How to Get Your Boss's Boss to Understand

Instead of asking, “Will I get in trouble if I skip this?” try asking, “Who might I be excluding if I don’t include this?” That shift in mindset is what separates a bare-minimum communicator from a truly effective one.

Start with your next slide deck. Spend extra time focusing on symbols and shapes instead of colors.

Making Microsoft PowerPoint headings more accessible makes your slides more effective for the entire audience.

Microsoft Word and PowerPoint’s built-in color and contrast checker doesn’t always perform well, especially when it comes to backgrounds involving images or gradients.

Canva makes these shortcomings worse by setting up the case of "flexibility that supports creativity" versus "structure that supports accessibility.”

JD Solomon recommends reversing the traditional approach for developing reports and presentations by starting with accessibility.

The things you do to make your presentation and reports more accessible to people with impairments make your work more understandable to all

Contrast impacts the readability of your content in print, on PowerPoint presentations, and on the web. Contrast is especially important...