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Five Things You Can Do to Be More Inclusive (November 2022 edition)

Denis Boudreau
5 min readJan 12, 2023
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November is definitely settled in by now, so it’s time for another edition of “things you can do to be more inclusive”. In this monthly series of posts, I want to expand on yet a few more ideas you can explore to radically change the way you approach the creation of your materials and the assets you produce. These tips are meant to help you prepare your next presentation, your next piece of content, or your next workshop activity so it becomes that much more inclusive of everyone.

So today, let’s look at 5 simple ideas you can start implementing, to create a more inclusive experience for your audience from the platform, especially those who have disabilities or can easily be left out.

Let’s dive right in.

Make sure colours used for meaningful text, graphics, and icons in your printed and digital content are sufficiently contrasted against their respective backgrounds (Colorblindness & visual disabilities)

As soon as your content is not purely decorative in nature, but does, in fact, convey information relevant to understanding your message, you must ensure that said content provides a sufficient degree of contrast against…

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Denis Boudreau
Denis Boudreau

Written by Denis Boudreau

Helping leaders connect with the missing piece in their DEI efforts. Amazon BestSelling Author “The Inclusive Speaker". Speaker/Trainer/Coach. #neurodivergent

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