Accessibility ROI: Risk Mitigation as Return on Investment

By Karl Groves

Elevator Pitch

Over the years, accessibility advocates have proposed a number of arguments intended to provide a “Business Case” to justify investing in accessibility. With the increased prevalence of accessibility related lawsuits, Risk Mitigation is the true, measurable key to Accessibility ROI

Description

Over the years, accessibility advocates have proposed a number of arguments intended to provide a “Business Case” to justify investing in accessibility. During this talk, I’ll describe the strongest, best-evidenced Business Case argument. With the increased prevalence of accessibility related lawsuits, Risk Mitigation is the true, measurable key to Accessibility ROI

Notes

I’m an engaging speaker with a over a decade of experience presenting, holding workshops, and training. I’ve spoken in 7 countries and 11 US states.

18 videos of some of my presentations can be seen at http://www.karlgroves.com/presentations/

Below is a partial the conferences I’ve spoken at:

  • NationJS, Washington DC (multiple)
  • Beyond Tellerand, Germany
  • ParisWeb, Paris France (multiple)
  • Better By Design, Madison Wisconsin (workshop)
  • Fronteers Spring Conference, Amsterdam Netherlands
  • Elements Web Conference at Penn State
  • IEEE Information Visualization, Baltimore Maryland
  • Annual Conference of the Society for Technical Communications, Baltimore Maryland
  • Frontend Conference, Zurich Switzerland
  • RVA JavaScript Conference