Upcoming Events Website Best Practices Webinar

Date: Wednesday, March 13th
Time: 12-1pm
Cost: No charge to SDAO members and SDIS agents

If you're in charge of managing or updating your district website, this webinar is a great opportunity to enhance your skills! Join us for an interactive and fast-paced session where we'll share a comprehensive guide on how to keep your website current and optimized for your community. Learn the latest best practices for information architecture (navigation) that will make it easy for your visitors to find what they're looking for and present information in a clear and concise way that connects with your audience. Plus, we'll cover the newest requirements and technology to meet website accessibility standards and provide you with testing tools so you can ensure your website is accessible to all users. Additionally, we'll dive into the world of search engine optimization (SEO) to help you boost your website's visibility and attract more visitors. Gain a deep understanding of SEO techniques and strategies that will improve your website's rankings on search engine result pages. Attendees will walk away with valuable tools and resources to continuously enhance your website's performance and user experience.

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Website Accessibility Policy

Special Districts Association of Oregon is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Special Districts Association of Oregon has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

Call us at (503) 371-8667

Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Special Districts Association of Oregon has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Special Districts Association of Oregon regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (503) 371-8667.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

We are committed to your ability to access all content, and we will respond to all requests as soon as possible.