Fwd: THURS NOV 6th - UX Irregulars 2014/2015 kickoff with Elle Waters, Director of Strategy at Simply Accessible
Kaleem
Kaleem
On Thursday, October 30, 2014 2:39:31 PM UTC-4, Kaleem wrote:
We're kicking off our 2014/2015 UX Irregulars season with Elle Waters, Director of Strategy for Simply Accessible.
Please RSVP at Guestlist: http://j.mp/uxi6nov14
Elle will be flying into Toronto from the USA to join us for an engaging talk, Q&A, and social evening, so let's give her a warm Toronto welcome.
Accessibility for UX: Don't Worry, It's Much Worse Than You Think
Create an easy-to-use experience that delights your user and reinforces the value of your business? Got it.
Make all your designs adaptive to prepare for any and all devices that may be thrown your way? Check!
Get leaner, more personalized, localized, and don't forget to account for seniors, and low-literacy users? Well, okay.
Oh, also, have you considered people with disabilities? Wait… what?
When we think about all that goes into mastering good design principles, it’s no wonder that tackling accessibility can appear like a daunting, unrealistic burden.
How can we consider all of these highly technical needs when we don't even know how people with disabilities even use the web? And, what about mobile? Or the Internet of Things? Time to give up?!
In this talk, Elle will lead you on a somewhat tremulous journey through the wilderness of WCAG and into the mire of assistive technologies. But, stay the course!
Before you know it, you'll feel the firm ground of familiar layouts beneath you once again. And, after this experience, you'll be equipped to incorporate accessibility into each step of the design process with a few simple but powerful techniques. Ready? Let’s go!
As usual, after the talk we will retire to a nearby establishment (TBD) for beverages and friendly networking.
Thanks to our gracious hosts, the Synaesthetic Media Lab at Ryerson University, for providing us a meeting space.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Kaleem
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ABOUT UX IRREGULARS
Modeled on the Baker Street Irregulars, the UX Irregulars are a rag-tag, fugitive fleet of user experience designers, researchers and strategists who design mostly Web interactions, but also software, hardware, and sometimes crazy things like ski hills.http://groups.google.com/group/UXIrregulars
ABOUT ELLE
Evangelizing the growth of Universal Design as a best practice within large organizations, Elle works on behalf of Simply Accessible with enterprise level clients to build the foundation needed to integrate accessibility into every facet of corporate culture. She's worked first hand with design, content, development, and testing teams to create lean and scalable methods in creating more accessible experiences. She's seen amazing things happen, where the user's needs are the primary driver for change and innovation in large scale web projects, where teams succeed in meeting and exceeding their specific goals, and where companies leap ahead of their competition, all by putting accessibility first. Elle regularly finds reasons to visit Toronto whenever she can. She has a passion for social justice, emerging technologies, and a healthy fear of zombies.
ABOUT RYERSON UNIVERSITY SYNAESTHETIC MEDIA LAB
Synlab explores emerging modalities in new media. Our research focuses on tangible and embodied interaction technologies that support creative practices that bridge the physical and digital worlds. Applications range across media arts, computational sciences, entertainment, and educational domains.
