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Be #PeopleSmart Ltd, London (2025)

09/04/2025

Are your posts making or breaking your brand?

With 1 in 5 people being disabled, if you aren’t confident in the inclusive and accessible design of your content, you are excluding a big chunk of your target audience.

I’ve heard many questions and statements like:

“Will accessibility limit my creativity?”
Absolutely not. In fact, because it will work better for you, it’s creativity at its best.

“My target audience aren’t disabled people.”
News flash - many of them are.

“How will I know if the people I’m trying to reach are disabled?”
Just know they will be.
Plus, anyone you’re reaching today may become disabled tomorrow and no longer be able to engage with your content. 83% of disabilities are acquired in adulthood.

My accredited Inclusive Social Media Workshop will make all the difference.

If you want to be inclusive and reach your audience, check out more details on my website https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/home/our-services/accessible-communication/.

For blended learning classes (single bookings), I create polls to enable attendees to select the dates and times that work for them - I know it can be a challenge to find an activity at a time that works for you.

If you have any questions please ask.

Image title reads ‘Are you reaching your audience?’ and gives a breakdown of the Inclusive Social Media Workshop agenda:
- The business value of inclusion.
- Brand compliance made better.
- Text people can read and understand.
- Creativity at its best.
- Images that share the right message.
- Videos and animations people want to watch.
- Livestreams people look out for.
- Podcasts people subscribe to.
The Accredited Activity badge from The CPD Group shows 3 CPD Credits and #1017553.
A laptop is displaying a Be Ltd social media page.

06/11/2024

Running a small business can be tough - we know, we are one.

How do small business owners ensure they are reaching their audience, delivering great customer service and attracting the best talent to help them grow?

Some essential focus areas are to ensure ways of working, marketing materials, your website, social media posts and product listings are inclusive and accessible.

We have an easy and affordable route to help you achieve those goals.
Check out the PaSHN Community on our website to find out more https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/pashn/.
We offer everyone a free guest pass to join us in a community call, to find out if you find your tribe in PaSHN.

Image shows the PaSHN logo made up of the Be purple diamond and the letters PaSHN in side a purple rope circle. The rope is being tied together to show that PaSHN is bringing us all together to achieve great things.

16/09/2024

Have you found it?

It's free.

The Be Disability Inclusion Maturity Model is a resource like no other.
One of the big differences from other models is the granular detail. This enables you to:
1. Assess where you are now in 10 different business areas. You may choose to start with 1 or 2.
2. Set goals on the maturity levels you'd like to reach.
3. Define the actions to reach those goals. The granular details help to fill in the gaps.

Check it out for yourself. No registration. No catch. Just a free resource for the world, because we want to make a difference.
You'll find helpful guidance on the landing page to get started. Then, when you're ready, you can launch the model directly from the bottom of the page.

https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/home/tools-resources/disability-inclusion-maturity-model/

Image shows a quote from Robin East CPACC, IT Analyst / Accessibility Specialist at Canada Revenue Agency. It reads "I just found your Disability Inclusion Maturity Model and may I say - wow!!"

09/09/2024

Social media marketing can mean wearing multiple hats.

There’s the strategy behind your rhythm, the engaging copy to reach your audience, image creation to grab attention and producing videos people want to watch.

Whether you create your own content or if you create for others, here’s a free tip - if your content isn’t accessible by design you are not reaching your maximum audience.

And another free tip - if you outsource your social media, ask how they ensure your content is inclusive and accessible. If they don’t, share this post so you can reach more people.

I am now offering my Inclusive Social Media Workshop to individuals - usually delivered to organisations - if there is enough interest.

I can deliver the first blended learning workshop in October. So, if you want to be invited please comment below and I’ll add you to the list.

The workshop is 2 hours and just £100 +VAT per person.

Image shows text ‘Is your social media content inclusive and accessible? It’s not only algorithms that stop you reaching your audience.’ A phone showing a LinkedIn post, with arms, is holding a bag and wearing two hats - a mortarboard and a more casual hat.

06/08/2024

Do you know where you are?

We don't mean are you lost, although if you are we're here to help if we can.
We mean where is your business when it comes to disability inclusion?

Have you used our Disability Inclusion Maturity Model?
It's the best out there, because it covers areas others don't and the granular detail removes the guess work.

It's a free tool for the world, take a look https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/home/tools-resources/disability-inclusion-maturity-model/.

If you don't have the time or the resource to complete a self-assessment, we're here to help.
We work with stakeholders from any of the ten business areas you wish to assess.
We assess your current maturity and can help you to set your goals and define your action plans to achieve them.

Do you need help? Get in touch.

Image titled ' Here to help. From assess to success.' and shows the five steps of maturity:
1 - Disabling
2 - Intent
3 - Strategic
4 - Enabling
5 - Leader
Which level do you think your business is at?

15/07/2024

Are you making the most of Disability Pride Month?

If you're not sure where to start when it comes to disability inclusion, it can feel overwhelming. It doesn't have to, you may be surprised how quickly and easily you can make some impactful changes.

One easy win is to download our Top Tips and Quick Wins sheets. They are an easy reference resource, you can share with colleagues within your business, to help you make progress.

