Through the EDI Tech Corner, we’ve shared the 10 Must-Have Diversity Resources on Twitter, and talked about the 4 Things You Should Know About Twitter as a Diversity Professional. Today, we’re ushering in a new level of engagement and stepping up the initiative we’ve started with our #Diversity4US and #DiversityCAN Hashtag Diversity Chats, and … [Read more...]
“Diversity Is a Reality, Inclusion Is A Choice”: A Book Review
A few months ago I was invited to a talk by Stephen Frost, author of the new book titled, The Inclusion Imperative: How Real Inclusion Creates Better Business and Builds Better Societies. Unfortunately I wasn't able to make it; however, as luck would have it, a colleague suggested that I read the book and gave me a copy. The Inclusion Imperative is an honest and up close … [Read more...]
EDI Tech Corner: 10 Must-Have Diversity Resources on Twitter
In previous posts, we’ve talked about the 4 Things You Should Know About Twitter as a Diversity Professional, and introduced you to the concept of Hashtag Diversity Chats on the popular real-news social network. Today we’re sharing 10 Must-Have Diversity Resources on Twitter to help you better navigate the social space and follow the diversity-related … [Read more...]
Spike Lee’s “Do The Right Thing” and the Chief Diversity Officer (CDO)
This month is the 25th Anniversary of Spike Lee’s film Do the Right Thing. I remember seeing the film for the first and only time in 1989. The film portrayed tensions between the local residents and an Italian-American family in the Black neighborhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, on the hottest day of the summer. In a Rolling Stones interview, Lee … [Read more...]
Twitter and the Diversity Professional: 4 Things You Should Know About the Real-Time News Network
Part of the popular adage that says “Twitter is for the people you want to know” rings true for one of the most active social network with 255,000,000 monthly active users sending 500,000,000 tweets per day. Twitter’s mission is “to give everyone the power to create and share ideas and information instantly, without barriers” and it does that … [Read more...]