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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Symposium

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Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Symposium

 

NAAAP DEI Symposium Leadership Program

The focus of NAAAP’s DEI Symposium Program is connecting and engaging leaders across companies, NAAAP chapters, business industries, and demographics to share ideas and practices while learning how to spread diversity and inclusion. The two main signature events are the DEI Symposium held in the Spring and the ERG Summit during NAAAP’s Leadership Convention.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DEI) Symposium

8:00 am – 8:30 am

Registration Open | Networking Breakfast

8:30 am

Welcome – “Why are your here?”

– Land Recognition
– Opening Remarks
  • Lauren Garces, President, NAAAP San Diego
  • Jason Paguio, President & CEO, Asian Business Association San Diego | California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs

9:00am

DEI Thought Leaders Panel

10:00 am
NAAAP Wellness Program Exercise

10:30am

Breakout Session A: DEI in Talent Acquisition

Presenter: Danny Kim, Ph.d, Raindrop Agency

In this session, join the dialogue on how to incorporate effective DEI strategies into your talent acquisition strategy. Learn the DEI Do’s and Don’ts and how managers, employees, and partners can develop impactful practices that exponentiate the company’s ROI.

Breakout Session B: ERG/ DEI Playbook: Launching!

Presenter: David Doan, Accenture

Just like life or success, embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is not a destination, but an engaging, DEI learning journey. As corporate ERG/DEI leaders, you have the power to make a difference.

In this session, you will be socialized with a suggested playbook to launching ERG/DEI initiatives.

  • Aligning ERG/DEI focus areas with the company’s goals and objectives
  • ERG Maturity Models


Launch

– DEI pillars, areas of focus, and progression model

– Understanding your ERG/DEI landscape

– ERG/DEI business case
– ERG/DEI vision and mission statements
– ERG/DEI leadership roles and responsibilities
– ERG Charter and approval
– ERG/DEI leadership model
– Creating a launch plan
– Onboarding executive sponsors
– Setting up for success

11:30 am
Networking Lunch

12:30 pm
NAAAP Wellness Program Exercise

1:00pm

Building a Culture of Inclusion and Belonging 

Presenter: Jeanie Y. Chang, LMFT, Your Change Provider, PLLC® & Noona’s Noonchi, LLC

2:30pm

Breakout Session A: From Small Businesses to Small Teams: Tactical Ways to Create Inclusive Workspaces

Presenter: Christie Marcella, Connect

With all the talk about DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), it’s hard to think you have time to invest in it when you are managing a small team or a small business. You don’t have budgets to hire DEI officers, or have enough bandwidth to do more. But, DEI is really about creating a sense of belonging for everyone you work with, and that may not require anything new, just a new way of engaging with others. In this session we will:

  • Create a shared understanding of DEI and why it matters

  • Hear from non-profit, public sector and small business professionals on what DEI looks like from their perspective

  • Engage in facilitated conversations and activities so you walk away with tools to build a sense of belonging as a leader

Breakout Session B: Making your ERG/DEI THRIVE!

Presenter: David Doan, Accenture

Just like life or success, embracing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) is not a destination, but an engaging, DEI learning journey. As corporate ERG/DEI leaders, you have the power to make a difference.

In this session, you will be socialized with a suggested playbook to growing and thriving your ERG/DEI initiatives.

  • Aligning ERG/DEI focus areas with the company’s goals and objectives
  • ERG Maturity Models
  • Grow
    • Recruiting your 20% or your leadership team
    • Building your case for funding
    • Communication plan, stakeholders, dashboard, and toolkit
    • Programming internal and external events
    • Measuring key accomplishments, areas of opportunity, and alignment with pillars/areas of focus with reports and dashboards
  • Thrive
    • Pillars and progression model
    • What should be measured and ramping up metrics by aligning to pillars/areas of focus
    • Pulling it all together: Brainstorming, prioritizing, documenting,  and aligning
    • Talent planning
    • The ABC of allies
    • Expanding through chapters
    • Leading and inspiring

3:40pm

Where DEI Matters: Leveraging Nonprofit and Civic Engagement Relationships

Speakers: 

– Chris Cate, Former City of San Diego Councilmember

– Alex Villafuerte, San Diego API Coalition Co-Chair

– Kim Desmond, City of San Diego Chief of Race and Equity

The skills and strategies used to implement Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion practices are integral across public and private sectors. Dive into the dialogue with phenomenal public service leaders on how we create tides of change through the ways we leverage and actively bridge nonprofit, civic, corporate, and community relationships through diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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