Designing for all: an inclusive approach to web, print and electronic publishing December 8, 2009

Want to reach new audiences? Concerned your print, web and electronic outputs aren't as easy to read and understand as you wished and hoped?

In a climate where every sector is battling to communicate with and target a diverse and wide-ranging population, with equally diverse specific needs and requirements, it is crucial that the information you produce meets the needs of each individual, and not just the masses.

'Designing For All' is a highly successful training course with a strong track record, written and delivered to help you achieve exactly this. It enables you to both find out more about different user groups and audiences and their specific needs, and to get the chance to take part in practical workshops to test out what works - and what doesn't.

The course - led by Katie Grant of Raincharm, former publications manager for the Disability Rights Commission and one of the UK's leading specialists in this vital field - covers web, print and electronic document production including how to write and produce Easy Read documents.

Quotes from previous delegates:
"The course covered a wide range of subjects very well in a limited time"
"This is a very well constructed, structured and informative course"

Specifically, this course will help you:

• assess current design and content of information - please bring examples along of your current information for us to assess in our 'document clinic'
• follow an inclusive model to improve accessibility across your communications mix
• assess specific audience needs, identifying ways to communicate in an accessible way
• see how different formats/styles work for different audiences
• keep abreast of the latest developments in accessible formats and assistive technologies
• carry on learning, with an inclusive takeaway guide and checklist to designing and producing accessible information.

Official Website: http://www.headstar-events.com/dfa/