Like many people in 2020, I’ve attended my share of virtual meetings, events, and conferences.
And I’ve had the opportunity to discover a lot of different event pages on the web.
Some online event pages make it easy to learn about an event.
I can quickly review
while other event pages seem to think basic event information should be a scavenger hunt for potential attendees. Continue reading UX Win: Workforce Software Event Page
Last week, when I wrote about moving our Refresh Detroit event registration from Meetup.com to Eventbrite, I explained the main reason was to create a more usable and accessible experience for our members.
I talked about how the Meetup.com design released in late 2017 resulted in a frustrating and less accessible experience for organizers as well as people registering for events.
As Refresh Detroit co-organizers, Nick DeNardis and I talked about event registration alternatives to Meetup.com and ultimately chose to use Eventbrite.
This week I attended the Disability Inclusion Panel: Making Events More Accessible event at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Originally planned as a 100-person interactive workshop with panelists, the event grew beyond the original intent.
Over 500 people registered for the free public event, requiring the organizers to look for another venue. (The final count was 400 people attended in person, plus 52 people attended via the livestream.)
The event was moved to the larger Rackham Auditorium venue and the format of the event became more of a panel discussion. Continue reading Recap: Disability Inclusion Panel: Making Events More Accessible