Re: Post COVID accessibility | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Chris Hansen (itschrishansengmail.com) | |
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2021 08:38:01 -0700 (PDT) |
Yes and amen to more than one person tech-trained! It’s a lot of work and draining and if meetings are frequent and/or intense/and or the one person who does this is not present or available for any reason you’re screwed... On Mon, Apr 26, 2021 at 10:19 AM Ann Zabaldo <zabaldo [at] earthlink.net> wrote: > Hello all — > > I haven’t had any experience in hybrid Zoom meetings but I have plenty of > experience in hybrid meetings between a F2F meeting and people on a phone > conference line. It requires the facilitator to be more alert to looping > people on the phone into the meeting esp. around Q&A time. One thing having > people on a phone line does is to insure people who are together and people > on the phone talk one at a time. Of course, people on the phone can’t see > charts or videos shown to the in-person meeting but you can rectify that by > having all the a/v material distributed in advance such as powerpoint > presentations so the phone folks can follow along. > > Love the idea of intensive training for people a la the tech side. > Suggest minimum TWO people are trained so there’s always a backup. Three > even better. > > Best — > > Ann Zabaldo > Takoma Village Cohousing > Washington, DC > Ex. Dir. & Mbr. Board of Directors > Mid Atlantic Cohousing > Principal, Cohousing Collaborative, LLC > Falls Church, VA > 202.546.4654 > midatlantic [at] earthlink.net > > When Isaac Newton stayed home to avoid the 1665 plague, he discovered the > Laws of Gravity, Optics, and he invented Calculus > > NOTE: I’m switching back to using zabaldo [at] earthlink.net. Many > apologies! > > > > > > On Apr 25, 2021, at 2:15 PM, Fiona Frank <fionafrank [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I am from Lancaster Cohousing (U.K.) but also my former employer , the > > Scottish Council of Jewish Communities, has a £50k two year funded > project > > to develop good practice in hybrid events . We’re thinking of a > > professional community film person to train community organisations in > > streaming skills, a tech person in the zoom meeting working with the > > communal organisations and participants to make sure that there are > proper > > links between the two spaces .... a screen in the room to bring the > online > > participants into the ‘real’ space - but it’s work in progress and we’re > > just at the beginning at the moment .... > > Best wishes fiona Frank > > > > > > On Sunday, 25 April 2021, Hafidha Sofia <hafidhaao [at] gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Yes, Allison! I am! And Hybrid models need to be considered absolutely. > I > >> am committed and doing a lot of learning and experimenting on hybrid > >> spaces... would be interested to plug in with whomever can help that be > a > >> collective peer learning and sharing project for cohousing communities > >> across the continent / globe. As I mentioned before I have a > professional > >> interest in this. I work for an online (social) movement school that > was on > >> Zoom for years prior to the pandemic; and our focus is centering care > and > >> access. I lead the tech support trainings and development. > >> > >> Would love to know who do I talk to, who can I work with to further > access > >> in cohousing post pandemic? > >> > >> Hafidha > >> Songaia Cohousing > >> Washington State, USA > >> > >> > >> > >> Sent from my iPhone > >> > >>> On Apr 25, 2021, at 10:55 AM, Diana Carroll <dianaecarroll [at] gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> I haven't tried doing hybrid online/in person meetings specifically in > >> the > >>> context of accessibility (or cohousing) but I've done plenty in a > >> business > >>> context and it's pretty awful. My experience is that the online people > >> get > >>> left out because you have to specifically make time for them to talk > due > >> to > >>> lag, because people speak more clearly automatically when online, and > for > >>> several other reasons. I don't really have major hearing issues, but I > >> can > >>> rarely hear/understand/participate in hybrid meetings. I can only > imagine > >>> it would be worse for people with legit hearing issues. > >>> > >>> It is possible that with great care they would work, but so far, I > >> haven;t > >>> figured out how to make that happen. > >>> > >>> Diana > >>> mosaic commons, MA > >>> > >>>> On Sun, Apr 25, 2021 at 1:39 PM Allison Tom <allisonrtom [at] gmail.com> > >> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> This morning's discussion about how zoom makes meetings more > accessible > >> to > >>>> Deaf people and people with hearing impairments and people (like me) > >> with > >>>> other disabilities makes me curious. > >>>> > >>>> I've just realized that I've been assuming that post COVID we will all > >>>> return to in-person meetings and I'll lose access to events and > >>>> conversations I've been able to join over the last year. > >>>> > >>>> Does it have to be that way? I think that trying to have a hybrid > >>>> in-person/zoom meeting could be really difficult. But has anyone tried > >> to > >>>> do that and had success? > >>>> > >>>> Can we use the general awareness that some people who had been > excluded > >>>> from in person events have gained access through zoom and other > >> technology > >>>> to get creative about how we can be included post COVID? > >>>> > >>>> Is anyone else interested in this topic? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> Allison Tom > >>>> Driftwood Village Cohousing > >>>> North Vancouver, BC > >>>> Moving in late summer 2021 > >>>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>>> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > >>>> http://L.cohousing.org/info > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> _________________________________________________________________ > >>> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > >>> http://L.cohousing.org/info > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> _________________________________________________________________ > >> Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > >> http://L.cohousing.org/info > >> > >> > >> > >> > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list -- Unsubscribe, archives and other info at: > http://L.cohousing.org/info > > > > -- Chris Hansen 32 East Village Drive Burlington Vermont 05401 USA Ph 603 3988730
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Re: Post COVID accessibility Diana Carroll, April 25 2021
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Re: Post COVID accessibility Hafidha Sofia, April 25 2021
- Re: Post COVID accessibility Fiona Frank, April 25 2021
- Re: Post COVID accessibility Ann Zabaldo, April 25 2021
- Re: Post COVID accessibility Chris Hansen, April 26 2021
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Re: Post COVID accessibility Hafidha Sofia, April 25 2021
- Re: Post COVID accessibility Beth Jennings, April 25 2021
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Re: Post COVID accessibility Diana Carroll, April 25 2021
- Re: Post COVID accessibility Chris Hansen, April 26 2021
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