Universal Design In Life And Work

Inclusive Creation based in Oslo Norway has been striving to promote #accessibility and #UniversalDesign and bring #awareness to the benefits of universal design for everyone. Here are a few #principles to follow:

- be aware of social #inequality

- bring together a #diverse set of voices and ideas

- ensure all products and services are #accessible and #usable

- #CoCreate with all relevant #stakeholders

#universaldesign #inclusivedesign #design #accessibility #innovation #productdesign #interiordesign #disability #industrialdesign #aginginplace #accessibledesign #technology #engineering #gadgets #product #amazing #invention #tech #patented #gadget #science #innovations #engineer #newproduct #industrial #newarrival #instagood

Want to know the best way to get connected to a mentor? Reach out! DM me or Sanaz with your passion project ❤️‍🔥 and we'll do our best to help you find your path 🏞️ forward!

#connection #community #selflove #mindfulness #mentalhealth #selfcare #gratitude #life #inspiration #connect #motivation #wellness #support #relationships #growth #happiness #health #business #communication

Sanaz empowers #students 🎓 with the leadership skills they need to build a brighter 🌞 future! Join her in shaping tomorrow’s leaders.

#mentoring #coaching #mentor #business #motivation #leadership #mindset #entrepreneur #mentorship #coach #success #training #inspiration #education #entrepreneurship #marketing #mentoringmatters #inspire #startup #lifecoaching #community #lifecoach #youth #personaldevelopment #goals #mentoria #personalgrowth

Sometimes it can be tricky to find the right mentor. Sometimes, we fear trying to reach out 🤲 because we don't want to bother someone. Start by introducing yourself and asking questions.⁣⁣

#mentorship #mentor #leadership #motivation #success #entrepreneur #business #mentoring #entrepreneurship #inspiration #community #education #coaching #mindset #mentors #successtips #goals #growth #entrepreneurial #leaders #personaldevelopment #womenempowerment #entrepreneurlife #businessowner #coach #womeninbusiness

Every #professional deserves to have a mentor. And with LegaMart, you can join a #community of #LegalProfessionals invested in your #future.⁣

#mentor #mentoring #mentorship

Are you ready to share 🤲 your skills and knowledge with a promising future leader? ✋ Today, I'm celebrating 🎉 the mentors who dedicate their time and energy to support the careers of others! Becoming a mentor is not just about painting the perfect picture-- it’s about being there for our community. You don’t need an MBA or 10 years of experience to make an impact on someone's life.

#mentor #mentoring #mentorship

Impostor Syndrome 🕵 is a cognitive bias 🧠 where people have to do constant battle 💥 with inner #self-doubt. Realizing that you might be a fake or fraud is in the DNA 🧬 of every creative person but it's not something you have to live with.⁣ Sanaz talks about how she deals with imposter syndrome in her work as a mentor.

#ImposterSyndrome #WomenInLaw #mentor #mentoring #mentorship

Gain new perspective 🏔️ on your work. What happens when you start seeing the world 🌍 through a different set of eyes?⁣ 👀 Reverse mentorship helps established career professionals gain new insights into their work and life.

I've always done my best to #encourage other people, and I try to help my #students find their way in life even after they #graduate 🎓 #Mentoring doesn't always need to be a formal thing. Sometimes, it is simply #committing yourself to guide someone on their #journey. They don't need a #mentor to tell them what they should do, they often just need some #validation as they go through the hard times.⁣

#Knowledge is power 💪 It's our #responsibility to share 🎁 our #experience to help others avoid pitfalls and take advantage of new #opportunities. I think of #mentorship as mutually sharing our knowledge and helping each other solve real-world 🌐 #problems.⁣⁣

Women in Iran 🇮🇷 are not allowed to hold many basic rights ⚖️ As an #advocate, Sanaz Javadi works every day to raise #awareness 👀 on the on-going #HumanRights abuses. ✊  #WomensRights #Iran #tehran #GenderEquality #IranProtests

