Accessibility Event Spotlight: #id24
Inclusive Design 24 (#id24) is a free, virtual conference celebrating knowledge, ideas, and collaboration to help create a more inclusive digital world.
A Look at Race, Bias, Microaggressions & Representation In Today’s Workplace
Explore the unspoken realities of race, bias, and microaggressions in the workplace with insights from DEI expert Camille S. Edwards.
Mistakes Companies Make When They Think They’re Being Inclusive & Accessible
Implementing generalized accessibility strategies, asking employees to declare their disability status, and expecting HR departments to always lead out on accessibility are a few ways organizations mistakenly approach inclusion and disability issues.
DEI
Accessibility
Salesforce
Event
Allyship
Disability:IN 2023 Annual Conference Highlights the Importance of Inclusive Language
Disability:IN 2023 highlighted the importance of inclusive language, approaching disability with authenticity, respecting others’ language preferences, being a better ally, and experiencing solidarity with other professionals with disabilities.
Inclusion
DEI
Community Voice
Empowering Women in the Workplace: Strategies for Equality, Leadership & Career Advancement
To empower women in the workplace, promote inclusive hiring, mentorship, diversity training, pay transparency, networking, leadership buy-in, and flexibility.
Diversity
Inclusion
DEI
Accessibility
Founding Partner
Salesforce
Allyship
How Does Accessibility Fit in With DEI?
DEI and accessibility are both motivated by a desire for greater equality in the workplace and marketplace. Advocating for one should include championing the other.
DEI
Founding Partner
Disability Advocacy
Salesforce
Fable
Mental Health
Events
Accessibility Event Spotlight: ACCESS 2023
ACCESS 2023 is a free virtual conference focusing on digital accessibility and inclusion advocacy, innovations, best practices, and more—connecting thought leaders, experts, and professionals for networking, learning, and collaboration.
Inclusion
DEI
Salesforce
How to Authentically Champion Inclusion & Belonging in Your Workplace
To authentically advocate for greater diversity, equity, & inclusion (DEI) in your workplace, enlarge your social circles, request honest feedback, and find an accountability buddy you trust to help manifest your goals.
Diversity
DEI
Community Voice
Where Is DEIB Reform Still Needed & How Can Organizations Improve?
DEIB efforts surged in the months following the racial justice protests in 2020, but momentum has since slowed. To make such efforts more sustainable, organizations must integrate DEIB into corporate systems to empower long-term behavioral and mindset shifts.
DEI
Community Voice
Lily Zheng: Transforming Company Culture the Right Way
DEI consultant, public speaker, and author Lily Zheng advises companies on new policies and protocols to achieve a more inclusive environment.
Diversity
Inclusion
DEI
DEIB: Who Is Impacted & Why It’s Important
While DEIB impacts all people, it seeks to empower BIPOC communities with equitable opportunities to thrive in the workplace—particularly important in light of recent racially-motivated crimes and centuries of historical underrepresentation.
Diversity
DEI
Industry Spotlight
‘Just the Beginning’: Shana Sumers Talks Black@INBOUND & Growing Inclusion Efforts at HubSpot
Shana Sumers is an engaging, inspiring force of empowerment and advocacy for safe spaces and intentional inclusion. As HubSpot’s Senior Manager, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Communities, Sumers has grown the Black@INBOUND community to new heights and aspires to launch other groups in the future.
DEI
Community Voice
Outlining Your DEIB Goals: Where Do You Start?
By using critically considered mission, vision, and value statements as a lens through which to authentically guide DEIB goals, organizations can generate meaningful cultural change within their teams.
DEI
Industry Spotlight
Michael Berhane: Helping People of Color in Tech to Engage, Create & Get Hired
How an interview project evolved into an online information hub, recruiting platform, and podcast to improve diversity in the technology industry.
Inclusion
DEI
Accessibility
Founding Partner
Be My Eyes
Why Should Businesses Care About Accessibility?
Accessibility and inclusion has a financial cost. But the return on investment makes investing in accessibility a must for businesses
DEI
Industry Spotlight
Allison Esposito Medina: Supporting Women in Tech
Allison Esposito Medina is the founder and CEO of Tech Ladies, a worldwide community that connects 100,000 members through an online group, a free job board, and learning opportunities.
Inclusion
DEI
Industry Spotlight
Lauren Stiller Rikleen: An Advocate for Safe Work Environments
Lauren Stiller Rikleen addresses mistreatments in the workplace and recommends solutions.
DEI
SEO
Industry Spotlight
How Safiya Umoja Noble Exposes Biases in Tech Platforms
Professor, author, and social scientist Safiya Umoja Noble uncovers algorithmic biases and explores how to remove them so as to create more ethical search platforms.
DEI
Industry Spotlight
Disability Advocacy
Shani Dhanda Combats Barriers on Multiple Fronts to Promote Inclusion Across Intersectionalities
After facing barriers to inclusion, Shani Dhanda set her sights on supporting the disabled, Asian, and female communities and all their intersectionalities.
DEI
Hiring
Industry Spotlight
Milena Berry Gives Women the Power to Fly
Drawing from her own experiences, Berry hopes to help empower women and bring an end to gender discrimination in the workplace.
DEI
Industry Spotlight
Sloop Brewing’s Mariquita Reese Is Taking On Craft Beer’s Diversity Problem
Mariquita Reese spearheaded Sloop’s Open Waters Internship Program, a D&I internship seeking to dismantle the barriers to entry that prevent women, POC, LGBTQ+ folks, and other marginalized communities from joining the brewing industry.
