Tuesday 28 September, 12.00pm - 4.00pm
Lanternhouse, Ulverston, Cumbria
This seminar looks at opening out your organisation’s work to a wider audience by making it more accessible, and making sure that your message is getting out there.
You will learn:
• Top tips to market your accessible work to Deaf & disabled people
• Ideas for raising your profile among Deaf & disabled communities
• The importance of building trust and listening to feedback
• Why Deaf and disabled audience might not be engaging with your organisation
• How audio description works, and how you could use it to increase access
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• The theory and practice of improving intellectual access to the benefit of all your visitors
• A definition of the 5 areas of disability and the social model of disability and why your marketing should reflect these
The event is suitable for:
• Performing arts, visual arts, culture and heritage organisations
• Anyone who needs more understanding of how to use audio description in visual and performing arts settings
• Anyone interested in Intellectual Access and the benefits of presenting information in multiple formats
• Anyone who wants to improve their marketing to Deaf & disabled people, and build attendance for their assisted events.
Contributors are:
• Mickey Fellowes, Director of Accessible Event Promotions a company established to promote accessible arts, cultural, community and leisure events in the North West and London. Mickey will be focusing upon the needs and preferences of disabled audiences and how to meet them.
• Catherine Bradley, Deputy Head of Evidence and Engagement on learning points from All About Audiences’ two-year project In Touch which aimed to improve communication with Deaf and disabled audiences.
• Anne Hornsby of Minds Eye on audio description.
• United Response on intellectual access.
More contributors will be announced soon.
Find out more: www.allaboutaudiences.com/senseandaccessibility