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SUMMARY:Gain a Competitive Advantage with Accessibility and Disability Inclusion
DESCRIPTION:Gain a Competitive Advantage with Accessibility and Disability Inclusion\n\nPresented By: Jason Beloungy & Wendy Weiler\, Access to Independence\n\n\n\nEvent Preview Video - Watch this short view from Jason to learn more about the event.\n\n \n\nLearn how to increase customers\, and build a competitive advantage\, by addressing accessibility and disability inclusion. Jason Beloungy and Wendy Weiler of Access to Independence will provide recommendations for businesses and organizations to ensure their goods and services are accessible and useable to all. Topics will include:\n\n\n	Ensuring accessible spaces and environments\n	Accommodations for employee and customers\, including policies\n	Access and inclusion training for staff\n	Website and social media accessibility\n	Accessible events   for employees or the public\n	Feedback and promotion\n\nAttendees will get to apply ideas and recommendations to their own organization or business\, and will be provided with resources for support and implementation. \n\n \n\nAbout Access to Independence and their Accessibility Services: For 45 years\, Access to Independence has provided advocacy\, resources\, and services for people of all ages\, and of any type of disability. Access to Independence is a consumer-run organization\, which means that the majority of its staff and leadership are people with disabilities. That lived experience informs and guides the array of Accessibility Services available for businesses\, organizations\, and local governments.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBusiness Works is topic targeted for growth-oriented business professionals. The first portion will be a presentation from the speaker to learn the content. The middle portion of the event is intended for you to work on what you just learned. We'll end with a debrief of roundtable discussions. This is a fully interactive workshop with plenty of audience participation\, so bring your laptop\, come ready to work and take action.\n\n\n\n\n\nThank you to these annual sponsors of this program:\n\nPlatinum Sponsor:\n\n\n\n\n\nGold Sponsors:\n\n               \n\nVenue Sponsor:
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<div style="text-align: center\;"><img alt="" height="114" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1586/Image/Chamber/2022/Business-Works.png" style="width: 250px\; height: 114px\;" width="250" /></div>\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><span style="font-size:20px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-weight: 700\;">Gain a Competitive Advantage with Accessibility and Disability Inclusion</span></span></span><br />\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-family:arial\,sans-serif\;">Presented By: Jason Beloungy &amp\; Wendy Weiler\,&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.accesstoind.org" target="_blank">Access to Independence</a></span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong><a href="https://youtu.be/qpSmOu6HI-M" target="_blank"><span style="color:#B22222\;">Event Preview Video</span></a></strong> - Watch this short view from Jason to learn more about the event.</span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;</div>\n\n<div><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Learn how to increase customers\, and build a competitive advantage\, by addressing accessibility and disability inclusion. Jason Beloungy and Wendy Weiler of Access to Independence will provide recommendations for businesses and organizations to ensure their goods and services are accessible and useable to all. Topics will include:</span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Ensuring accessible spaces and environments</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Accommodations for employee and customers\, including policies</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Access and inclusion training for staff</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Website and social media accessibility</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Accessible events &ndash\; for employees or the public</span></span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0in\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Feedback and promotion</span></span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;">Attendees will get to apply ideas and recommendations to their own organization or business\, and will be provided with resources for support and implementation.&nbsp\;<br />\n&nbsp\;<br />\nAbout Access to Independence and their <a href="https://www.accesstoind.org/accessibilityservices.html">Accessibility Services</a>: For 45 years\, Access to Independence has provided advocacy\, resources\, and services for people of all ages\, and of any type of disability. Access to Independence is a consumer-run organization\, which means that the majority of its staff and leadership are people with disabilities. That lived experience informs and guides the array of Accessibility Services available for businesses\, organizations\, and local governments.</span></span><br />\n<br />\n<a href="www.accesstoind.org" target="_blank"><img alt="" height="104" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1586/Image/Chamber/2022/accesstoindependence.png" style="width: 300px\; height: 104px\;" width="300" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#008080\;"><strong>Business Works </strong></span><span style="color: rgb(42\, 42\, 42)\;">is t</span>opic targeted for growth-oriented business professionals. The first portion will be a presentation from the speaker to learn&nbsp\;the content. The middle portion of the event is intended for you to work on what you just learned. We&#39\;ll end with a&nbsp\;debrief of roundtable discussions. This is a fully interactive workshop with plenty of audience participation\, so bring your laptop\, come ready to work and take action.</span></span></div>\n\n<p style="font-style: italic\;"><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><strong><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color: rgb(34\, 34\, 34)\;">Thank you to these annual sponsors of this program:</span></span></strong></span><br />\n<strong>Platinum Sponsor:</strong><br />\n<a href="https://tdstelecom.com/"><img alt="" height="103" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1586/Image/TDS.new.jpg" style="width: 250px\; height: 103px\;" width="250" /></a><br />\n<br />\n<strong>Gold Sponsors:</strong><br />\n<a href="https://www.parkbank.com/"><img alt="" height="64" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1586/Image/ParkBank.jpg" style="width: 300px\; height: 64px\;" width="300" /></a>&nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\; &nbsp\;<a href="https://www.qtigroup.com/"><img alt="" height="53" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1586/Image/Chamber/2022/QTILogo.png" style="width: 250px\; height: 53px\;" width="250" /></a><br />\n<strong>Venue Sponsor:</strong><br />\n<a href="https://madison.artisreit.com/"><img alt="" height="163" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/1586/Image/Member_Files/ArtisREIT.png" style="width: 150px\; height: 163px\;" width="150" /></a></p>\n
LOCATION:Wisconsin Trade Center 8401 Greenway Blvd\, Middleton\, WI If you park in back\, there is an awning that says Conference Rooms\, and if you go in those doors it will be down the hall to the left\, before the skywalk. If you park in front\, follow the signs to the Conference Room or Skywalk.
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URL:https://business.middletonchamber.com/events/details/gain-a-competitive-advantage-with-accessibility-and-disability-inclusion-3505
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