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SUMMARY:Elevating Your Business Through Inclusivity
DESCRIPTION:In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month\, we speak with accessibility experts about removing barriers and how intentionally hiring people with disabilities can help your business create new opportunities and adapt to the pressures of COVID-19.\n\n\n\nOver the past several months\, the way that we work has dramatically changed. Employers have been adapting their business models to fit a "new normal" of remote work\, shifting consumer demands\, and increased flexibility for staff. In many ways\, the crisis has shifted our organizations and our concepts of work to align perfectly with the principles of accessibility. While the period has been hard for everyone\, the increased accessibility is something we can celebrate and reap the benefits of.\n\n\n\nJoin us on Tuesday October 27th at 12 noon for a conversation with the President's Group and the Neil Squire Society.\n\nREGISTER NOW https://bit.ly/30u4ogH\n\n\n\nGuest Speakers:\n\n\n\nTrish Kelly\n\nTrish is the Senior Accessibility Consultant at the Presidents Group\, a BC leadership table for business owners and CEOs committed to employing people with disabilities. Before joining the Presidents Group\, she spent two decades helping SMEs operationalize their values and improve their community impact.\n\n\n\nNate Toevs\n\nNate is the Marketing Manger at Neil Squire\, a non-profit organization that has been revolutionizing the lives of Canadians with disabilities since 1984 through accessible technology. Nate has a long standing background in Retail\, Wholesale and Business to Business sales and marketing activities. His talk at our event today will focus on a new program that can benefit British Columbians called WorkBC Assistive Technology Services.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:In recognition of National Disability Employment Awareness Month\, we speak with accessibility experts about removing barriers and how intentionally hiring people with disabilities can help your business create new opportunities and adapt to the pressures of COVID-19.
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\nOver the past several months\, the way that we work has dramatically changed. Employers have been adapting their business models to fit a &ldquo\;new normal&rdquo\; of remote work\, shifting consumer demands\, and increased flexibility for staff. In many ways\, the crisis has shifted our organizations and our concepts of work to align perfectly with the principles of accessibility. While the period has been hard for everyone\, the increased accessibility is something we can celebrate and reap the benefits of.
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\nJoin us on Tuesday October 27th at 12 noon for a conversation with the President'\;s Group and the Neil Squire Society.
\nREGISTER NOW >\;>\;>\; https://bit.ly/30u4ogH
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\nGuest Speakers:
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\nTrish Kelly
\nTrish is the Senior Accessibility Consultant at the Presidents Group\, a BC leadership table for business owners and CEOs committed to employing people with disabilities. Before joining the Presidents Group\, she spent two decades helping SMEs operationalize their values and improve their community impact.
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\nNate Toevs
\nNate is the Marketing Manger at Neil Squire\, a non-profit organization that has been revolutionizing the lives of Canadians with disabilities since 1984 through accessible technology. Nate has a long standing background in Retail\, Wholesale and Business to Business sales and marketing activities. His talk at our event today will focus on a new program that can benefit British Columbians called WorkBC Assistive Technology Services.
LOCATION:Via Zoom - once you have registered you will receive the login information.
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URL:https://www.sochamber.ca/events/details/elevating-your-business-through-inclusivity-4851
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