The Digital Accessibility Services for Small- to Medium-Sized Businesses event focuses on empowering SMBs to create inclusive digital experiences and navigate accessibility compliance.
Key Themes and Takeaways
- Importance of Accessibility for SMBs: The event emphasized that digital accessibility is crucial for SMBs to ensure that websites and digital platforms are usable by individuals with disabilities. This expands the potential customer base, helps avoid legal risks, and enhances brand reputation.
- Choosing the Right Accessibility Partner: Attendees learned how to select digital accessibility service providers that align with their business needs, ensuring a customized approach to accessibility.
- Understanding Standards and Guidelines: The event provided insights into which digital accessibility standards and guidelines SMBs should follow to remain compliant and competitive.
Featured Sessions and Speakers
- Digital Accessibility Services Scaled for Small to Medium-Sized Businesses Discussion: An opening session discussing how accessibility services can be tailored to the scale and needs of SMBs.
- Getting Accessible Without Breaking the Bank by QualityLogic: This session offered cost-effective strategies for SMBs to implement digital accessibility without significant financial burden.
- Digital Accessibility in 2025 & What You Need to Know to Stay Ahead of Regulations by Aspiritech: A forward-looking presentation on upcoming accessibility regulations and how SMBs can prepare.
- Q&A on Accessibility for Small Businesses by Splashbox Marketing: An interactive session addressing common questions and challenges faced by SMBs in implementing accessibility.
- The Digital Accessibility Regulatory Landscape by Acquia: An overview of the current and future regulatory environment affecting digital accessibility for SMBs.
The event highlighted that integrating accessibility from the outset is more cost-effective than retrofitting and positions SMBs to meet evolving regulatory standards.
Video Accessibility:
Each video below is on the Vimeo platform. Accessibility features are listed on Vimeo's website.
