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From: Helen Walsh branach3 at yahoo.com [organizersforum] 
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Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2014 8:02 PM
Subject: [organizersforum] July 17 FCC Accessing Social Media live broadcast


  
If you want to be informed about technology/social media etc like I am then...Get informed about Accessing Social Media with this wonderful public event.
This meeting will be broadcast Live.   

Live Broadcast of this event: https://www.fcc.gov/live
Live Broadcast is Captioned.

note: time is in ET so please account for your regions time.

Accessing Social Media

July 17, 2014, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM EDT   or 6:00 AM -  1:00 PM PT
FCC Headquarters

The FCC's Accessibility and Innovation Initiative will host a public event, "Accessing Social Media," on Thursday, July 17, 2014, from 9 am to 4 pm at the FCC Headquarters (445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC). The purpose of the event is to facilitate a collaborative, cross-sector exchange of information about making social media tools and content accessible to people with disabilities, including information about authoring tools, client apps, and best practices.

The event will be held in the FCC's Commission Meeting Room and will include panels of industry, consumer, and government representatives. We will also have technology demonstrations in an exhibit area on the same floor.

Speakers from the following organizations have confirmed their attendance:

    ABILITY Magazine
    Acquia
    Adobe Systems
    Ai Squared
    American Association of People with Disabilities
    Autistic Self Advocacy Network
    Brick Advantage
    Danya International
    GovLoop
    FCC
    Hearing Loss Association of America
    IBM
    Lead On Update
    National Association of the Deaf
    National Council on Disability
    National Federation of the Blind
    U.S. Department of Labor
    U.S. General Services Administration
    University of Colorado, Boulder
    US Business Leadership Network

The meeting will be webcast with open captioning at www.fcc.gov/live.

Although this event is open to the public, we encourage sending us an RSVP in advance for our planning purposes. To RSVP, please send your name and organization affiliation, if any, in an email to AccSocMedia at fcc.gov. (RSVP only for in-person attendance, not for webcast.)

The meeting site is fully accessible to people using wheelchairs or other mobility aids. Sign language interpreters, open captioning, and assistive listening devices will be provided on site. Other reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities are available upon request. Include a description of the accommodation you will need and tell us how to contact you if we need more information. Make your request as early as possible. Last minute requests will be accepted, but may be impossible to fill. Email fcc504 at fcc.gov or call the Consumer & Governmental Affairs Bureau at 202-418-0530 (voice), 202-418-0432 (tty).

For more information, call Jamal Mazrui at 202-418-0069 or email jamal.mazrui at fcc.gov; or call Kelly Jones at 202-418-7078 or email kelly.jones at fcc.gov.

Event page: http://fcc.us/AccSocMedia

We welcome comments, questions, or suggestions to improve the accessibility toolkit via email: AccSocMedia at fcc.gov and via #AccSocMedia hashtag on Twitter.  You can also make suggestions for the Accesibility toolkit via Hackpad.



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