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co-editors: Julie O'Mara & Cathy Gallagher-Louisy
design & production editor: Shawndra Cox
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for All People Interested in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | |
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WHAT YOU'LL FIND IN THIS NEWSLETTER | | |
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Happy Holidays
from The Centre
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Rudolph –
An Inclusion Story
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Still Time. 12/2/2021 Webinar – Conversation w/ Dr. Rohini Anand | |
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Seeking Support to
Drive the Future of DEI
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Please Participate in This Benchmarking Survey | |
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Stepping Into
the GDEIB Categories
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Certification – Still in the Planning Stage | |
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Announcing
GDEIB Translations
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What DEI Advocates Need to Know About Artificial Intelligence | |
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Centre Team Assisting
The Forum on Global Content
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Building Cultural Competency with GlobeSmart® | |
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Upcoming GDEIB
Launch Events
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NPR Podcast on Europe—
A DEI Perspective
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Seeking Your Ideas
for Centre Surveys
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“Much remains to be done... we are convinced this initiative brings benefits to organizations and people. It joins a series of other successful initiatives in our country on D&I. Certainly it will not solve historical issues overnight, but the GDIB (renamed to GDEIB in 2021) can support organizations and broaden their view, place points of attention on the map, and develop strategies to speed this movement up in our society.”
Cristina Carvalho, Coach e Consultora
InterElo Consultoria
São Paulo, Brazil
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THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL INCLUSION
WISHES YOU A HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON
| Here are a few year-end holidays celebrated around the world: | |
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Hannukah
World Aids Day
Santa Lucia
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Boxing Day
Kwanzaa
New Years Eve
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RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER
— AN INCLUSION STORY
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Many know the holiday story of Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. But do you recognize it as a diversity and inclusion story? Rudolph — with his red nose — is different from the other reindeer. And the other reindeer bullied him because of his difference. But when his bright red nose helped guide Santa’s sleigh one dark and cloudy night, the other reindeer decided he was okay. It is great that Rudolph could step in and save the situation, but wouldn’t it be wonderful if they could just accept his difference rather than accept him because he was a high performer? | |
THERE IS STILL TIME TO REGISTER
FOR THIS FREE WEBINAR DECEMBER 2
SPONSORED BY
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Rohini Anand, PhD will be interviewed by Tanya Cruz Teller and together they will create a special learning experience based on the five principles in Rohini’s new book. Tanya will facilitate the discussion with Rohini to get answers to the questions you want to ask. | |
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SEEKING SUPPORT
TO DRIVE THE FUTURE OF DEI
Join the incredible momentum the GDEIB — the Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Benchmarks — is creating for improving the quality of DEI work around the globe.
Go here https://centreforglobalinclusion.org/sponsorship/
to see our sponsorship brochure with several offerings:
- Platinum Sponsor at $45,000
- Diamond Sponsor at $35,000
- Gold Sponsor at $25,000
Or help us with these projects:
- Creating a DEI Research Agenda
- Our webinar series
- Educational videos, slides, infographics, handouts, and presentations
- Increasing accessibility of our website and tools
- Social & traditional media support
- Your ideas
- Loaned executives & other support services
We are open to discussing any amount.
Any questions? Contact us at: thecenter@centreforglobalinclusion.org
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PLEASE PARTICIPATE IN
THIS BENCHMARKING SURVEY
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We’re pleased to support this annual survey done by our Alliance d&i Leaders in the UK. And two of the GDEIB Expert Panellists are involved as well. | |
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The 2021/22 survey is now open for submissions!
For in-house DEI practitioners only
(consultants – please forward to clients)
The annual d&i Leaders Global Benchmarking Survey and Report explores the size, structure, renumeration, well-being and impact of in-house D&I leaders and their teams.
We would really appreciate it if you could spare 20 minutes to complete the 2021/22 survey before 14 January.
350+ from 15 countries responded last year!
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Sections cover:
• Remuneration, reporting lines, and team size
• Well-being and mental health
• D&I’s sense of empowerment and influence
• Career development
• Good practice and measurement
• Accelerators and barriers to D&I
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Who is the survey open to?
This survey is only intended for in-house diversity, inclusion, HR and talent related leaders, managers and team members, along with executive sponsors and employee resource group leaders.
If you hold another role such as an external consultant, we would appreciate you forwarding details to clients and relevant in-house contacts to ensure we achieve full representation – you will be able to read the final report.
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"WE'VE LEARNED WHAT WORKS"
-GDEIB BEST PRACTICES-
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ACTIONS TO HELP ACHIEVE THIS GLOBAL DEI BENCHMARK | |
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STEPPING INTO THE GDEIB CATEGORIES – Addressing Some Areas Outside The DEI Function
And Getting Over ‘this feels too big.’
