The Resource Key understands the power of marketing in today's digital age and strives to create connections, build community, and share invaluable resources. With the latest technology and inclusive approach, we aim to change the future of how technology is built and utilized for all. Discover how we can help you create an inclusive and accessible future.

The Resource Key: Innovating for Inclusion and Accessibility in Technology Marketing

In today's digital age, the power of marketing cannot be overstated. It shapes our perceptions of the world, influencing everything from our beliefs to our behaviors.  Using the latest technology, The Resource Key strives to create connections, build community, and share invaluable resources that can help change the future of how technology is built and utilized for all.

Jourdan Saunders, a dynamic innovator whose passion for inclusion and accessibility goes beyond the therapy room. With over 10 years of experience as a Speech Language Pathologist, Jourdan has listened intently to the stories of children and adults with disabilities who feel left out of their communities. This ignited a fire within her to create change and she has been trailblazing at the intersections ever since.

As an innovator, Jourdan has developed inclusive gymnastics programs and reading literacy initiatives, and even authored the popular book Our Reading Literacy Kitchen: Fresh Approaches to Target Reading Literacy Skills. But she doesn't stop there. Jourdan has lent her expertise as an advisor to companies and organizations spanning the digital speech therapy, gymnastics, and culinary industry technology platform, to name a few.

Jourdan's leadership has not gone unnoticed. She was awarded LinkedIn Top Voices 2020: Equity in the Workplace and is the creator of one of the first resource websites for students in Speech Language Pathology. Her SLP resources group on LinkedIn boasts over 20,000 members and she was even recognized as a top 100 Speech Language Pathologist impacting the field.

With Jourdan Saunders at the helm, inclusivity and accessibility are not just buzzwords, but a way of life. Get ready to be inspired by this creative innovator who is changing the world one intersection at a time.

We work with companies that want to continue being leaders and accelerate their impact through inclusive impact branding that is authentic and aligned with action.

Building for the future requires us to take different pieces and combine them with others pieces.

KEY 7. Integration

The Resource Key Joins The Valuable Directory for Disability Inclusion

The Restaurant Redefining How to Build Community

  321 Coffee is a “coffee shop and roaster providing meaningful work opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.”

Equipping youth to process and tell their stories through photography.

A United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) funded program that provides support, education, and assistance to ranchers and farmers with disabilities.

Providing career skills training and employment services to individuals with disabilities to assist them in developing the skills they will need to secure a career within the entertainment industry earning a competitive wage.

Yes I Can Unity Through Music and Education

Technology-centered inclusion solution and employment platform for job seekers with disabilities, mental health conditions, and chronic illnesses. 

Photography and video exhibit – both online and in-studio – that showcases the food-related stories of eight disabled Canadians, eight Canadians from culturally diverse backgrounds, and eight Cowichan Valley food and beverage producers.

Cowichan Valley Disability, Culture and Food Through Art Exhibit

Input from the disabled community is a critical part of any company’s inclusivity efforts. Here’s how to seek out their perspectives.

How to include workers with disabilities in your DEI initiatives

THE Project Why is what comes to mind when starting, agreeing or pursuing any project.

Events have the capacity to bring about change, to create spaces to develop relationships to bring about change, and gather new information to use to bring about change.

Authentic Representation is so important.  Authentic is key because you can have representation without it being authentic. 

Music can be such a powerful tool for activism in the community, leadership through lyrics, and communicating authentic messages. 

Who are we designing for? What are we considering when we are designing? So many more questions that come to mind when designing and more importantly inclusive and accessible design. 

Stay Connected takes on a whole new meaning depending on the person, context, and environment.

Improve your social media presence with The Resource Key's free webinar replay on 4 Ways to Make Your Social Media Inclusive and Accessible. Learn about using alt text, image descriptions, color contrast, and hashtags, as well as best practices for accessible content creation and strategies for creating an inclusive online community. Receive a webinar replay, transcript, PowerPoint, and reference outline with resources for free. Start creating a more diverse and equitable online community today.

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