There are many people in the world with my last name. But it took #immigrating to Norway to realize what that meant. The adventure took me from Texas to Philadelphia to Oslo, Norway, and finally to Chios, Greece. What I discovered was that my home is all of those places and none of those places at the same time. If you're having trouble figuring out where you're from, start with where you're at.  #Greek #Greece #Norway #immigrant #American #Chios #GreekIslands

I am eternally #grateful to the people who have helped me understand the experiences of others, to connect with different #cultures and other ways of living, and to realize that there was more to my life than just meeting my own needs. #MentalHealth #ICYMI

Why #gestures and #blocking can be beneficial to your #presentation Gestures and blocking in a presentation give the audience a sense of choreography. It can emphasize a point or help express the meaning behind a statement. #ICYMI #PublicSpeaking #PresentationSkill

Let's give your #audience a reason to listen to you.  If the sound of your #Pitch #volume and #tempo changes, so will the emotions of your audience. Watch how musicians create emotion with every change in the music! #ICYMI #PublicSpeaking #PresentationSkills

It’s often said that to give a #first-class #presentation, you need to undergo rigorous preparation and rehearse constantly. But the act of truly warming up before a presentation allows one to go into their presentation with the best #mindset and knowledge they can have. Mentally preparing beforehand is important and taking care of your voice is essential. #ICYMI #PublicSpeaking #PresentationSkill How do you warm up before a presentation?

Your #confidence in your #speech is directly related to how well you know your #presentation. Try my 3+3+3+2 method so that it's ready but not over-rehearsed. #ICYMI #PublicSpeaking #PresentationSkills Sorry about the background noise! I was #dogsitting

How to use #slides in a #presentation Need to give a presentation? Here are five great tips:  1. Dress appropriately so you're confident and present. 2. Start with your introduction and end with your conclusion. 3. Use minimal text. 4. images speak louder than words 5. the most important thing is your expression  #ICYMI #PublicSpeaking #PresentationSkill

Here's a plan to get your #audience excited about your #presentation!  Take a minute to gather your thoughts.⁣  Why is your work relevant? How does it create value? What did you do?  This format helps you connect with your audience and walks them through everything that matters.  #ICYMI #PublicSpeaking #PresentationSkills

#ThankYou, #Norway! I pay my #taxes every year with job. Thank you, Norway, for making this country an amazing place to #live and #work.

Serious things happen when you least expect it. But don’t worry, in #Norway, I've always been able to get the #care I needed when I needed it. The #Norwegian #healthcare system is like no other and although it's not perfect, I always feel secure in my right to #health.

A #mentor can help lead you to a #path to #success. But even the best mentors are human. Be #compassionate towards each other and remember to find joy in the process. #Norway

#UniversalDesign is not only about #design, it's about changing the way we think and act. Understanding the needs and perspectives of #PersonsWithDisabilities and other marginalized and disadvantaged groups creates new #opportunities so they too can enjoy all that life has to offer, not just survive. Join the conversation to learn more. #Norway #Italy

The #GlobalPopulation of #PersonsWithDisabilities is over 1 billion.

#OurCommunity will continue to grow as the #AgingPopulation grows.⁣⁣

Investing in #accessible solutions is not just a #SocialResponsibility. It’s a smart #business decision.⁣⁣

In 2023 I will celebrate the 3rd International #UniversalDesignDay #UDDay! Come join me by registering at the link in bio. #DisabilityRights #HumanRights #Norway #Italy

Here's the #advice that I give to my #FirstSemester #ComputerScience #students #studentlife #studentlifemotivation

#Pitching at a #Hackathon:

#Pitch your idea in three stages. #StartWithWhy. Then explain your #ValueProposition, and finally, what does your solution do?

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You need to #pitch your idea clearly and concisely to win a #hackathon.

