Blog.

A Compilation of Writings & Talks

 
 

The Something Forum | An Echo&Co Podcast

The Something Forum is a podcast presenting thought leadership, inspiration, guidance, and relatable conversations about digital innovation and transformation in the nonprofit sector. Our goal is to talk with nonprofit leaders candidly about the good, bad, challenging, and inspiring parts of their work, so together we can learn something about this unique space.

March 06, 2020

March 06, 2020

How can tech organizations tackle unconscious bias?

Leadership within our sector is promising — and shows that there is great potential for other social impact and nonprofit organizations to provide a model for other organizations to follow.

Webinar

Step Away from the RFP | Webinar Deck with Notes

Our potential clients spend a lot of time is spend creating RFPs. Then, in our proposal and discovery phases, we often find that the RFP doesn’t solve for the vision of the organization. I propose ways of moving away from the RFP process and why.

October 16, 2019

October 16, 2019

Demystifying Accessibility

We've put together this advice article as a handy guide for understanding the issue of accessibility compliance and developing your own plan.

August 2015 - October 2017

August 2015 - October 2017

November 14, 2017

November 14, 2017

 

Misc. Medium Articles

Past articles I wrote are available on Medium, including discussions about types of inclusion/exclusion, bias, exploring concepts in UX, and strong opinions about the prefix of ‘micro’ to photography.

Conscientious Design Thinking:

The class uses Nielsen Norman Group’s Design Thinking as a framework for infusing inclusion into UX by recognizing and addressing exclusion in human-computer interactions.