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Article by: Neil Griffiths, Senior Manager, Global Communication & Global Inclusion Lead, ERM, one of The Centre sponsors. | | |
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ERM, a sponsor of The Centre, is a leading global provider of environmental, health, safety, risk, social consulting services, and sustainability-related services. We work with the world’s leading organizations, delivering innovative solutions and helping them to understand and manage their sustainability challenges. To do this we have more than 5,500 people in over 40 countries and territories working out of more than 160 offices. Visit erm.com to learn more. | | |
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At ERM, we have fortunately taken a ‘whole organization’ view of DE&I for some time. Our journey certainly began with a more narrow focus, mostly around gender balance, but since 2018 we have expanded the view considerably. This was facilitated by our adoption in 2019 of the GDEIB as a model for assessing our performance and creating our roadmap for action.
We’ve now conducted three assessments (gladly making steady progress in many categories!) and there are some areas of the model that are consistently showing up as requiring improvement.
We’ve been careful to not create an action plan that overachieves, instead being focused on the things we know we can realistically accomplish with the resources we have available. Inevitably, this has meant some level of prioritization, but there has also been some amount of ‘this feels too big’ on some areas within the model.
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BUILDING CULTURAL COMPENTENCY WITH GLOBESMART® | |
GlobeSmart® (from Aperian Global, an Alliance Partner of The Centre for Global Inclusion) is an online learning platform that promotes global collaboration and inclusion.
Developing cultural self-awareness is an essential part of a thorough cultural competence development curriculum. The GlobeSmart® Profile can be very helpful for raising individuals’ levels of awareness—exploring how they differ from others and helping them to navigate those differences.
The GlobeSmart® Profile provides individuals with insight into their unique work-style; the Profile indicates their alignment along five cultural dimensions, and provides descriptions and videos to illustrate both what their personal alignment means and how it differs from others (see example below).
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USING GDEIB TO GUIDE OUR WAY TOWARD DEI | |
Article by: Karen Francis, PhD Vice President and Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, AIR, and 2021 Expert Panellist, GDEIB. | |
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For quite a while, the American Institutes for Research (AIR) has been on a journey to embed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in our organization, our operations, and our work. For the last three years, the Global Diversity and Inclusion Benchmarks (GDIB) have been a tremendous asset for guiding our DEI work. The standards provide a comprehensive framework to benchmark our progress by helping us identify gaps and inform our strategic action planning. With the release of the 2021 Global Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Benchmarks (GDEIB), AIR will continue to be guided with a strategic approach towards diversity, equity and inclusion.
DEI are essential components that drive the mission of our organization and are pivotal to our values, strategic goals, and our work both domestically and globally. We are guided by the principles of cultural and linguistic competence (CLC) to effectively address inequities and opportunity gaps across the globe. CLC helps our researchers and consultants better understand the strengths, needs and challenges of the communities in which we work and understand the questions that must be asked when designing and conducting studies and providing technical assistance.
For the past three years, we have used the Benchmarks tool to engage in our assessment process, bringing together senior leadership, staff, and stakeholders from across our organization, because DEI is everyone’s responsibility.
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FROM & ABOUT THE GDEIB & THE CENTRE | |
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HOW TO USE THE GDEIB CERTIFICATION —
STILL IN THE PLANNING STAGE
SHALL WE COUNT YOU IN?
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We announced in our 2021 GDEIB Launch Event that we were exploring a voluntary certification process. We have finished the needs assessment and are preparing a plan. It will help us at this stage to let us know if you are interested in certifying one or more people in your organization. As you know, the GDEIB is free and we intend to keep it free—with a big thank you to our sponsors—see below in this newsletter or go to our website and navigate to Sponsors to learn about our 2021 GDEIB sponsors. We are now seeking sponsors for the certification process, but even with sponsors, plans are to charge for the voluntary certification. | |
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ANNOUNCING OUR
GDEIB TRANSLATIONS
FROM ENGLISH TO SPANISH,
PORTUGUESE, AND FRENCH
| The Spanish and Portuguese translations of the GDEIB are ready and the French translation will be ready before the end of the year. We will celebrate these translations with articles and events next year, but if you are eager to get started using them go to our website and download the translations. Please note that you need to sign the User Agreements to use the English and all the translations. As is the English version – the translations are all free. | |
THE GDEIB CO-BRANDING OPPORTUNITY | | |
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Your logo here!
+ 2 inside pages
about your DEI program
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The Centre is offering all GDEIB users an opportunity to add your organization logo to the front cover of the GDEIB and create two inside pages that will be positioned before the Table of Contents. You may use those two pages to contain a message from your organization or diversity leaders, or a description of your DEI program, or however you see fit.
