Website Accessibility 101

Ensuring that your website is accessible to users of all abilities benefits everybody: content can be handled by any browser software, search engines gain greater visibility, availability is increased for low-bandwidth users, and people using mobile devices gain better and faster access. We'll cover the basics of how to evaluate and improve your website’s accessibility.

PRESENTER

Brett Meyer (ThinkShout)

TWITTER

Event: Use the #pdxt4g (https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23pdxt4g&src=typd) hashtag, and/or mention @PDXTech4Good (https://twitter.com/pdxtech4good)

Presenter: @brett_meyer (https://twitter.com/brett_meyer)

Venue host: @idealist (https://twitter.com/idealist)

Sponsors: @NTENorg (https://twitter.com/ntenorg) and @NetSquared (https://twitter.com/netsquared)

AGENDA

** Building doors lock at 6:30, please try to get there before then! **

Networking and refreshments: 6pm-6:30pm

Presentation: 6:30pm-7:45pm

Additional Q&A and networking: 7:45pm-8pm

ACCESSIBILITY

Mobility Access: This venue is wheelchair accessible.

Hearing Access: We will not have access to a PA.

Sight Access: Presentations will use a projector

We want everyone to be able to participate in the PDXTech4Good community and events. Please don't hesitate to contact us (pdxtech4good@gmail.com) and let us know what we can do to accommodate your needs.

WHAT YOU'LL GET OUT OF PDXTECH4GOOD EVENTS

Nonprofit staffers will find a friendly, welcoming atmosphere for those not experienced with technology, and many chances to ask questions of tech-experienced nonprofits and experts.

Techies will find opportunities to hear the real-world stories of nonprofit clients, and put their own expertise to social good — as well as the potential for lasting relationships (be they paid or volunteer) with leading organizations in our community.

Activists and community organizers will see and be given the chance to present on successful uses of technology for social change. We'll explore how technology can help support activism and where activism can push it forward.