Bonus content for axe-con participants
If you find yourself on this page, chances are you are attending (or were attending) Deque’s most excellent axe-con annual conference that took place on March 15-16, 2023. During this conference, I had the pleasure of hosting a closing session on the last day, titled: “How to truly connect with ALL OF your audience without leaving anyone behind”. If you’re coming to this page after the event, you can still catch the recording of the session. Note that you will need to register to access the recordings, however.
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01. InklusivComm’s Inclusive Speaking Do’s & Don’ts posters
These Do’s & Don’ts posters introduce a series of eight different personas with different types of disabilities, to help you better understand some of the things you can do to better engage the 40% of your audience that doesn’t fit the mold of the average audience member.
Format: PDF (5.1mb)
Last updated: November 2022
02. Strategies for a more inclusive content delivery
A handy cheat sheet to quickly get started with addressing some of the most common mistakes speakers make, when they deliver their content from the stage, or when they share it from their websites… Have you been found guilty of a few of those mistakes yourself?
Format: PDF (816kb)
Last updated: October 2022
03. Strategies for a more inclusive social media experience
This cheat sheet offers communication professionals with a series of tips and tricks to make your social media content more inclusive of audience members who have disabilities. Just how many of these best practices are you already practicing on a daily basis?
Format: PDF (785kb)
Last updated: November 2022
04. Strategic Inclusive Speaking Template
This insightful seven-step process helps you build a strategic inclusive speaking plan that it will turn your own presentations, keynotes, and workshops into ones that intentionally account for various expectations and needs for audience members who are at risk of exclusion based on disability or other circumstances.
Format: PDF (737kb)
Last updated: March 2023
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How much money and how many people are YOU leaving behind?
Whether it’s for ourselves, or on behalf of the brands we represent, each time we step in front of an audience, we leave money on the table and we leave people behind, if we’re not acutely aware of the needs of audience members who have disabilities. Find out just how much you might be losing annually as a speaking or communication expert… if you dare!
The INCLUSIVE SPEAKER PERSONAS – What you can learn from them
Throughout my book, “The Inclusive Speaker“, the following folks are walking us through this journey down the path of inclusive speaking. Through the chapters, you’ll get a chance to meet each one and learn more about their perspectives and their challenges. As a complement to the book, follow these links to find out more about some of their frustrations and some of the things that make them happy when attending live, in-person, or virtual presentations.
InklusivComm Interviews
Every Sunday, we share examples from the lived experiences of audience members with disabilities who are willing to share how speaking professionals sometimes leave them behind. So we can all learn to do better. You should check them out. Below are examples of such interviews, conducted with ChatGPT to flesh out the Inclusive Speaking personas, but in the Interview section of this site, you’ll find dozens of interviews with actual human beings that are well worth the read.
Would you like to be featured as one of our next guests?
Are you a person with a disability who’d like to share their experience attending live, in-person or virtual events, in order to help speaking professionals learn from their mistakes, and become more inclusive in the delivery of their content? If so, fill out our interview questionnaire, and we’ll work together to feature your experience and perspective in the near future!
As a speaking or communication expert, just how inclusive do YOU think you are?
Take my free self-assessment test to find out!
As speakers, we pride ourselves on having mastered the ability to speak to the masses and change the lives of many with our thoughts and ideas. But just how inclusive are you really, when it comes to touching the hearts and minds of over 40% of your audience that has disabilities, are seniors, or are somehow marginalized by technology?
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Did you know?
Combined, working-age adults with disabilities and those over the age of 65 make up for about 40% of the entire population, meaning that more than a third of our fellow citizens fall in either category. Despite appearances, this underserved market is NOT a minority. Catering to their needs and expectations can only result in increased revenue growth for your business. Wouldn't you agree this a market worth tapping into?