Please send us a high resolution logo and prepared “camera-ready” copy for the two pages. They will be back-to-back, with the first page appearing on the right side and the second on the left hand side of the page; therefore you cannot create a spread. Cost is $1,000 and we will invoice you. This offer also applies to the Portuguese, Spanish, and French translations – all of which will be ready shortly. Please give us about a week or 10 days from the time we receive your logo and copy for the two pages before we send you your customized GDEIB. Contact: thecenter@centreforglobalinclusion.org.
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FROM & ABOUT EXPERT PANELLISTS & ALLIANCES | |
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*SAVE THE DATE*
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
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THE CENTRE’S NEXT WEBINAR WILL BE ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE – WHAT DEI ADVOCATES NEED TO KNOW AND DO | | |
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It features Francesco Carobolante, Technology Executive, Principal IoTissimo®
More information and registration will be in the next newsletter. Consider using this webinar as an educational event for your organization or your clients.
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CENTRE TEAM ASSISTING THE FORUM ON WORKPLACE INCLUSION INCORPORATING GDEIB AND GLOBAL PROGRAMMING | |
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The Centre for Global Inclusion will be working with the Forum on Workplace Inclusion regarding integrating the GDEIB and global focus with Forum programing.
More later on this exciting and meaningful venture. Committee members representing The Centre, are:
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Lynda White,
Centre BOD Chair, and consultant, McLeod White & Associates, Montréal,
Quebec, Canada.
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Deepa Agarwal,
GDEIB Expert Panellist, Chief Inclusion Officer, RE-Link Consulting, Mumbai, India
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Jinny Son,
GDEIB Expert Panellist, Head of HR, Hilti Global Offshore Segment, Klepp, Norway
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Save the date – April 5 to 7, 2022
for the Forum on Workplace Inclusion virtual conference.
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UPCOMING GDEIB LAUNCH EVENTS
Please go to our website here: https://centreforglobalinclusion.org/events/ to see the latest information on the many Launch Events on the new GDEIB presented by Expert Panellists, Users, Sponsors, and others associated with The Centre. Note that some launch events are planned in English, Portuguese, or Spanish. Please check back frequently.
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NPR INTERVIEWED 3 GDEIB SPEAKERS AT THE ILA – INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE LIVE IN GENEVA | |
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Thank you to Louise Carvalho, Diversity & Inclusion Programme Leader / Legal Adviser at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (“CERN”) in Switzerland; Gamiel Yafai, Managing Director, Diversity Marketplace, UK; and Nadia Younes, Expert Panellist, Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Benchmarks (GDEIB), Switzerland for presenting at the ILA annual conference in (Yes, it was live from Geneva!!!) in October, 2021.
In addition to their presentation, Europe—A Perspective on DEI, they were interviewed by NPR (National Public Radio) for airing in first quarter 2022. We hope to be able to provide you with information to listen to the Podcast. Click below to read the description of their presentation and see their bios.
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REVOLUTIONIZING YOUR
DEI STRATEGY (WITH GDEIB)
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A free webinar sponsored by: | |
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Friday 10 December 2021
The session will cover:
• The business case for measurement and standardization in the DEI industry
• An overview of the history of the GDEIB, Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Benchmarks: Standards for Organizations Around the World, including its development and research-backed strategy
• A complete overview about what's new in the 4th edition of the GDEIB
• Case studies from organizations who have used the GDEIB to transform their DEI strategy
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presenters:
JOEL A. DAVIS BROWN AND JULIE O’MARA
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The webinar is 90 minutes using the Zoom platform from 9:30 to 11:00 CST in the US. Your registration confirmation will contain the start time in your time zone.
Reserve your place early.
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WHAT DO YOU WANT
TO KNOW ABOUT DEI?
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At The Centre for Global Inclusion, we are always striving to be an educational hub for our readers and GDEIB users.
We are launching a new initiative to survey our readers on current DEI trends and will share the results of our survey in subsequent newsletters.
Do you have a question you’d like to ask our DEI newsletter audience?
Please send your suggested questions to: thecentre@centreforglobalinclusion.org
Subject line: “Survey Questions for the Newsletter.”
