Guidance and resources to help you communicate effectively with diverse audiences.
Accessibility
Bev Walter's Community Comms Collective workshop on accessibility – an introduction to best use of digital channels and tools for inclusivity (18 June 2021)
Links to Bev's videos embedded within this video:
Other useful accessibility resources:
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Leading the way in accessible information
(msd.govt.nz)
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Make your communications more accessible
(msd.govt.nz)
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People First New Zealand guide to writing Easy Read
pdf (3MB) originally from peoplefirst.org.nz
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NZ Government web accessibility standard
(digital.govt.nz)
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Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility
(accessibility.blog.gov.uk)
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Make your Word documents accessible
(support.office.com)
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Running accessible meetings
(odi.govt.nz)
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Guidelines for the production of accessible formats
(printdisability.org)
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How to meet Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (Quick Reference)
(w3.org)
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Lighthouse automated accessibility checker
(developers.google.com)
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Axe automated accessibility checker (Chrome extension)
(chrome.google.com)
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Hemingway text editing app
(hemingwayapp.com)
Disability communication
Advice on communicating about disability.
Communicating with culturally diverse audiences
Resources and advice for communication that values and respects different cultures.
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Keeping it clear: for an audience that is new to New Zealand
(immigration.govt.nz)
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Intercultural capability e-learning
(ethniccommunities.govt.nz)
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Value culture in the workplace
(diversityworksnz.org.nz)
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Guidelines for engaging with culturally and linguistically diverse communities in times of disaster
(ccc.govt.nz)
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Religion stylebook
(religionstylebook.com)
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DIA translation service
(dia.govt.nz)
Te reo Māori communications
Tools and resources to support kōrero and engagement with Māori and lift understanding of Māori culture and tikanga.
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Māori communications
(tpk.govt.nz)
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Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori: Māori Language Commission
(tetaurawhiri.govt.nz)
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Māori culture and tikanga practices for the workplace
(tutiramai.co.nz)
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Ngā Rerenga o Te Tiriti: Community organisations engaging with the Treaty of Waitangi
(trc.org.nz)
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Working with tāngata whenua
(inspiringcommunities.org.nzinspiringcommunities.org.nz)
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Māori Crown Relations engagement guidelines
(tearawhiti.govt.nz)
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DIA translation service
(dia.govt.nz)
Mental health language guidance
Advice on communicating about mental health.
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Mind your language!
(time-to-change.org.uk)
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Time to change the language we use about mental health
(theguardian.com)
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Speak out against misuse of mental health terms
(shieldmedia.org)
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Style guide: Reporting on mental health
(eiconline.org)
LGBTQI+ inclusive language
Advice on avoiding bias towards a particular sex or social gender in your communications.
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Gender inclusive language
(writingcenter.unc.edu)
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GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) Media Reference Guide
(www.glaad.org)
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Queer glossary
(qmunity.ca)
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Trans Media Watch
(transmediawatch.org)
The Diversity Style Guide
A resource, from the Center for Integration and Improvement of Journalism at San Francisco State University, to help media professionals cover a complex, multicultural world with accuracy, authority and sensitivity.
The Conscious Style Guide
A repository of tools that promote critical thinking about language and ways we can use conscious words, portrayals, framing and representation to empower instead of limit.
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