Empower Diversity Now

"empower diversity now" Keynotes

"Empower Diversity Now" Keynotes

In a 60 to 90 minute address, Lee Wind, M.Ed. guides his audience to discover and unlock the power of:
the diversity inside themselves as individuals
the diversity of the group collectively,
the diversity within their companies,
and the diversity among their customers and prospective customers.
Self-reflection exercises, get-up-off-your-feet interactivity, and thought-provoking moments all lead up to a call to action, challenging each attendee to be an UPstander and a proud Ally to others.
The presentation includes:
1. Safe space introduction "Empowering Diversity in Your Organization."
2. The diversity of Lee.
3. The diversity of YOU as an individual - attendee Identity Cluster exercise.
4. Hiding, authenticity, do happier people work harder?
5. Your heroes/sheroes - attendee exercise.
6. Get up off your feet "Majority" exercise - a lesson of the civil rights movement.
7. Bystanders and UPstanders
8. The Hydra - prejudice is all connected
9. The power of a story; Disney Princesses, Feminist coloring books, Prop 8, The Most Dangerous Book In America
10. Corporate culture as a mirror and a window - everything sends a message. What are your company's stories? Forms, sponsorships, bathrooms.
11. Language: the power of a single word. The connection between misogyny and homophobia.
12. Culture: Only one way to be a boy and only one way to be a girl?
13. Organizational disconnect: When the stories don't match.
14. People with disabilities - our common humanity.
15. Archetypes versus Individuals - everyone has their Identity Cluster and their Heroes/Sheroes.
16. Stereotypes and how to smash them.
17. How to create a cultural shift: The importance of standing up for others.
18. What attendees can do: Safe space, Identify potential allies, mentoring programs, employee resource/affinity groups, cultural events, book clubs/one book project, mix it up meetings and more.
19. Diversity Challenges.
20. Diversity Triumphs.
21. Pledge to stand up, and Closing Call To Action: be an UPstander, be an Ally!

To book an Empower Diversity Now Keynote,
please contact Lee at iamleewind@gmail.com

Interactive

In a get-up-off-your-feet exercise, Lee has attendees physicalize what 10% of the population looks like (10% of the U.S.A. are GLBTQ). Then what 29% of the population looks like (29% of the U.S.A. are Non-White Minorities). Then what 51% looks like (51% of the U.S.A. are Women.) Women and Non-White Men make up 68% of our country’s population.

Add in people living in poverty, obesity, disability, depression, atheists and religious minorities, single parents, too old, too young, single, married, different accents, different clothes, too tall, too short, introverts, anyone who’s different - and you have a VAST MAJORITY.

Add in Allies and we are unstoppable. This is one of the great lessons of the Civil Rights Movement.

Thought-Provoking

When an entertainment show host said, "Glee is doing such a fantastic job of humanizing people with disabilities," award-winning TV writer and person with cerebral palsy David Radcliff remarked, "Well shit. What was I before he saw Glee?"

Engaging

Not everyone sees gender as a binary. When you sign up for a gmail account on google, the choices for gender are Female, Male and Other.

What messages are sent out by your company regarding respect for gender differences?

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Empower Diversity Now

"empower diversity now" Keynotes

"Empower Diversity Now" Keynotes