Accessible meetings
An accessible meeting ensures that every participant has an equal opportunity to participate.
Accessible meetings and events guide
The Ministry of Social Development's Lead programme has an accessible meetings and events guide that includes:
- key points to consider before, during and after an event
- best-practice principles and strategies to support different participant needs
- checklists to ensure your event provides reasonable accommodation for disabled people
Tips for accessible virtual meetings
Key takeaways
- Send out the materials before the meeting so that people will have some extra time to review them in their preferred way.
- Be sure that your meeting documents are accessible. You can learn more about creating accessible Microsoft 365 documents.
- In Teams, enable captions, and generate transcripts for review afterward.
- When using the chat pane, keep conversations relevant to the meeting topic and avoid side conversations.