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Catalysts in the Capital: Disability Innovation Forum 2025: September 18, 2025: Join Us For The Next Wave of Inclusive GrowthA promotional graphic for the Disability Innovation Forum 2025 features a gradient background with shades of yellow, green, and blue. On the left, a geometric logo made of blue and black shapes forms a square with two circular ends, resembling abstract human figures. Below it, the text reads 'DISABILITY INNOVATION FORUM 2025' with 'INNOVATION' in bold and '2025' inside a light blue-bordered box. On the right, a white box with bold black text says 'SAVE THE DATE'. Below, event details state 'September 18, 2025, Washington D.C.' Logos at the bottom show the event is presented by Enable Ventures and Smart Job, and hosted by Strada Education Foundation.

Catalysts in the Capital: Disability Innovation Forum 2025: September 18, 2025: Join Us For The Next Wave of Inclusive Growth

Published July 29, 2025 by Dr. Kirk Adams

Discover why the Disability Innovation Forum 2025 in Washington, D.C. is poised to transform inclusive growth, as Dr. Kirk Adams highlights market-shaping technologies, cross-sector capital, and universal design practices that convert “payrolls, not pity” into a $13-trillion economic opportunity.

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From Federal Funds to Inclusive Supply Chains: Patrice Davis Joins Me Live to Unlock the $2 Trillion Inclusion Opportunity on America’s Heart of Supplier Diversity on July 28, 2025A four-panel promotional graphic. Top left displays Dr. Kirk Adams logo on bright blue; top right shows a yellow banner reading HEART OF INFLUENCE; bottom left features a smiling Patrice Davis in a teal blazer beside the gold-and-teal GW Grants Works logo. Bottom right captures a packed auditorium with Sean Callagy onstage shown on a large screen with a camera crew actively filming.

From Federal Funds to Inclusive Supply Chains: Patrice Davis Joins Me Live to Unlock the $2 Trillion Inclusion Opportunity on America’s Heart of Supplier Diversity on July 28, 2025

Published July 28, 2025 by Dr. Kirk Adams

Discover how Dr. Kirk Adams & grant expert Patrice Davis turn federal supplier diversity grants into contracts. Join the July 28, 2025 livestream to claim your share.

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Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: July 17, 2025: Interview with Margaux Joffe, Founder, Mind of All KindsPodcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams. A dark background features a blue circular icon on the left that contains a silhouette of a microphone. To the right, the word 'PODCASTS' is written in bold white uppercase letters inside a blue rounded rectangle. Below the rectangle, the text 'BY DR. KIRK ADAMS' is displayed in white uppercase letters. Two small blue sparkle icons add decorative elements to the design, one near the circle and one near the rectangle.

Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: July 17, 2025: Interview with Margaux Joffe, Founder, Mind of All Kinds

Published July 17, 2025 by Dr. Kirk Adams

Dr Kirk Adams Margaux Joffe interview reveals ADHD insights, neurodiversity leadership, and Minds of All Kinds tips to build inclusive, productive teams.

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Calling All Disability-Owned Trailblazers: Help Chart the Next Inclusive Marketplace — Take John Robinson’s 6-Question Survey TodaySplit graphic. On a bright blue left panel, a stylized double-arch logo (one white, one black) sits above the words 'DR. KIRK ADAMS' in bold black, with the tagline 'Leading the Way to Accessible Innovation' in smaller white type beneath. The right panel has a white background: upper-right shows the Our Ability logo — an orange-red icon of a person in a wheelchair followed by the orange word 'OurAbility' and navy tagline 'Access to Opportunity.' Lower-right features a navy square with a white chain-link symbol next to the text 'Our Ability JOBS' (navy for 'Our Ability,' orange for 'JOBS') and the web address 'ourability.jobs' in orange below.

