Last chance to sign on to OpenAIR - need three teams!

Learn digital accessibility skills AND help nonprofit group

We're in the home stretch of recruiting for this year's Open Accessibility Internet Rally (OpenAIR) and seeking just three more teams to make the wishes of all of our nonprofits come true. Sign your team up now!

I know you are busy - it seems everyone is CRAZY busy these days - but please, take a minute, take a breath and consider this:  Seventeen nonprofit organizations have done their homework, taken their accessibility lessons, done the orientation for being a good client, and polished up their digital assets.  Each of them is hoping to meet a team of web pros to help them realize their dream of building an accessible web site. On Wednesday night we will announce the match-ups - which web team and which nonprofit will partner in the Rally sprint.  But we only have 14 teams.

So please, if you want to take part in a fun friendly competition that, by the way will provide you with a few benefits as well.  Competing teams design accessible web sites for NPOs but get this in return:

• Access to an online series of accessibility skills training modules by Sharron Rush, Derek Featherstone and other world renowned experts.
• Access to the automated Worldspace accessibility testing tool
• Access to IBM Connections online community for planning and development coordination
• Detailed feedback and assessment of your work by Jim Thatcher, Mike Moore, Denis Boudreaux and other expert judges
• The chance to play the Accessibility Hero game while meeting development milestones.

But don't wait, we kick off the competition and announce the team/NPO matches on Wednesday Oct 23rd at 6 pm.  Round up your team, help an NPO and learn about web accessibility in a practical, hands-on program that is win-win-win for communities.  Thanks!