community Archives - Hart of the Midlands https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/tag/community/ Home of Mike Hartley - Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Accessibility, Mental Health and more Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:25:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/hartofthemidlands.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-StagHead512.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 community Archives - Hart of the Midlands https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/tag/community/ 32 32 154241808 Me and Accessibility, the true beginning. https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2022/01/me-and-accessibility/ Sat, 15 Jan 2022 19:25:22 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1150 Over the past couple of years, I've become very vocal about Accessibility and usually show my journey as starting with a conversation and a pint in a pub. In recent months I've started to accept that the true beginning for me began long before then, and I've simply been running from the truth.

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]]> 1150 Power Apps, Accessibility, and WCAG https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2021/09/power-apps-accessibility-and-wcag/ Sat, 18 Sep 2021 13:44:19 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1091 Introduction – What lies ahead I have been talking about Accessibility for a while now, and often link this to DELIVERY rather than BUILD. In this post, “Power Apps, Accessibility, and WCAG”, I’m going to bring all this together. I’m also going to tie it in to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) around colour […]

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]]> 1091 A dyslexic and dyspraxic’s guide to accessibility https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2021/07/dyslexic-dyspraxics-guide-to-accessibility/ Fri, 09 Jul 2021 09:48:58 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1057 What does day-to-day accessibility look like? Join Ashley Graham-Brown as they share about their life in "A dyslexic and dyspraxic's guide to accessibility" (from Scottish Summit 2021)

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]]> 1057 Creating a More Inclusive workplace https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2021/07/creating-a-more-inclusive-workplace/ Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:43:58 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=1051 It’s easy to talk about what a more inclusive workplace should be, but how do we go about creating such a place? At Scottish Summit 2021 Zoe Wilson delivered a great session on this very subject! Zoe is a passionate advocate for Accessibility in the workplace, and in everyday life. Having her speak about this […]

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]]> 1051 Accessibility as a Deliverable? https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2021/04/accessibility-as-a-deliverable/ Mon, 26 Apr 2021 16:13:30 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=856 For Microsoft, a core part of how accessibility is being managed throughout their DNA is by treating Accessibility as an actual project goal and requirement.
Watch Microsoft Accessibility Evangelist Hector Minto from Scottish Summit 2021 as he talks about Digital Inclusion and Accessibility as a Deliverable.

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]]> 856 So much to learn, so many teachers https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2021/04/so-much-to-learn-so-many-teachers/ Mon, 05 Apr 2021 11:07:32 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=848 I started my self-learning journey into the world of Accessibility in the middle of 2020. If I’m completely honest I was very naive and did not understand what was behind that door. I soon came to realise that there is so much to learn, but so many teachers I can learn from. Accessibility is a […]

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]]> 848 Sexy, Cheap, and Easy https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2021/02/sexy-cheap-and-easy/ Sun, 07 Feb 2021 17:06:36 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=833 "No-one wants to do it. It's just not sexy"
"It's too expensive"
"We don't have the time to implement it"
A sad, familiar story but one that is not strictly true when it comes to implementing Accessibility.

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]]> 833 Access All Areas https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2020/11/access-all-areas/ Sat, 07 Nov 2020 17:58:22 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=795 When was the last time you were asked to make a project accessible? OK how accessible was the last event you attended, or app that you built, or blog post you read? Do you make your #Hashtags screen reader friendly?

Accessibility is something that people are aware of, yet also massively unaware of - and that goes for me especially.

So I'm going to do something about that...

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]]> 795 Losing it in Lockdown https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2020/05/losing-it-in-lockdown/ https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2020/05/losing-it-in-lockdown/#comments Sun, 24 May 2020 19:22:20 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=699 A quick post from me about Mental Health in Lockdown. Here I share some of my struggles, and talk about where to find advice as well as where to chill out.

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]]> https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2020/05/losing-it-in-lockdown/feed/ 1 699 #community https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/2019/05/community/ Sun, 12 May 2019 14:01:47 +0000 https://hartofthemidlands.co.uk/?p=523 It's no exaggeration to make the claim that I use the hashtag #community in around 90% of my social media posts. It's also not an inaccurate statement to say that I'm the crazy guy who will run up to people and probably just shout "#COMMUNITY" at everyone and anyone... and all for very, very good reason.

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