Digital accessibility doesn’t just mean writing captions for images, it means making sure everyone can access information in whatever form they need. In this webinar, we review and discuss the whys and hows of making websites and digital interactions accessible. Sina Bahram, Founder of Prime Access Consulting and Pattie Reaves, Principal Developer at Alley introduce the importance of accessibility and demonstrate what it’s like to navigate the web without a screen.
Sina Bahram, Founder of Prime Access Consulting, is an internationally recognized expert in the field of human computer interaction (HCI) and user experience (UX), with a concentration on those interfaces as used by persons with disabilities. Sina is an accessibility consultant, researcher, speaker, and entrepreneur. In 2012, Sina was recognized as a White House Champion of Change by President Barack Obama for his work enabling users with disabilities to succeed in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. In
2015, the international accessibility community recognized Sina as an Emerging Leader in Digital Accessibility at the annual Knowbility Community Heroes of Accessibility Awards.
Pattie Reaves is a Principal User Experience Developer at Alley who specializes in React, WordPress and accessible web design. She has more than 10 years of experience building websites for publishers using WordPress and Drupal.
Design studios bring people with varied skill sets together to solve creative problems such as identifying compelling graphics, homepage layouts, and establishing brand identity systems. Traditional brainstorms can often be ineffective, favoring the loudest or most popular voices in the room. Design studios are structured in a way that encourages the participation and the creativity
All organizations strive to reach their target audiences and create an impact. But how do you know if your organization is succeeding? If pageviews go up but time-on-page goes down, does that count as success or not? Should your strategy be focused more on social media, getting new newsletter subscribers, increasing recirculation, or simply improving
In this Alley Session we break down how coaching programs create a positive impact on employees, team relationships, and employee retention. Pattie Reaves and Owen Stowe show how Alley has built a program from the ground up. In addition, they show how Alley is working towards a more equitable and supportive coaching program moving into
There were a few essential things that we needed before starting our own podcast, Two Scrums Up. If you’re thinking of starting one, here are some things to keep in mind.
Alley’s core company values of quality, transparency and accountability closely align with the values of Scrum and, more broadly, the principles of agile software development. However, recent events have led us to consider how the practice of Scrum also supports our community values – radical candor, psychological safety, asynchronous communication, diversity, and inclusion.