Explain the Why, How, and What of your #innovation.⁣⁣

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Industry experts on the importance of pitches at #hackathons

#Pitch. Win. It’s that simple. ⁣

“Hackathon judges are looking for #pitches with a clear and concise use case, a demo that demonstrates a #PainPoint or #ValueProposition quickly, and also a clear description of what the #innovation can do.”⁣

Here are 3 key points from my experience leading two separate teams to win the #UN #WSIS #hackathon to build a dynamic, successful, and winning #team.

1. Build A #Diverse Team

2. Create #Trust To Build Bridges

3. Create #SharedValues To Find A Rhythm

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Building a #WinningTeam for a #hackathon may take just a little more time, but it pays off. Nothing will bring you more success than these three ingredients for success of your hackathon team: #CognitiveDiversity, build #trust, and create #SharedValues.!

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We’ve found that the best teams are those who have a balance of different individuals with different #LifeExperiences. By going into a #hackathon with a #diverse team, you will be able to utilize many different perspectives.⁣⁣

Here are 3 tips that you can follow when building your team: #Trust. #Values. #DiverseMindsets. .

In a #hackathon, every #team needs a clear #goal. So here are the #ThreeSteps that will help you win your next hackathon.⁣

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Winning a #hackathon requires #creativity and #CriticalThinking. Don't be afraid to fail-- if you don't try you'll never know what you could have achieved.

Recent #Norweigan #laws now require all public websites to be #UniversallyDesigned. 

In #Norway, #businesses and government agencies are working towards #DigitalEquity through #UniversalDesign — which is a set of #design principles that make products #usable and #accessible for everyone. 

It can take over a year to get #scientific article #PeerReviewed and #published.

So anyone asking #HowlongbeforeIpublish? Patience. Submit, wait for the review, and revise and resubmit. 

Share your insights with me in the comments!

The #surgery was a success! I had to stay in #hospital in #Norway for a few days but I woke up safe and sound. Then I had the great idea to go to #Mozambique. 

Now I have a new scar, and an unbelievable story to go with it.

I'm so #grateful and #thankful to have a caring #community from #Norway to support me.

I may not make the fanciest content, and I can't do everything, but you're #appreciation and #support means so much to me. Thank you for sharing your ideas, experiences, and thoughts. You make my heart sing :)

Let’s be honest: It takes a fair amount of #humility to realize that you are not better than anyone else. Which is why, instead of envying the success of someone else, make sure to celebrate their work. ⁣  Sometimes #jealousy can be treated as a ladder: those who dedicate themselves to climbing the ladder will inevitably fall off, while those who dedicate themselves to #HelpingOthers will reach the top.

Loving your #work yet? Find your #ikigai instead of your #passion ⁣

Discovering what really motivates you, and what brings joy to you in life, are the first steps to true professional success, #happiness and #fulfilment. The Japanese say we will all find our ikigai through discovering these passions.⁣

#Ukraine is facing one of the largest confrontations in the country's history with an unpredictable #Russia. These are the daily stories that people in Ukraine face.

#Support #homelessness initiatives in Ukraine by donating supplies, or making a monetary donation if that's possible to help support refugees in Ukraine who fled their homes.

In this video, I'm going to tell you about the amazing #healthcare system in #Norway. See how they provide great services to #patients at an #affordable price!

Shani Dhanda is an amazing #disabilityrights advocate and celebrity who puts her belief in #diversity, #equity and #inclusion into every aspect of her life and work. #humanrights #accessibility #inclusiveleadership

Reverse mentoring is the most effective way to break free from your bubble. It gives you the chance to see your work from an entirely different perspective. #inclusion #mentoring #ReverseMentoring #diversity #innovation

