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Crafting accessible presentations

Crafting accessible presentations

Presentations are essential tools. They help break down complex ideas, share important updates, and bring learning to life. But when shared electronically, there are some extra steps to ensure the presentation is accessible to everyone. If your audience can’t access the content, the message gets lost. Read on for some tips on how to make your presentation one that everyone can understand.

Crafting accessible presentations

Presentations are essential tools. They help break down complex ideas, share important updates, and bring learning to life. But when shared electronically, there are some extra steps to ensure the presentation is accessible to everyone. If your audience can’t access the content, the message gets lost. Read on for some tips on how to make your presentation one that everyone can understand.

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Crafting accessible presentations

Crafting accessible presentations

Presentations are essential tools. They help break down complex ideas, share important updates, and bring learning to life. But when shared electronically, there are some extra steps to ensure the presentation is accessible to everyone. If your audience can’t access the content, the message gets lost. Read on for some tips on how to make your presentation one that everyone can understand.

Website accessibility and best practices

Website accessibility and best practices

NOTE: These tips do not replace the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1. Always refer to these guidelines and recommendations above anything else.Accessibility Tools There are many accessibility tools available, both free and paid. These are the ones that...

Brand Implementation Series

Brand Implementation Series

Introduction to style guides In this article, we will cover how to properly implement your organization’s brand using a style guide. Don’t have a style guide? Our creative team has developed style guides for dozens of existing and new brands for schools and...

Video for Social Media

Video for Social Media

Tips for Creating Effective Social Media VideosIf doing interviews, take time before the shoot to prepare the right questions for the soundbites you need. Get plenty of extra footage, with multiple cameras while on location. Cut interviews using both views so that you...

Ensuring your election communications are PDC compliant

Ensuring your election communications are PDC compliant

The Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) is the Washington state body that regulates what districts are allowed to do when communicating about a school funding initiative. Their very lengthy guidelines can be found here. While they are absolutely the best source of...

Help! I just designed another flyer that should have been an email

Help! I just designed another flyer that should have been an email

Now don’t get me wrong: I love a good flyer. The flyer (or handout, poster, one-sheeter, take-away) is pretty much the mainstay of graphic design. In fact, it’s the bulk of what I designed at one of my first jobs working for my college bookstore. However, technology...

To Canva or not to Canva?

To Canva or not to Canva?

Why use Canva? Canva is a great tool for those with limited budgets who can't afford Adobe Creative Suite. It is also very user-friendly, making it easy for just about anyone to jump in feet first and start designing. The tool offers hundreds of design templates to...

Optimizing images for the web

Optimizing images for the web

What's the big deal? Well, the bigger the images, the longer they take to download and the more space they take up. When you have unlimited server space and a fast internet connection, it might not matter much. But not all of your website users may have access to that...