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SPOTLIGHT ON OUR SPONSORS | |
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Ontario Power Generation
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is a climate change leader with one of the most diverse generating portfolios in North America. We invest millions in local economies and employ thousands of people to maintain a modern, sophisticated energy fleet. We also partner with local, environmental and Indigenous groups to improve the well-being of our site communities. Over OPG’s 20-year history, our reliable, low-cost, clean electricity has powered the lives of millions. We continue to provide more than half the power Ontarians rely on every day, at a price that’s about 40 per cent less than the average of other generators. Having delivered one of the world’s single largest climate change actions by closing our coal stations, OPG now looks to the future. We’re investing in new technologies that will drive the clean economy -- from transportation electrification, to small modular reactors, to energy storage, micro grids, and medical isotopes. At OPG, we believe Ontario’s energy future is bright. Learn more about OPG and our commitment to be a net-zero carbon company by 2040.
www.opg.com
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Payroc
Payroc is a high-growth, international payment processing powerhouse operating in 46 countries, and processing over $29 billion for more than 66,000 businesses. Our mission is to empower our clients with world class financial technology, while preserving a unique culture guided by our core values. In an inherently complex industry, we have the power and the responsibility to streamline and provide clarity. It is our mission to peel back the layers to get to the core of our customers’ & partners’ needs, ensuring they get everything they need and nothing they don’t. Payroc offers best-in-class sales enablement and credit card processing technology with a personal touch. We partner with innovative financial institutions, independent sales agents and software companies, to create a platform that lives up to our mission. Internally, we are guided by core values and put our people at the heart of everything we do. Payroc believes in supporting and practicing diversity, inclusion, charity and integrity in all things #PeopleAreTheRoc.
payroc.com
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McLeod White & Associates
McLeod White & Associates is a Canadian based global management consultancy firm providing Organization Development and Change Management services in the areas of systems thinking, facilitation and training, equity, diversity and inclusion, leadership and strategic planning, to support equitable and inclusive, sustainable work environments for all. We work with a talented network of partnerships in the field, depending on the client’s needs. With a background of internal organizational experience in best practice and benchmarked equity and diversity work, and experience of broad sectorial consulting, McLeod White provides consulting services to corporate, government, and community/non-profit clients to support them leading the process of organizational change, identifying and creating initiatives that will enhance their abilities to sustain change in their own environments. Client work includes organizational diagnosis; creation and support of Committees to advance minority and organizational agendas; human rights audit support; communications support and tools; training design, development and delivery; and a wide range of change, diversity and inclusion projects to support clients achieving their goals of equity and inclusion.
lynmcwhite@aol.com
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THE CENTRE & GDEIB ALLIANCES | |
The Centre is grateful for its Alliances as they help spread the word about us. If your organization mission is in alignment with The Center Mission—to serve as a resource for research and education for organizations and individuals in their quest to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion practices around the world—and if you want to form an Alliance, please send an email to thecentre@centreforglobalinclusion.org and ask for the criteria for being an Alliance. | |
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THANK YOU TO OUR DIAMOND,
PLATINUM, GOLD & SILVER LEVEL SPONSORS
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Our 112 GDEIB Expert Panellists are the thinkers and contributors behind the GDEIB. They have contributed to the development of our latest editions, guide us in preparing for the next update, and serve as strategic partners. This month we feature these four: | |
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UPCOMING EDUCATIONAL EVENTS BY OUR ALLIANCES OR OUR EXPERT PANELLISTS
OR WHERE THE GDEIB IS INCLUDED
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The Centre for Global Inclusion
GDEIB Launch Events
Multiple Sessions
Read More
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The Centre for Global Inclusion
with Rohini Anand
December 2, 2021
Read More
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Revolutionizing your DEI Strategy: A New Tool to Measure your Impact
December 10, 2021
Read More
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The Forum on
Workplace Inclusion
April 5-7, 2022
Read More
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PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES OFFERED BY EXPERT PANELLISTS & ALLIANCES | |
Listed here are programs offered by GDEIB Expert Panelists and Alliances. Many are offered numerous times on an ongoing basis. While these courses may not be specifically about the GDIB, the content will be helpful in achieving many of the GDIB benchmarks. If you are an Expert Panelist or Alliance and offer programs open to the public, please let us know and we will list here. | |
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Because we are a global organization, from now on The Centre for Global Inclusion will follow the editorial guidelines for English published by the UN. Go here Spelling - United Nations Editorial Manual Online (dgacm.org)
<http://dd.dgacm.org/editorialmanual/ed-guidelines/style/spelling.htm>
These guidelines mix American and British spelling.
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If you want to use the GDEIB in conference presentations, blogs, articles, chapters and so forth, we will support by providing slides, handouts, and ideas. Go to our site and explore. We’ve put a lot of effort into providing these resources. Please help by adding to what we offer. | |
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SEND US YOUR NEWS
SO THAT WE CAN FEATURE YOU
in upcoming editions of the GDEIB Newsletter
We are always looking for stories of organizations around the world that are making strides in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and/or organizations that have achieved GDEIB benchmarks. You don’t have to be at the Best Practice level on every benchmark to be featured. We like stories that describe how an organization achieved ONE of the benchmarks. To submit a story, please contact us: https://centreforglobalinclusion.org/contact/
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Please pass this newsletter along to anyone you think might be of interest.
Thank you!
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