#ProductDesign #innovation #entrepreneurship #ServiceDesign 

#IWD #genderequality #decenter #decentering #diversity #inclusion  Hey folks, this is a special episode I'm sharing with you a panel presentation that I did, alongside six other amazing leaders in the field of gender equality. The panel was presented as part of International Women's Day in 2022. And it was part of the World Summit on the Information Society with this talk X series. So in what ways, Anthony, do you think we can be more inclusive to include new voices? And what are the key opportunities in promoting diversity and inclusion? Over Do you? No, thank you totally. I mean, that's the multi million dollar question right is, how do we crack that nut? How do we find ways of bringing new voices into the discussion? I recently, even in my age, joined Tik Tok? And would you believe that when I was scrolling through all these amazing content creators on tick tock, I came across a new concept I'd never heard of called decentering. And so I just quickly started doing as much research as I could to try to figure out what does this mean? What does this mean for me in my career, how can I practice the centering in my work, basically, decentering just comes down to someone in my position, someone in a position of power, someone in a position of authority, taking themselves deliberately with intention out of the spotlight, and refocus recentering, the spotlight on people who are from marginalized backgrounds, people who are excluded people who experience any sort of barriers to accessing technology, leadership positions, digital skills, and anything else you can imagine. And so I quickly started going back through my own history, my own career and thinking, in what ways have I have I manifested that? In what ways can I continue to try to think more critically about my work? And in what ways can I activate this, this decentering approach. And one of the things I happened upon, and you've already alluded to it, that I've worked a lot with youth, I've worked a lot with young people, and especially with young women, to try to find ways of bringing them into areas of innovation, bringing them into the spaces where new ideas are formed, where careers are started. And so I came upon this basic basic principle in practice, which is surround yourself with diversity. I work in a computer science department, the absolute easiest, most low threshold thing for me would be to work with other people who have the same background characteristics as I do, because I'm almost surrounded by them. It takes intention, it takes an active approach to identifying individuals with different experiences than I have, and bringing them into my work and finding ways of collaborating, finding ways of supporting finding ways of advocating for their work their ideas, and, again, recentering the spotlight on their work. So if I could implore anyone out there who is watching this, and who is thinking, Well, I'm in this position of power, but I'm not quite sure what to do. Number one thing, surround yourself with diversity. And in doing so, you will have the opportunity to mentor and support individuals whose careers can absolutely be made, because of that support because of that effort. And when you give them those opportunities, when you shift the limelight, when you shift the spotlight to them, there's nothing that they can't accomplish. And in doing so, you'll also and this may be the part that's a little bit more sensitive, is you'll become aware of your own limitations, your own biases that you possess, that you were raised with that you you know have from your own background. And so when I do make that effort to surround myself, I become uniquely aware of the limitations, or the opportunities that I've experienced, that the same opportunities haven't been shared by women with disabilities, women of color, women who maybe come from rural areas, women who grew up and raised in the Global South. And that also gives us a chance to create multilateral part

I'd full on bits of dust the other day when I was taking my morning walk now right now Oslo has about four centimeters five, seven, I don't know metrics is 50,000 center grams of ice on the sidewalk and has been hovering over zero the last couple of days. And so now the ice has a nice slick layer of water on top of it. And I'm walking down the sidewalk in my sneakers and irresponsibly looking down at my phone texting a colleague and suddenly out of the blue, I'm looking up at the sky and I was completely disoriented. I hadn't even realized that I had fallen until I was already on my back. All I knew is my back was sore and my head had gotten banged up. It was nothing serious. I didn't have a concussion or anything but an elderly guy behind me looks at me on the ground and asked me Are you okay? To which I burst out laughing and said yes, yes, I'm fine. And with a feeling of humiliation and embarrassment, I managed to drag myself to my feet and decided that I would cut my walk short that morning. Now I've been living in Norway for quite some time. So there's absolutely no excuse for me not to be able to walk on ice. But I find it extremely unhelpful. In Norwegian say something like just walk like a penguin. I'm sorry, have you ever seen a penguin walk? I've never seen anybody walk like a penguin. In all my years living in Norway, I have not once seen a Norwegian walk like a penguin. But a lot of them take care. And so I found the best strategy for walking on ice is just to take baby steps pay attention to the ground in front of you try to navigate the terrain. And one tip that I did find extremely useful is to just slide on the ice. Some Norwegians will say Oh, it's just like when you were a kid, you just slide along the ice. But I grew up in Texas, so I have no idea what that means either. But somehow I've managed to master at least that little bit of walking on ice. So to all my Scandinavian followers, when you meet someone who grew up out of the country, take a few minutes and coach them. Don't tell them to walk like a penguin. Nobody understands what that means. But try to help them out so that they don't fall. A couple of weeks ago, I had a PhD student from Jamaica move to Oslo and the first thing I gave them was a couple of sets of spikes for their shoes. Now of course I had to show them how to put them on their shoes because not many people have ever seen such a thing. But now whenever I see them, they're clip clopping along and completely stable on the ice. So take care be safe if you see me on the ground, arms and legs akimbo. #Norway #Oslo #immigrant

