Action Step 7: SHARE WHAT WORKS

Step 8

Building, buying, and adopting accessible workplace technology is a smart business strategy for employers—but don't just take our word for it. As part of PEAT's commitment to dialogue and industry collaboration, we're constantly on the lookout for employer experiences and exemplary practices that we can share with our users. In that spirit, we invite you to join the conversation with PEAT so that we may stay abreast of the latest best practices—and spotlight them for the benefit of our users. Whether it's a strategy for ensuring leadership buy-in, a new product testing method, or a technique you used to advocate for accessible technology in your own workplace, we want to hear what's working:

Spotlight Profile Series

Our ongoing Spotlight Profile series explores interviews with key industry and thought leaders:

Aligning Accessibility with Strategic Goals: An Interview with Ernst & Young’s Lori Golden—EY's Abilities Strategies Leader talks about their integrated approach to their accessible technology initiative.

Accessibility as a Business Imperative: An Interview with IBM’s Frances West —IBM's Chief Information Officer discusses why accessibility makes good business sense.
Incorporating Accessibility from the Start: A Conversation with Canon U.S.A.’s Paul Albano—Canon discusses their commitment to creating accessible products for office environments, and how a commitment to accessible technology has helped many of their customers to compete in the global market.
Addressing Accessibility at All Levels: A Conversation with AT&T’s Diane Rodriguez—AT&T's Lead Compliance Analyst discusses key strategies for communicating with employees and the types of staff training they offer.

Building a Profession: A Conversation with Rob Sinclair and Chris Peck from the International Association of Accessibility Professionals—IAAP founders discuss how this new professional organization will provide key accessibility staff training resources for employees.

Surmounting Technology's Limitations: A Conversation with the FCC's Jamal Mazrui—Jamal Mazrui highlights FCC resources to help employers research accessible products and discusses the workplace technologies that he relies on personally throughout the workday.
Mobilizing Accessibility: A Conversation with CTIA—The Wireless Association's Matthew Gerst—Matthew Gerst discusses why mobile developers are leading many of the latest innovations in accessible technology, and likewise highlights resources they offer to help employers research accessible products.

Addressing Diverse Disabilities: A Conversation with the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s Julia Bascom—ASAN's Director of Programs discusses the key role that accessible technology plays for employees with autism and other cognitive impairments.

Increasing Employment through Accessibility: A Conversation with the World Institute on Disability’s Anita Aaron—WID's Executive Director discusses their efforts to help improve accessible technology in the workplace, including helping employers get started with user testing.
Moving the Ball Forward on Digital Accessibility: A Conversation with Attorney Lainey Feingold—A leading disability rights lawyer offers advice related to digital accessibility and lawsuits, and what employers can do to ensure that their workplaces are accessible.

PEAT Guest Blogs

The PEAT blog regularly features guest contributions, such as Neil Jacobson's "Can the Company Please Buy Me a... ?", which provides advice to employees from a former senior vice president at Wells Fargo about why they must educate themselves about the productivity enhancements that can help them.

Join the Conversation

PEAT's Join the Conversation resources are targeted to help you find and share the latest best practices and good ideas for improving accessible technology in the workplace with a national audience, including:

Featured Conversation Topics—Explore and participate in multimedia discussions on the latest issues by sharing your comments through either video or written comments.
Share Your Success Story—Do you have a recent experience, good idea, or best practice to share? Please let us know what's working for you so that we can give it a wider audience.
Lend Your Voic e—Find national opportunities to help inform policymaking around accessible technology, from industry surveys to regulatory public comment periods.

Submit an Idea

Have an idea for a webinar topic, article, or success story feature that you'd like to see? Please submit an idea! We always want to hear ideas from you about what topics we should explore and how we can make PEAT work better for you.