Podcast appearances and mentions of Meryl K Evans

When I wrote my book twenty years ago, I had to overcome a fear of public speaking. At one point, I gave up to 300 speeches a year in addition to my TV job. They always say the number one fear in life is public speaking; the number two fear is death. And I've died on stage, so I have accomplished both. But my next guest is someone who has overcome more hurdles than I ever could dream of overcoming. Meryl Evans is a speaker and accessibility marketing consultant.

Diversity, equity and inclusion are the important parameters that the businesses are considering to follow, especially in the world post the pandemic. With diverse resources available across the globe, efforts are taken to employ diverse communities and shed off the biases of colour, gender, etc. Another important community that need attention are the disabled people with different challenges. Today, we talk about the challenges of inclusion of disabled people with deaf community in particular. About Meryl K Evans Meryl is a speaker and an accessibility consultant. She is one of 12 people on LinkedIn top voices for disability advocacy. Meryl is also an author of two books. Meryl was born partially deaf and has grown up learning how to speak by lip-reading. She doesn't know sign language. Her career started with the Federal Government when the American Disabilities Act made it possible for the relay service to be provided nationwide. In 2000, I started writing on the side and never planned to do my own business because I knew it would be harder to bring in clients when you have a disability. But in 2005, I decided to work for myself full-time and transitioned from writing to digital marketing. In 2018, I started making videos which were surprisingly taken very well and in 2019. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/tbcy/support

Meryl tells us, among other things, that “If we notice the caption, it’s a sign they’re not good quality.” Thanks to Tenon for sponsoring the transcript for this episode. Transcript Nic Hi, I’m Nic Steenhout. And you’re listening to the accessibility rules soundbite, a series of short podcasts where disabled people explain their impairments, and… Continue Reading Meryl K. Evans talks about being Deaf and caption quality

If you find yourself creating more video content than ever, don't forget about adding captions!Captioning your content can be a great way to capture viewers who aren't using audio at the time they are viewing your video or of course making your video content accessible to the deaf and hard of hearing. The bottom line is that captioning makes your videos more valuable and well... captivating.In this episode of PressThis, we interview Meryl K. Evans of Meryl.net Digital Marketing, one of the world's leading experts on video captions. Meryl’s first encounter with captions came in 1983 when she received a closed-caption decoder. Because she depends on captions to follow the video, she has seen the best and worst of captions. Fast forward decades later, Meryl’s digital marketing career has come in handy in educating people about captioning video calls, the benefits of captioning videos, and captioning videos well.Meryl shares her pro tips on making captivating captions in this episode of PressThis. If you're looking for an edge up in your video strategy on WordPress sites or beyond, don't miss this episode. Listen to or read the transcription of PressThis now!

This podcast is from Just Know How Coaching, presented by Stephanie Steggehuis a NLP Coach with her focus on Time Management and Mindset. In today's episode I give other people a moment to speak out! Today I have a special episode! I have asked my followers / contacts / peers on my social media to send me a 1 min to max 2 min audio full of motivation and inspiration for the listeners of the Mindset Today Podcast. These are normal people like you and me and I like to give everyone a chance to share their voice on my podcast.Today´s episode is all short audios from other people to inspire you!In order of speaking: 1. Ruthie Bowles | Defy The Status Quo Marketing2. Michelle Higgins3. Meryl K. Evans | www.linkedin.com/in/meryl4. Hannah Cremona | A Life & Business With Purpose5. Charlese Latham | https://www.instagram.com/girlattheyellowdesk6. Jennifer McGinley |https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-mcginley/7. Jon Thor Sigurleifsson | https://www.linkedin.com/in/jon-thor-sig/8. Vira Buchkovska | Join@virabuchkovska.com 9. Rose Klein | Southeast Hypnosis10. Denise Suarez Villarica | denisesuarez.com 11. Myrissa Otterbein-PyleFollow Just Know How Coaching on:Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justknowhowcoaching/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephaniesteggehuis/Sign up to receive more Tips & Tricks to crack the code of your mind and Download my Free Time Management e-book by Clicking here!