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Thanks for sharing, Vicki. I listened to most of the podcast. I like their approach at Venngage; it sounds like their goal is to make it easier for non-designers to create accessible graphics without a ton of extra work involved. That is definitely something
I can get behind. I enjoyed Eugene's sharing about his own learning journey and owning that the product is not perfect, but they keep chipping away at improvements. It will be interesting to see overtime if Canva users in the public sector jump ships to Venngave
with the ADA title two reguations.</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 14, 2024 10:15 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Vicki Walton <vwalton@sbctc.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [CATO] Podcast with Eugene Woo, Chief Executive Officer of Venngage</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Hello CATO,</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Here is a podcast called
<b><a href="https://creative-boost.com/accessible-infographic-creator/?unapproved=44220&moderation-hash=af703c92185c9376e7c0eceaa8fe221f#comment-44220">#1 Accessible Infographic Creator — With Eugene Woo</a>
</b>with Colleen Gratzer and Eugene Woo, Chief Executive Officer of Venngage. </span>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">I greatly appreciate all the content from this podcast, which also provides a transcript. The host discusses the accessibility features, highlighting how they enhance the application.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">We, Meridith Hatch, Monica Olsson and Doug Hayman and I, met Eugene at the 2023 Accessing Higher Ground conference. In fact, he sat at our table during the evening keynote speaker and dinner.
Super nice guy! </span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Just a bit of background on Colleen. She is a designer, accessibility specialist, educator, and mentor. I met her when I took her course called
<a href="https://creative-boost.com/website-accessibility-course/">Foundations of Website Accessibility</a>. It was a fabulous course and I really liked working with Colleen. I continue to follow her content and this one showed up in my inbox this week so
I just felt it would be valuable to share about Venngage.</span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Enjoy!</span></p>
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Walton</span></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">Web Accessibility Specialist/IT Quality Assurance Tester</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges</span><span style="font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764"></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">vwalton@sbctc.edu</span></u><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Franklin Gothic Book",sans-serif; color:#003764">• office: 360-704-4343•
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">Accessibility is a fundamental right</span></b></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Accessibility is not a checkbox. Accessibility is a mindset that can lead to a very powerful sense of inclusion.</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">~ Maayan Ziv founder and CEO AccessNow</span></p>
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