Practical Policy Change Strategies: Infusing Web Accessibility into the Organizational Environment
Presentation 11
Charmane K. Corcoran, Client Advocacy Office/Libraries, Computing & Technology, Michigan State University

This presentation addresses how to introduce a change in policy into an organization from the people and practical side of the policy. It involves understanding the organization’s communication before and after the policy development. It involves easements into existing frameworks of doing business, including how different people use technology, how we train people, how we talk about the work we do, how we assess new products for purchase, and how to take an organizational systems approach to Web accessibility. The talk will give the participants ideas to consider in trying to infuse Web accessibility into their organizations.

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Speaker:

Charmane Corcoran holds degrees in Business Administration, Communication, and Educational Administration. As an Information Specialist at Michigan State University, she assists in the development of university-level technology policies, facilitates accessibility and usability testing of Web-based products, and participates in special university-wide projects on behalf of executive management. As MSU’s representative on the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI), her Education and Outreach Working Group activities include work on the new W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0), the redesign of the WAI Web site for usability, and rewriting WAI documents for enhanced readability and understandability. Ms. Corcoran has served as Webmaster for the MSU central Web site, the American College Professional Association (ACPA) Standing Committee on Disability, and the Faculty and Professional Women’s Association.

 

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