As an anxious introvert, I never would have thought I'd enjoy public speaking as much as I do. But when I'm passionate about something, I need to share it. I'm passionate about accessibility, inclusive design, digital literacy, and technology that adapts as we age, and I don't think these are discussed enough in tech spheres. By speaking with larger audiences, I hope other people will become passionate about these topics, too.
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If you'd like me to speak at your company or conference, let's chat!
In 2019, I got to co-host my favorite North American accessibility conference, #a11yTO Conf, with my favorite cactus-shirt-wearing accessibility pal, Eric Bailey. It was super fun to spend two days introducing all of the amazing speakers and making up really bad jokes on the spot with Eric. I'm still amazed no one threw tomatoes at us.
Probably the most fun I've ever had putting together a talk, "The Great Accessibility Bake Off" is structured like an episode of "The Great British Bake Off/Baking Show," with three key challenges: Signature, Technical, and Showstopper. I've had the pleasure of presenting versions of this talk three times in Australia, and would love the opportunity to present it again. Check out the slides on SlideShare.
The 2017 Funka Accessibility Days conference in Stockholm was my first international conference, and it absolutely blew me away. A bilingual event, it featured talks in both English and Swedish, with live audio translations, captioning, and sign interpretation in multiple sign languages. Not knowing any Swedish, I could walk into a Swedish language session, tune my headset to the English channel, adjust the volume to my liking, and easily follow along. Kudos to the event organizers for running such a seamless and inclusive event.
July 11th, 2023 at NACCHO 360
AbstractMay 5th, 2023 at Microsoft Accessibility Innovation: Digital Inclusion of Older Adults Workshop
May 6th, 2022 at Electric Squeak Issue 2 Launch Party
April 29th, 2020 at Bay Area Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup
November 20th, 2019 at Dreamforce
AbstractOctober 24-25th, 2019 at #a11yTOConf
May 14th, 2019 at Benchmarking Digital Inclusion to Drive a Better Digital World
VideoFebruary 23rd, 2019 at World IA Day 2019
October 2018 at #a11yTOConf
September 2018 at World Interaction Design Day
October 2017 at Accessibility Camp Bay Area
September 2017 at Bay Area Accessibility and Inclusive Design Meetup
September 2017 at A11y Camp Sydney
September 2017 at A11y Camp Sydney
April 2017 at Funka Accessibility Days
SlideShareSlides (PDF)November 2016 at Storytelling Across Media
October 2016 at WaffleJS
August 2016 at Design Research Meetup
May 2016 at AIGA Meetup: Efficiency
March 2015 at The Mixin
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