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Soren Hamby

Soren Hamby

Inclusive and Accessible Design Leadee

Suffern, New York, United States

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20 years of graphic design, 10 years of product design, and experience with inclusion, accessibility, and design community.

Soren designs inclusive and accessible systems, communities, and products. They most recently have been spending their time consulting big brands on inclusive design decisions, mitigating financial Inequality, and championing accessibility. They also guest speak, educate, consult, and write about inclusive design, employee equity in tech, and accessibility. Otherwise, you can find them eating large amounts of plants and collecting enamel pins in the NYC metro.

Area of Expertise

  • Government, Social Sector & Education
  • Arts
  • Humanities & Social Sciences

Topics

  • Inclusion
  • Design User Interface and UX
  • Diversity & Inclusion
  • Equity Diversity and Inclusion
  • User Research
  • User Experience Design
  • social design
  • Social Change
  • social impact
  • Design Leadership
  • Design System
  • Design Thinking
  • Enterprise Design Patterns
  • Community Manager
  • Community Engagement
  • Community Building
  • Technology Community
  • Community Management
  • community relations
  • User Experience
  • User Interface
  • Neurodiversity
  • Empathy
  • Disability Rights
  • disability
  • Navigating the Intersection of Business and Disabilities.
  • Data sonification

Clarity Conference

November 2023

3Play Media Am I Doing This Right? - Imposter Syndrome and Accessibility Maturity

So you did the week-long accessibility training and completed some projects. You felt full of energy and passion to keep improving, only to find a big valley of mystery.

What is after a11y bootcamp and “a11y 101” articles but before working in accessibility powerhouse teams? What paths to more responsibility exist for accessibility savvy Engineering, Product, and Design professionals? How do you sustainably and holistically grow accessibility while avoiding common pitfalls?

Meet Soren Hamby: a founding member of accessibility practices and an accessibility program manager at Benjamin Moore & Co. In this session, Soren will share their invaluable strategies for tackling complex accessibility problems and ways to overcome challenges you will likely face in a growing practice. They’ll also talk about the path to holistic and sustainable accessibility across organizations.

Session Resources:

Book list: https://bit.ly/sorensbooklist

Resources: https://www.a11yproject.com/resources/

https://adplist.org/mentors/soren-hamby

https://linktr.ee/uxnotyoux

August 2023

Wonderos Lunch and Learn - Soren Hamby, Acccessibility

April 2023

Soren Hamby

Inclusive and Accessible Design Leadee

Suffern, New York, United States

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