Significant progress has been made to drive the finalization of the IT VAR program. The four strategic vendors, CDW-G, GovConnection, WEI, and Whalley have worked hard with UPST and campus stakeholders to secure final contracts and pricing. What do all the changes mean for campuses? Here are the top 3 benefits: Efficiency: Purchases from these VARS satisfy University policy requirements…
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A11yTalks, a monthly virtual meet-up featuring speakers & conversations around digital accessibility, will host “Why We Need More Accessibility Designers” with Anna E. Cook, Senior Accessibility Designer on December 15. Many accessibility defects originate in design, so why do the bulk of accessibility considerations fall to developers and quality assurance? In this talk, we will discuss why…
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Free Webinar on Thursday, December 09 at 2 PM ET The legal landscape of digital accessibility in the United States, and increasingly around the world, provides a strong framework supporting digital inclusion for disabled people in the public and private sectors, in education, and throughout society. The pandemic has made the need for accessibility more urgent than ever, and individual advocacy,…
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AccessU will be a hybrid event with virtual attendees participating in onsite sessions through Zoom. The conference is looking for session proposals for the following learning tracks: Dev/Coding/Testing UX/Design Content/Documents Policy/Strategy Gaming/XR/AI More information can be found at the Call for Proposals page. To submit your proposal, complete AccessU 2022 Call for Proposals Google…
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Event Information, Date and Time:, Wednesday, January 12, 4:00 p.m. Eastern A11yTalks presents “Fostering Inclusion in Technology: Ten Tips for a Better Sense of Belonging” with Nikki Flores, Certified ScrumMaster and Technical Project Manager. Those of us who work in technology know how to work with multifaceted and diverse teams to solve complex issues for our end users. Becoming stronger, more empathetic communicators who…, About A11y Talks, A monthly virtual meet-up featuring speakers & conversations around digital accessibility.
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Event Information, Date and Time:, Tuesday, January 11 at 7:00 pm.. A11yNYC presents, "Broke with Accessible Taste: Understanding the Economics of Digital Access in US" with Crystal Preston-Watson (Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst at Salesforce). Conversations about digital accessibility are predominantly centered on the technical and monetary expenses of implementation in products and applications. Missing from these…, Presenter Bio, Crystal Preston-Watson is an Accessibility and Quality Engineer based in Denver, Colorado. She is the Senior Digital Accessibility Analyst at Salesforce. Crystal believes that accessibility is a civil and human right and is dedicated to making innovative, inclusive, and accessible applications for everyone.
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In honor of National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), Deque is teaming up with the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) to host a 1-hour webinar on, Thursday, October 28th, 2021 at 2 pm ET. , In this webinar, join special guest Barbara Holland, SHRM-Certified Professional & Knowledge Advisor at SHRM and Patrick Sturdivant, VP and Principal Strategy Consultant at Deque, for a discussion on disability hiring, employment and accessibility. Whether you're a human resources professional, people manager, or all-around accessibility advocate, learn about how to make the applying, hiring…
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The following content updates have been made to the Inclusive by Design site: A new Create Inclusive Social Media page has been added to the Creating an Inclusive Experience section of the site. New disability community pages have been released under the "Understanding the full range of human differences" section of the Understanding Disabilities page. Each page provides examples of conditions…
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Tuesday, Nov 30, 2021, 12:00 pm ET Do all deaf people know how to read lips? Know sign language? Can they drive? There are many misconceptions about deaf and hard of hearing (HoH) people. Meryl Evans will set the record straight on common misconceptions. Attend this A11yTalks session to get the facts about deaf and HoH people to enrich your accessibility and inclusion efforts. Access the…
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Each year, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides state agencies with the opportunity to formally recognize employees for their extraordinary contributions to public service through the Performance Recognition Program (PRP). Employees at the University of Massachusetts President’s Office are asked to submit nominations for the five awards offered through the PRP, including for the…, Group Commonwealth Citations, COVID-19 On-Site Transition Team (OTT), Kelly Fucci, Executive Assistant Bill Smith, MIS Manager/Senior Director Brad Smith, Chief Information Security Officer, Effort Certification Core Team - Application Upgrade Implementation, Kristen Luiz Roger Rice Kathy Sawyer Saqib Zulfiqar, Family First Coronavirus Response Act Project Team, Zoila Altamirano Nicole Apostola Suzanne Cerrato Darpan Gokharu Susan Kong Gale Landry Lillian Leong Meghan Portmann Cynthia Szabady
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