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Going Up: Keen Featured in Inc. Magazine’s Elevator Pitch Column
Dec 9th, 2010
This week, we are proud to have been featured in Inc. Magazine’s Elevator Pitch column! Check out the column, and see if you agree with the investors weighing in. Whatever your opinion, we think you’ll agree: it’s exciting to see a top business magazine looking at social entrepreneurs and how they’ll carefully balance their missions with their business models to successfully accomplish both.
508, Demystified
Sep 29th, 2010
Wondering what 508 really requires of you? Here is a brief and to-the-point overview of accessibility for the web, and the changes coming through the newly passed Equal Opportunity to 21st Century Communications Act, as told by our own team member Karen Borchert through her work at Phase2 Technology.
An awesome overview of ADA and the Web
Jul 31st, 2010
One of our favorite experts in the field, Jared Simon at WebAim, wrote up a great overview of ADA and the Web, dispelling many of the misconceptions around this topic, and offering some practical tips.
first shoot, first day: a glimpse of Keen's potential
Mar 25th, 2009
This week, Keen Guides is shooting our first two full video tours at Wake Forest University, as well as a few prototype tour stops around Winston-Salem, NC. Welcome to the adventure…
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
At 9:05 Tuesday morning, we had an unseasonably cold and windy Winston-Salem day ahead of us, a box truck in the way of our camera shot, an American Sign Language interpreter with two very cold hands (a true occupational hazard), and a lot of butterflies in our stomachs for our first tour shoot. But at 7:00 pm, the butterflies were gone. Six beautiful tour stops had been successfully More >
Keen featured in i711.com Publication
Nov 4th, 2008
Click here to read about Keen in i711.com, an online publication dedicated to the deaf and hard of hearing community and to users of relay services. Read this great article to hear Catharine’s story and learn more about where Keen is going next!
Congratulations to Catharine!
Oct 28th, 2008
Keen Guides is very proud to congratulate our own Catharine McNally on her new appointment to the Board of Directors of the National Cued Speech Association. Recognizing her outstanding work in developing adaptive technology to help museums and cultural institutions be more accommodating to visitors and accomplish greater compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the National Cued Speech Association has named Catharine the Government Liaison for the board. We are proud to see Catharine on the board of this organization, which she and her family have been active in for more than twenty years. To learn more about the More >