#agile #agilemethods #innovation #entrepreneurship No matter what your background, if you work as an entrepreneur, you're going to have to work in an agile environment. Now, you might have heard about agile methods before. But I want to talk to you about what I think about when I think about an agile working method. So let's go back to when I was opening my first business, I had this brilliant idea to take sheet music that musicians would use and digitize it and create a sort of custom piece of hardware that would allow them to flip between the pages. And this was before tablets were even around. And so when I thought about the product that I was going to create, I thought about it in linear terms, I thought about it as a starting point and an ending point, I begin the process of creating it, manufacturing it, distributing it, and the end point was getting it into the hands of the customers. But this is a very old fashioned way of thinking about innovation and entrepreneurship, innovation. And entrepreneurship should never be a linear process, we have to think of it in a way that's non linear. And all that means is that we have to approach the design and development process as a cycle. And it's a cycle that repeats itself over and over and over again. Now there are an infinite number of ways that you can use an agile methodology when you're designing and developing a new product or service. But one of my favorite approaches is to think of it in three parts, build, measure, learn. And like I said, it's a cycle. So you're going to build, measure, learn, build, measure, learn, build, measure, learn, until you have something that's ready to roll out to the market. So let's start with the build process. Building just means creating. So what are you going to develop? What ideas are you going to create? What products or services are you going to come up with, it's about putting something into some kind of tangible form, even if it's just a short presentation, even if it's a prototype, even if it's the simplest version of your idea, but getting something ready getting something prepared, so you can move into the next stage, which is measure. So now you're going to take what you've done, you're going to take whatever it is you've created in that tangible form, and you're going to evaluate it to understand how it's working, whether or not it's doing what it's intended. And whether or not your idea actually has value. Now, when you're measuring a great way of doing this is to approach the communities and stakeholders that might have an interest in what you've created. And this gives you a chance to validate what you've done. And make sure that the stakeholders and the users or the customers actually want what it is that you've created. A good way of failing as an entrepreneur is to create something within your own narrow framework of understanding and never talk to another person about it. I'll give you an example. One of my colleagues had a PhD student, and the PhD student came to the supervisor and he said, I have a great idea. For my PhD, what I'm going to do is innovate a new operating system that is customized for people who are blind or partially sighted. Now my supervisor took one look at him and said, Are you sure this is what you want to do? He insisted This is the best idea he's ever had. And it's going to be a great and revolutionary thing. And so the supervisor came back to him and said, Hey, why don't you talk to some people who are blind or partially sighted and just see what they want. So of course, he approached the disabled people's organization. And he asked them, What do you think of my idea, and they immediately dismissed it, because they didn't want a customized operating system just for them. They wanted a operating system that works for everyone. They want to use the same operating systems that everyone else uses, but they wanted to work for them. So he quickly had to completely reformat his idea and go a diffe