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We Didn’t Care About Diversity — What Happened Next Is Amazing!

We Didn’t Care About Diversity — What Happened Next Is Amazing!

WordCamp Europe 2017 talk
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What happens when you create an event and don’t care about diversity? What happens when you don’t listen to what everyone tells you but think in entirely different terms? This lightning talk will tell you what happened when I stopped caring about diversity and started thinking about event organisation in a different way. What we learned will blow your mind.

Jenny Wong

June 16, 2017
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    We Didn’t Care About
    Diversity - What Happened
    Next Is Amazing!
    By Jenny Wong at Human Made
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    Diversity
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    Diversity
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    Inclusivity
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    How do you make a
    community
    inclusive?
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    Accessibility
    at the core
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    Diversity
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    Inclusivity
    Accessibility

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    Minorities
    become the majority
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    What happened?
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    How did it
    happen ?
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    100%
    organiser
    buy in
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    Does __ make the event :
    1. More accessible
    2. Less accessible
    3. The same
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    Answer :
    1. More accessible
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    Answer :
    2. Less accessible
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    Answer :
    3. The same
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    Solutions
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    Childcare
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    Childcare
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    Live Captioning
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    Space planning
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    Themed Signage
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    Scheduling
    Considerations
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    Life Essentials
    Boxes
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    Take aways
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    Accessibility
    does not have to be
    expensive
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    Think about your audience:
    The Community
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    Make conscious decisions
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    Be transparent in your
    communication
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    Diversity
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    Inclusivity
    Accessibility

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    Mille mercis
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