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Case Studies

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.

Uncover the uncommon results The Resource Key has been able to accomplish together, with our clients to build a more inclusive and accessible future.

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.

Challenge: Building best practices for speech and language therapy platform through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

Noala was expanding their platform to the United States from the United Kingdom and wanted high level subject matter expertise platform review, user experience feedback, new partnership opportunities. 

The Resource Key worked with Noala to develop best practices for their speech and language therapy platform and build new partnerships.

The Resource Key provided actionable feedback and professional insights about how to improve the platform and user experience.  Thereafter, Noala and The Resource Key did an Instagram Live on the topic of Disability Inclusion.  We connected Noala to new partnership opportunities with other Speech Language Pathologists and individuals interested in more information about the platform.  The Resource Key shared about Noala with our audience of over 35,000 followers to expand their reach.

Quote:  "We believe that by leveraging digital tools in a creative, innovative way, we can foster an evolution in speech and language therapy - making it faster and easier to access professional help."  -Noala-

Noala has raised over 4 million in funding that will be used to continue developing its leading digital tools. The traditional speech therapy process can take months or years, Noala wants to ensure speech and language therapy is inclusive and accessible to all and reduce wait times. There are approximately 46 million people that are estimated to have some sort of communication disorder in the US.  Noala will continue expanding reach and leading the future of speech and language therapy to ensure all individuals have access to therapy.

 Reducing the wait times for speech and language therapy and increasing access for individuals who need speech and/or language services.

 Increasing partnerships with other brands that prioritize the need for inclusion and accessibility to continue to expand impact.

Alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.

SDG 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.

SDG 4: Ensure inclusive and quality education for all and promote lifelong learning.

A mission to ensure speech and language therapy is inclusive and accessible to all.

The Future of Speech and Language Therapy

Challenge: Building best practices for HR software training experiences through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

Cornerstone OnDemand wanted to develop Neurodiversity in the Workplace learning course that ensured authentic representation and accessibility embedded in the training to ensure inclusion for all.

The Resource Key worked with Cornerstone OnDemand in three areas to develop best practices for their Neurodiversity in the Workplace course. 

The Resource Key worked with Cornerstone to develop Neurodiversity in the Workplace course.  We recruited people who had experience being neurodivergent in the workplace. These individuals were interviewed for the video training content to ensure authentic storytelling and representation during the content development process.   The Resource Key connected Cornerstone OnDemand to valuable partnerships to expand their reach for their course development and launch.

Quote:  "Cornerstone helps organizations unite people growth with business success to create work environments that inspire growth, productivity, and success for all." -Cornerstone OnDemand-

Cornerstone OnDemand serves over 6,000 customers and 75 million users and is available in 180 countries and 50 languages.  Through implementation of inclusion and accessibility in course development best practices, Cornerstone OnDemand will continue expanding reach and leading in the future ready workforce to ensure inclusion for all.

Increased connection through authentic content that ensures inclusion and accessibility through sharing diverse stories, lived experiences and insights around Neurodiversity in the Workplace.   Employees and consumers see themselves represented in the diversity of the brand.

Increased diversity and inclusion through recruitment of people who had experience being neurodivergent in the workplace. 

Increased partnerships with other brands that prioritize the need for inclusion and accessibility to continue to expand impact.

SDG 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.




A mission to ensure learning technology experiences are inclusive and accessible to all.

Challenge: Building best practices for the metaverse through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

Gatherverse set out to develop educational content and training for ways community members can increase inclusion and accessibility in the metaverse.

Solution: The Resource Key worked with GatherVerse to develop a custom workshop. 

The Resource Key provided a workshop on the topic of Taking Flight...Adding Value to the Metaverse.  Practical tools and best practices to ensure social media is more inclusive and accessible.  Participants learned ways to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the metaverse to ensure people with disabilities are included.

Impact: GatherVerse is a global ecosystem where communities gather, discuss, document and share human centered approaches to the metaverse.  Through implementation of best practices for inclusion and accessibility in the metaverse, GatherVerse will continue expanding reach and leading in the future of human centered approaches to the metaverse and emerging technologies to ensure inclusion for all. 

