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About Yvonne

My upbringing in Hawai'i and my nomadic life in the US colors my world. I am passionate about using design as a problem solving tool, motivated by a love of progress, and empowered by the desire to gain and share knowledge.

My interest and practice with visual and layout design started at 8 years old, when I became a reporter and layout editor for my school newspaper. For the next 10 years, I was part of award winning school teams for various writing, multimedia, and design competitions.

'alawa is a Hawaiian word that means to glance. It also means a knowing glance, or to diagnose by insight. It was a word I saw frequently for 30 years and has been a theme of my professional life.

Upcoming: Articuland Summit (Boston, MA) September 11-12, 2025

Design for All Learners, Contributing Author

2023 Brijent Culture Award Winner

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Briljent Bravo (page three). Congratulaltions to our 2023 Culture Award Winner, Yvonne Urra-Bazain!

"Yvonne has shown an amazingly collaborative approach on projects. She is quick to pull in others to get different perspectives and to ask for feedback in order to find solutions that are best for our client and our team."

"Yvonne has a thirst for knowledge and a passion for sharing what she's learned with her teammates. Yvonne tests the boundaries of what's possible in eLearning development in new and exciting ways."

"Yvonne is a wonderful asset to our current project and has contributed at a very high level since she joined us."

DevLearn Pre-Conference Workshop, 10/24/2023

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P07-Authoring Accessibly: Tools and Techniques for Equitable Web-Based Training; Yvonne Urra-Bazain, Briljent

Speaking and Presentations

I've had wonderful opportunities to share about the design process and accessibility for learning and development with various audiences.

Podcast interview: The Ethics One, The Women Talking About Learning podcast hosted by LLARN Leading Learning.

The L&D Hot Seat. You've got questions, we have answers!

Podcast interview: Episode 28 of Russell Sweep's The L&D Hot Seat

Virtual Conference: The Accessible & Inclusive Design Conference 2023 (AIDC23) Day 4, 2 pm Session.

Monthly Facilitator: Global Learning and Development Community (GLDC)'s Accessibility Co-Lab

Instructional Design Special Interest Group Presenter: Association for Talent Development (ATD) Fort-Worth Mid-Cities Chapter

In-Person Conference Presenter: The Articulate User Conference hosted by The Learning Guild, co-located to DevLearn 2022

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