Designing and Implementing a Diversity Plan
March 17, 2010
Presentation 8:00 - 9:30 am, networking until 10:00 am
Includes Continental Breakfast
Event Descripton
Are you seeing changes in the cultural groups that your nonprofit serves and engages? Does your organization have a current diversity plan? Do you have a diversity plan that was completed but never really implemented? This session of the Diversity Leaders Network (DLN) will help you address these challenges!
Changing community needs and demographics, coupled with competition for limited resources, suggest that organizations with the capacity to serve and work effectively across differences will be better able to provide services and sustain their work. Building long-term viability into your service-delivery systems and organizational operations involves competencies related to multicultural capacity.
We'll explore:
• The purpose of a diversity plan
• Components of cross cultural effectiveness within an organization
• Approaches for developing a diversity plan
• Leadership and structure required to support a diversity plan
• Strategies for implementing diversity plans
Plans are important for many reasons: they create shared vision and organize people around a common approach, they provide a means for evaluating success and effectiveness, and they enable us to identify the resources we need to deliver services and create a welcoming climate. Whether your current plan needs revising, or this is your first effort, we'll help you identify the approaches that work best in your organization. We'll explore a variety of approaches for designing and implementing diversity plans, and you'll walk away with practical tips and tools to jump start your own efforts.
About the Presenter
Cliff Jones is a human rights activist with over 30 years' experience in social service, community education, and human rights advocacy. He is co-founder of Tools for Diversity, a multicultural team that addresses problems caused by discrimination and prejudice and supports building culturally competent organizations. Cliff's professional capabilities include skill-building for boards and supervisors, planning, mediation, workplace diversity, multicultural alliances, conflict resolution, and group facilitation.
Cost: $25.00
NAO Nonprofit Members: $22.50
Location
Ecotrust Conference Center
721 NW 9th Avenue
Portland, Oregon 97209
Network Description
The Diversity Leaders Network (DLN) is designed for people who lead their nonprofit's diversity initiatives, for those interested in improving their understanding of diversity and its impact on their lives, work, and the nonprofit community, or those who simply enjoy discussing diversity issues.