Increased awareness of best practices through conversation with over 5,000 attendees globally to provide insights and resources to ensure inclusion and accessibility in the metaverse.  

Increased partnerships for brands committed to inclusion and accessibility in the metaverse to continue to expand impact globally with actionable ways to integrate at the core.


SDG 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development.


A mission to ensure a metaverse that is inclusive and accessible to all.

Challenge:  Building best practices for social media experiences through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.  

The University of Memphis Mid-South Access Center for Technology set out to develop educational content and training for ways community members can increase inclusion and accessibility for all by creating inclusive and accessible social media experiences.

The Resource Key worked with The University of Memphis to align with Mid-South Access Center for Technology’s Virtual Reuse Event to develop custom workshop.   

The Resource Key provided a workshop on the topic of Inclusive and Accessible Social Media.  Practical tools and best practices to ensure social media is more inclusive and accessible.  Participants learned ways to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility through social media to ensure people with disabilities are included.

Quote: "Advancing technologies and strategies to empower people with disabilities is at the core of research and activities within the Mid-South ACT." -University of Memphis Mid-South ACT-

Organizations that attended workshop plan to implement the learned best practices and practical tools into their Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to ensure inclusion and accessibility is embedded in their process. 

Increased connection to community-information is accessible and employees and consumers see themselves represented in the diversity of the brand.

Increased engagement with content-authentically reflecting diversity in people, messaging, experiences.

Increased opportunities for additional partnerships-brands that prioritize the need for inclusion and accessibility want to partner to expand impact with other brands.

Alignment with Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) 

A mission to ensure social media experiences are inclusive and accessible to all.

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility Integration in Social Media

Challenge: Building best practices for food experiences through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

NooshHub  set out to develop a social enterprise that connects people through food, culture, and memories.  Creating a peer-to-peer kitchen table concept whereby food is the median to make displaced families whole again. They wanted to ensure inclusion and accessibility for all by creating inclusive and accessible food experiences.

The Resource Key partnered with NooshHub to develop inclusive impact solutions as the food-tech platform continues to develop.  We are unlocking impact and community through building safe spaces for people to share their recipes, memories, and kitchen within their own traditions.

Quote: "Capturing the universal truth that food is a bridge...Connection is greater than our differences, more powerful and enduring than our conflicts." -NooshHub-

NooshHub platform is currently still being developed.

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries.


SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.

A mission to ensure food experiences are inclusive and accessible to all.  

Food, Culture, and Inclusion Intersections

Challenge: Building best practices for art virtual programming through the lens of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility.

The Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium set out to develop educational content and training for ways community members can increase engagement for individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (I/DD) through virtual programs. 

Solution: The Resource Key worked with Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium to develop a custom workshop. 

The Resource Key worked with Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium to align with Engaging Individuals with Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities in Virtual Programs Event.  The Resource Key spoke on a panel on the topic Facilitating Meaningful Experiences for All Learners by covering key strategies related to ways to engage individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities in virtual programs.  

Participants of event ranged from cultural administrators from cultural spaces, like museums and theaters., people who work directly with public-facing departments, such as visitor services and front-of-house staff, exhibit designers, educators.

Quote:  "We believe everyone deserves access to Chicago's rich arts and culture."  -Chicago Cultural Accessibility Consortium

Impact: Empowering Chicago’s cultural spaces to become more accessible to visitors with disabilities. They facilitate a dynamic community of cultural administrators and people with disabilities to remove barriers in the Chicago region’s cultural organizations.

Increased awareness of best practices through conversation with attendees globally to provide insights and resources to ensure inclusion and accessibility in the virtual art programming.

Increased partnerships for brands committed to inclusion and accessibility in the arts to continue to expand impact globally with actionable ways to integrate at the core.


A mission to ensure art is inclusive and accessible to all.

Making Meaningful Connections in Virtual Art Programming

The Future of Speech and Language Therapy

Amplify First-Person Stories

A Metaverse for All

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Accessibility Integration in Social Media

Food, Culture, and Inclusion Intersections

Making Meaningful Connections in Virtual Art Programming

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