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A Guide to Email Accessibility Best Practices for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Email accessibility refers to the art of crafting email messages in a way that ensures equal usability and understanding for all individuals. Understanding WCAG Standards WCAG stands for Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. Here are three areas where you’ll want to check for accessibility.

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8 Types of Non-Inclusive Language To Avoid

Whole Whale

The Inclusivity Tool was designed to help content creators follow the best practices around using inclusive language. Many organizations have been working with marginalized populations for decades while the study of how language impacts culture is only in its infancy. Commonly seen when referring to professions (e.g.

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Why is Person First Language Important and 7 Ways You Can Start Using It Right Now

Whole Whale

We’re usually not taught to speak with person-first language. Person-first language is more inclusive of people with disabilities, centering someone’s humanity over their disability or condition. It may be a bit wordier, but it’s important to learn how to use person-first language and avoid its opposite, identity-first language.

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Top Ten Data Challenges (And Solutions) for Associations

Association Analytics

You turn to them for help because you know something is amiss, but you might not know where to start or have a frame of reference for how to come up with a solution. Provide context you can refer back to. You might use inconsistent content or course tagging, or team members might use a variety of names for one type of offering.

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Why Nonprofits Need a Values-Based Social Media Strategy

Non Profit Quarterly

Meta—the parent company of Facebook and Instagram—has been under fire in the past few years over its lax policies on news content, data privacy, and misinformation. Some users are migrating to new platforms, like Post, or to decentralized, open-source services, like Mastodon.

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How to Follow the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines: Resources for Nonprofit Design

Media Cause

The Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) are what everyone must follow to make the web a more inclusive experience. The WCAG “define how to make Web content more accessible to people with disabilities, ranging from visual, auditory, physical, speech, cognitive, language, learning, and neurological.” . Contrast Checker.

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How to Create a DEI Style Guide for your Nonprofit

Whole Whale

This document ensures that everyone in an organization is on the same page when it comes to using language in a way that is respectful and accurate. Many people will be involved in creating content and it is important to have a guide to ensure consistency. It should avoid jargon and overly technical language.

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