Is your SharePoint Platform Content-Aware?
We know Microsoft SharePoint makes it easy to create and collaborate on content. And we also know that this results in an explosion of unstructured content, ranging from email to documents to blogs; all with the intention of having a collaborative conversation. SharePoint has also become core to operations with businesses increasingly making it their enterprise content management (ECM) system of choice.
CSUN Debrief Part
My presentation at C
SUN (“Proactively Designing for Web Accessibility”) was a completely sold-out session. During the session, I talked about my experiences with two enterprise customers (a financial services company and a major household brands company).
We Matter in Knowledge Management!
It’s not every day you get recognized by a leading publication for being a major player in your space. Recently, we were named one of KMWorld’s 100 companies that matter in knowledge management.
CSUN Debrief Part 1
At CSUN l
ast week, I presented “Testing for Accessibility – What to Know.” I thought I’d share with you some of the accessibility testing wisdom that I have learned over my many years of testing that I shared with the audience. I believe my experience can help organizations be better equipped to advance quickly in their understanding of accessibility testing and to be more effective in their efforts from the start by avoiding some of the common pitfalls of testing for accessibility.
My Comments at the Section 508 Access Board’s Public Hearing
Last week, while I was at CSUN, I testified at the U.S. Access Board’s Public Hearing on the 2011 proposed changes to the Section 508 standards. I initially didn’t want to testify, but after considering the potential impact on people with disabilities (and considerable peer pressure), I agreed.
FTC Privacy Judgments: Are you doing enough to protect consumers?
Over the last few years, we’ve seen FTC privacy judgements against the ‘Big Three’ web companies Google, Facebook and Twitter. In all these cases, the ‘Big Three’ were not protecting the interest of the American consumer.
Notes from the Road: SharePoint Customer Journey
This week I’m on the road across the UK to discuss the SharePoint Customer Journey. After my first day with fellow presenters from Metalogix and KnowledgeLake, it is clear that migrating content into SharePoint is an issue. Both presenters have highlighted that it’s generally better that content is in SharePoint and the audience agreed as well. These companies come at SharePoint from two different perspectives – Metalogix to get the content into SharePoint and KnowledgeLake to find, capture, automate business processes and save content.
Headed to CSUN for 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference
Next week, I along with Jeff Singleton, will be headed to San Diego for the California State University, Northridge Center on Disabilities’ 27th Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference. The conference held February 27- March 3, 2012 is an opportunity for all participants to share knowledge and best practices in the field of assistive technology.
I look forward to this event as it showcases cutting edge technology and practical solutions that can be utilized to remove the barriers that prevent the full participation of persons with disabilities in educational, workplace and social settings.
On the Road with SharePoint
I always wanted to be a rock and roll star.
More specific
ally, the lead man in a band with legions of followers who hung on every guitar lick and spent way too much time thinking about the lyrics I sang. I dreamed of “riding that train” with Jerry, Janis and The Band, jamming and well… Alas, personal responsibility, a lack of musical talent, and the need to eat something more than veggie burritos on Shakedown Street, killed my rock and roll dream.
Or so I thought.
Accessibility in Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft pro
vides an Accessibility Checker in Office 2010 that alerts users to certain accessibility issues in a file so that potential problems can be fixed that might keep someone with a disability from accessing your content. It allows an author to test for errors, warnings and tips at the time of authoring. While this tool is one step in the right direction for Microsoft as it offers help in creating more accessible content, it is still a few steps behind.
The problem lies with Accessibility Checker only checking. It does not guarantee that everyone in an organization is using it before publishing, saving or sending a document. It also requires employee training if they wish to use this as a solution to ensure their documents are accessible.
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