If your organization doesn’t have an accessibility statement on its website, you’re missing out a potential way to protect your organization but also show that you care about being inclusive of your audience and the people you serve. Find out why your organization needs an accessibility statement.
As a nonprofit organization, you may have thought about accessibility and being inclusive to all of your website users. You may also have considered—or are already maybe using—a web accessibility overlay. Find out the truth about web accessibility overlays.
Document accessibility and website accessibility are even more crucial for organizations during this COVID-19 crisis. So many more people are online now than before, and approximately 1 in 5 of them is someone with a disability. That means your website just became that much more crucial to your organization. But is your website now more of an asset or more of a liability?
Unless you or someone you know has a disability (temporary or permanent), you may not think about accessibility at all. If your organization doesn’t understand it or has preconceived notions about it, read on to get the facts, as we dispel 11 myths about accessibility.
Your website is an extension of your brand, another way that people can interact with your organization. Even though it doesn’t talk, it certainly says something about your organization. So negative experiences with your website can have a detrimental impact on your nonprofit’s brand. Visitors who already know of your organization may be more forgiving than new visitors, but first impressions are lasting. Let’s look at six areas in which your website could be hurting your nonprofit.