As the image shows below, each of these one pagers gives you 5 top tips and quick wins on a page to help improve inclusion from today. The subjects we have to offer so far are:
- Disability Confidence.
- Inclusive Communications.
- Inclusive Culture.
- Inclusive Presentations.
Each sheet is just £4.99 +VAT and you can source them directly from our website.
https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/home/tools-resources/purchase-resources/

11/07/2024

Team work makes the dream work!

The People Smart Team Quest is the perfect activity for any team getting together in person. Here are 4 reasons why:

1. Engagement Overload
Unlike typical team-building exercises, The People Smart Team Quest captivates participants from start to finish. The challenges are designed to be both intellectually stimulating and incredibly fun.

2. Real-World Skills
The Quest focuses on practical people skills — effective communication, active listening, and empathetic interaction — that are directly transferable to the workplace, leading to improved team dynamics and productivity.

3. Inclusive Fun
Everyone gets to participate and shine. The activities are inclusive, ensuring that all team members contribute and enjoy the experience.

4. Immediate Impact
You’ll notice an immediate boost in morale and camaraderie. Teams walk away with not just memories of a fun hour, but with actionable insights into how your business can become people smart.

Find out more on the webpage and if you have any questions please reach out to me.
https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/home/our-services/people-smart-team-quest/..

Image shows the People Smart Team Quest treasure map. The route shows stops at Team Work, Fun, Learning and Business Value, all leading to People Smart.

10/07/2024

We speak to lots of companies who have branded communication guidelines.

Typically, they set out the font types and styles employees can use and sometime include templates and branded presentation styles.

However, rarely do they encourage and enable inclusive and accessibility communication.

If you would like to set your company up for communication success, we would love to help you.

We can create bespoke, user friendly and brand compliant guidelines, that make it easy for everyone to create inclusive and accessible communications across multiple channels.

Image has the title Are your communications guidelines people smart? A cartoon version of our Founder, Jodie Greer, is calling out from the side lines in a Be branded t-shirt. Text reads By making it easy for all employees to create inclusive and accessible communications, everyone will achieve more. That's just smart business.

09/07/2024

If you have passion for inclusion, then we have PaSHN for you.

If you're looking for support to help make your business inclusive and accessible, and to reach the widest possible audience, PaSHN is the place to be.
By engaging with specialists, people with lived experience and other business owners who want to make a difference - in a very affordable way - PaSHN is a winner.

We are also creating a PaSHN membership directory, where people can find inclusive and accessible services and solutions - will you be on it?

If you're looking for a run of the mill business network, where most networking time is spent being sold to by your fellow members then PaSHN isn't it. Although we do offer helpful advice and celebrate each other's successes.

If you are already a keen disability inclusion advocate, you will find your tribe with PaSHN.
We are all about using our community voice to make the world work for the 1.3 billion disabled people who are regularly excluded.

Check out the details on our webpage https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/pashn/.

Image shows the PaSHN logo, which is the Be purple diamond logo and PaSHN inside a purple rope circle being tied together - because as a community we are bringing it all together to make real change.

08/07/2024

We don't do boring.

Being professional shouldn't mean fun stops.
From one hour workshops, to multi-day development programs, it's important to us people enjoy their learning.

Here's what Tom Williams, Senior Employee Communications Manager Central Division at Maximus had to say:
“What a great afternoon! The right blend of learning and fun, which is just what we needed”

You can find out more about the learning opportunities we offer on our website.
https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/home/our-services/

Image shows a cartoon version of our Founder, Jodie Greer, grinning from inside a ball pit. Above Jodie is the Be purple diamond logo and an arch of text reading Learning should be fun! It's worth noting, none of our classes include a ball pit 😄.

04/07/2024

Make a difference in 60 minutes.

Our Inclusive Communication Workshop is a great first step to being disability inclusive and accessible. We're not the only ones that think so, our clients agree.

As Rhian Scammell, Content Marketing Manager at Sopra Steria told us:
“The one hour workshop with Jodie was a huge asset for our team of marketing and insights specialists. The session was engaging and informative, and despite getting a lot of information within an hour, it was a really good pace still allowing for observations and questions. It was a really great first step in our journey to ensure our marketing materials and communication is inclusive for all.”

Who wouldn't want their communications to be effective and to reach the widest possible audience?

To find out more check out our webpage and if you have any questions please just ask.
https://bepeoplesmart.co.uk/home/our-services/accessible-communication/

02/07/2024

How's your strategy?

Every company is different and every company is at a different point in their disability inclusion and accessibility journeys.
But, every company needs to be disability inclusive if their business interacts with people - yes, that's every company on the planet.

If you want a plan that works for you and sets you up for success, reach out to us.

The below image shows some of the high-level elements of a people smart strategy:

Attract and Retain Talent
- Inclusive end-to-end recruitment.
- Accessible Learning and development.
- People smart training for all managers.
- Work locations that work.

Policies and Procedures
- Built environment design standards.
- Digital accessibility standards.
- Inclusive communication standards.
- Easy access workplace adjustments.

Create a culture of belonging
- Mandated people smart learning for all.
- Employee resource groups (ERG).
- Make disability inclusion a priority.
- Trust in trust.

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