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January 2025

 

 

 

January 2025: Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence (AI)

In our January edition, we explore how Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are reshaping the communications landscape, balancing cutting-edge innovation with empathy and inclusion for a rapidly evolving future.

About Communicator

Linda Bicho-Vachon

Letter from the Editor-in-Chief

BY Linda Bicho-Vachon

As the new Editor-In-Chief of IABC/Toronto’s Communicator publication for 2024-2025. I’m pleased to bring you a special edition of the Communicator with a focus on Accessibility and Artificial Intelligence (AI); two evolving topics that will change the way communications professionals approach their work.

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How AI is changing the way we use social media

BY Krista Davidson, CMP

Krista Davidson examines the impact of rapidly evolving generative AI technology on social media and the challenges for communicators who create content for various platforms.

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Shaping the Future: How Communicators Drive AI Strategy

BY Caterina Valentino

Caterina Valentino summarizes the steps involved in developing an AI strategy and the role communicators can play in guiding this process.

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How accessible are your communications… really?

BY Matisse Hamel-Nelis

Matisse Hamel-Nelis, an accessible communications and marketing expert, offers practical steps to creating content that connects to a diverse audience.

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AI and Accessibility: Opportunities and challenges for professional communicators

BY Matisse Hamel-Nelis

Matisse Hamel-Nelis, an Accessible communications and marketing expert, covers the AI tools that are helping communicators make their content more inclusive.

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Communicating across cultures

BY Roopal Chaturvedi

Roopal Chaturvedi describes the challenges of communicating across cultures and offers to tips to creating messages with meaning across cultures.

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Communicating your message in multiple languages

BY Linda Bicho-Vachon

Linda Bicho-Vachon looks at AI translation tools and whether they can reduce our reliance on human translators.

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How AI Can Make us Better Professionals

BY Bryan G. Jones

Bryan G. Jones, business owner,  discusses the impact of artificial intelligence on the role of communicators and offers tips on embracing new technology.

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10 Goals for Growth for 2025

BY Mandy Silverberg

Mandy Silverberg offers goal setting tips for communicators to grow personally and professional in 2025.

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