Calling All Disability-Owned Trailblazers: Help Chart the Next Inclusive Marketplace — Take John Robinson’s 6-Question Survey Today

Published July 14, 2025 by Dr. Kirk Adams

Disability-Owned Business Survey: Dr. Kirk Adams teams up with John Robinson to shape a new AI supplier marketplace — add your voice by completing a fast 6-question form.

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Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: July 14, 2025: Interview with John Robinson, Founder, Our Ability, Inc.Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams. A dark background features a blue circular icon on the left that contains a silhouette of a microphone. To the right, the word 'PODCASTS' is written in bold white uppercase letters inside a blue rounded rectangle. Below the rectangle, the text 'BY DR. KIRK ADAMS' is displayed in white uppercase letters. Two small blue sparkle icons add decorative elements to the design, one near the circle and one near the rectangle.

Podcasts By Dr. Kirk Adams: July 14, 2025: Interview with John Robinson, Founder, Our Ability, Inc.

Published July 14, 2025 by Dr. Kirk Adams

In this 30-minute episode, Dr. Kirk Adams speaks with John Robinson, quadruple-amputee entrepreneur and CEO of Our Ability, about the journeys that led them from navigating New York’s subway and Amtrak to building tech that removes barriers for people with disabilities. Robinson recounts his path from NBC ad-sales to launching Our Ability, explaining how collaboration with Syracuse University students and successive IBM Watson and Microsoft Azure grants birthed the Jobs Ability AI engine. Today that platform draws around 15,000 monthly visitors and has matched more than 10,000 job-seekers with roles at companies such as CVS and Pfizer, proving that inclusive technology can scale.

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The Innovative Impact Newsletter By Dr. Kirk Adams for Monday, July 7, 2025 – Issue 104 💡Innovative Impact Newsletter By Dr. Kirk Adams. The newsletter logo features a visually striking design with a white background on the left side and a blue patterned section on the right. On the left, a word cloud in the shape of a light bulb includes terms related to business such as solution, successful, plan, knowledge, risk, assessment and risk event. In the center are the words 'INNOVATIVE IMPACT NEWSLETTER'. The words vary in size and are primarily black, with 'Innovative' and 'Newsletter' in blue for emphasis. On the right side, the blue background features a white interconnecting pattern, and in the lower portion, there is a logo for Dr. Kirk Adams, which consists of a stylized black and blue arc with text reading 'Dr. Kirk Adams' and the tagline 'Leading the Way to Accessible Innovation.' The word 'By:' appears in black text, attributing the content to Dr. Kirk Adams.

The Innovative Impact Newsletter By Dr. Kirk Adams for Monday, July 7, 2025 – Issue 104 💡

Published July 7, 2025 by Dr. Kirk Adams

The Innovative Impact Newsletter By Dr. Kirk Adams is the world’s leading business strategy and workplace inclusion newsletter that reaches over 3,000 corporate executives, HR professionals, policymakers, disability advocates, and business leaders all over the world, each month.

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Banking on Inclusion: What The Ipsos 2025 Accessible-Online-Banking Study Reveals — And How Innovative Impact Is Closing the Compliance GapThe image is divided into two sections. On the left, a blue background features a stylized black and white arch resembling a bridge or rising wave, with the text 'DR. KIRK ADAMS' in bold black letters below it and the tagline 'Leading the Way To Accessible Innovation' in white. On the right, a publication cover titled 'Accessible Online Banking' by Ipsos shows a smiling Black man in a motorized wheelchair holding a smartphone. He wears glasses and a tan sweater, and the background includes geometric color blocks in mint green and yellow. The subtitle reads 'Closing the compliance gap and winning new customers' by Yana Beranek.

Banking on Inclusion: What The Ipsos 2025 Accessible-Online-Banking Study Reveals — And How Innovative Impact Is Closing the Compliance Gap

Published July 1, 2025 by Dr. Kirk Adams

Discover how the 2025 Ipsos Accessible-Online-Banking Study and Innovative Impact under Dr. Kirk Adams turn EAA compliance into competitive edge and loyal customers.

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