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NOTE: The Zoom URL will be shared via email with people who RSVP. To receive the Zoom URL and password, make sure you enable the setting to receive "event updates from organizers" in your Meetup account preferences for the "San Diego Accessibility & Inclusive Design" group: https://www.meetup.com/account/comm/a11ySD/

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ABOUT THIS EVENT:

For the last meetup of 2020, we’re doubling up with 4 guest speakers, 4 meetup hosts, and 2 cities for an end-of-year collab between San Francisco and San Diego’s #a11y meetup groups!

RSVP today for a series of 4 lightning talks about accessibility (beginners welcomed)! We're excited to welcome the following topics and speakers:

• "Perceiving Meaning — accessibility at its core is about three main concepts: perceiving meaning, operating all the controls and understanding the content. Perceiving is about communicating the meaning: but where does this meaning come from when what you are talking about are user interface elements and how do you represent these within the development process?"

by Dylan Barrell (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylanbarrell/),
Chief Technology Officer at Deque

• “ARIA Accessible Name – an introduction to how accessible name relates to ARIA specifications”

by Bryan Garaventa (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bgaraventa/),
Principal Accessibility Architect at Level Access (W3C ARIA WG; ISOC; FRSA)

• "Designing Safer Spaces — Innovating ways to scale safe spaces to learn, connect and grow, and giving voice to broader issues of justice and equality."

by Julie Morgan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliemofsd/),
Product Experience Lead at Qualcomm

• “iOS Assistive Technology Demos — learn how tasks can be accomplished in different ways using VoiceOver and SwitchControl”

by Moaan Ahmed (https://www.linkedin.com/in/moaan-ahmed/),
Professional Accessibility Consultant

EVENT AGENDA (in Pacific time):

7:00 pm — Event begins, welcome new members. Accessibility job announcements & job seekers can introduce themselves.

7:15 pm — Lightning talks from 4 accessibility pros (each talk is 15 minutes)

8:15 pm — Socializing & networking using zoom breakout rooms, for anyone who wants to stay online and join in. (Optional.)

ACCESS & ALL WELCOMED:

Please let us know if you have any needs we can accommodate. There will be live captions available (human written, not auto-generated). To learn more about turning captions on or off in Zoom, here’s a help article on how to do that: https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/207279736-closed-captioning

Whether you're an accessibility guru or are just curious about what exactly web accessibility and inclusive design are, this event is for you. This group is for designers, developers, project managers, execs... really anyone involved in building and supporting digital products. Let's get together, network, collaborate and learn from one another!

ZOOM DETAILS:

• How to participate via zoom:

The zoom URL and password will be shared with people on the confirmed RSVP list two days before the meetup and on the day of the meetup.

Check to make sure your email settings are enabled to receive "event updates from organizers" (https://www.meetup.com/account/comm/a11ySD/) in your account settings or you may not receive the message.

• How socializing in break out rooms will work:

We’ll use the zoom breakout rooms feature to give folks an opportunity to network and chat with others in smaller conversations with randomized participants (4-5 people per chat room).

Here's a help center article from Zoom on how to participate in break out rooms if they are unfamiliar to you:
https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us/articles/115005769646-Participating-in-breakout-rooms?

If you do not feel comfortable making conversation with other people during this meetup, we'll pause briefly after the main talks so you can log off. Those who want to chat just stay on the zoom!

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