on your podcast app of choice check out the landing page: https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast [https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast] Or copy and paste: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a [https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a] to your preferred podcast app. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Sustainability

Follow @PositiveImpactEventConsulting [https://www.youtube.com/@PositiveImpactEventConsulting] on YouTube to get the video feed! To ask a question for a future walk email: AlyciaDrubeEvents {at} gmail.com or go to the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link] To engage with Positive+Impact Event Consulting to make your Event Business and Events you work on more sustainable visit AlyciaDrube.com [AlyciaDrube.com] If you'd like to subscribe to the podcast on your podcast app of choice check out the landing page: https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast [https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast] Or copy and paste: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a [https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a] to your preferred podcast app. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

69. What's Stopping You?

This week is a little break to reflect on some "Hard Truths with Alycia." All event sustainability professionals have the same lessons. Our solutions are harmonized and straight forward - the question is, why do we keep repeating ourselves? If everyone has hard the same 10 straight forward solutions but they are not in effect a majority of the time there must be another element holding the whole industry back... Follow @PositiveImpactEventConsulting [https://www.youtube.com/@PositiveImpactEventConsulting] on YouTube to get the video feed! To ask a question for a future walk email: AlyciaDrubeEvents {at} gmail.com or go to the Google Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSduKevDmLDOr2HhNORhM8giycd1VOOgYGObHXFyD_OhWFCtpQ/viewform?usp=sf_link] To engage with Positive+Impact Event Consulting to make your Event Business and Events you work on more sustainable visit AlyciaDrube.com [AlyciaDrube.com] If you'd like to subscribe to the podcast on your podcast app of choice check out the landing page: https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast [https://shows.acast.com/sustainable-events-dog-walk-podcast] Or copy and paste: https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a [https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/673509b204b5d35af46eb38a] to your preferred podcast app. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.