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Advertising an Accessible All Candidates Meeting

It is important to factor accessibility into the promotion of your All Candidates meeting in order to ensure that people with disabilities are aware of the meeting and its accessibility. The following are some important tips for promoting an accessible All Candidates meeting:

• Ensure that the invitations, notice of meeting and all promotional materials include information that your meeting is accessible.
• Be sure to include your TTY (Teletypewriter) number in all the advertising and promotional materials about the meeting.
• Take advantage of the services offered through VoicePrint. VoicePrint, a division of The National Broadcast Reading Service, broadcasts readings of fulltext articles from more than 600 Canadian newspapers and magazines. They also provide advertising opportunities through a fee-for-service program.
• Reach the largest number of possible participants by providing your notice of meeting and promotional materials to local disability organizations. Links to organizations can be found in the More Information section at the end of this document.
• If you plan to invite local media, make sure there is room for them to set up equipment without affecting the accessibility of the space.