Accessible Communications: Create Impact, Avoid Missteps and Build Trust -- Lisa Riemers, Paperback

Ready to build credibility and optimize your communications for real business impact?

Accessible Communications is a practical guide designed for mid-career professionals seeking to develop effective, inclusive messaging that aligns with evolving regulations and business goals. Written by award-winning communications consultants Lisa Riemers and Matisse Hamel-Nelis, this book offers clear models and frameworks to help you apply accessibility principles confidently across emails, documents, videos and social media. With real-world examples and actionable tools, it empowers you to implement strategies that expand reach, protect reputation and enhance career growth.

You'll learn how to:
- Use proven frameworks to build accessible communications strategically
- Apply practical tools that optimize messaging across multiple formats
- Understand evolving legislation and its impact on communications
- Develop skills to increase audience engagement and trust

This guide supports your career development by helping you create communications that comply with regulations and drive business success.

Themes include: Accessibility and inclusivity, Communication strategy and frameworks, Practical application and tools, Career development and credibility building, Regulatory compliance and business impact

Author: Lisa Riemers,Matisse Hamel-Nelis
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 10/28/2025
Pages: 328
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
ISBN: 9781398621848

About the Author

Lisa Riemers is an independent communications consultant and accessibility advocate who helps clients connect their people and tell their stories. Based in London, UK, Lisa advises large and complex organizations including world-leading universities, charities, insurers, business-to-business (B2B) companies and the UK government.

Matisse Hamel-Nelis is an award-winning communications and digital accessibility consultant and a PR professor at Durham College. Based in Toronto, Canada, she also founded and hosts the PR & Lattes podcast and is the past Chair of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Committee for the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).