Long-term Actions
- Give specific staff the job of supporting other staff and chairpersons with accessibility needs, so they don’t have to figure it out alone.
- Provide templates for chairpersons, such as accessible agenda formats, email invitations, and meeting scripts.
- Collect feedback after meetings about what worked and what didn’t for accessibility, and act on it.
- Offer expert support, like an accessibility advisor or help desk, that chairpersons can contact quickly during meetings.
- Pair new chairpersons with experienced chairpersons from other committees as a mentorship system.
Examples
- The Government of Canada provides its employees with the Digital Accessibility Toolkit that has information about accessibility, how-tos and other learning resources including a section on accessible meetings and events.
- The Massachusetts guide provides practical tools and checklists to help organizers plan accessible meetings.