The following is a sample of the training topics we offer. Each topic can be presented independently in a 45 – 60 minute session, or combined with others to create more comprehensive customized workshops. Refer to the Overview of Representative Workshop Programs for some typical outlines. Presentations can be tailored to the makeup of the audience (e.g., managers/supervisory, staff, or mixed).

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Introduction
The purpose of training is to help participants understand changing demographics and to prepare for challenges that these changes pose. Participant will realize the benefits the individual and organization can obtain by successfully managing diversity. All workshops approach diversity as the total of differences and similarities, all aspects of culture including age, gender, race, ethnic origin, religion, geography, sexual orientation, class, occupation, hobbies and education are considered

What Makes People Different
Participants share information about their cultures i.e. hobbies, interests, life priorities etc. The goal of this seminar is to focus on commonality of values. Participants learn what makes us the same rather than what makes us different.
The Power of ALL is a comprehensive diversity-inclusion program.
By fully utilizing the power of multiple perspectives, organizations expand their capacity to serve an increasingly diverse customer base.

Stereotyping
Participants explore commonly held stereotypes and perceptions and learn how these influence our thinking and actions in the workplace. Exercises encourage group members to examine preconceived notions about other cultures and how stereotyped beliefs can become a barrier to successful working relationships.

Tools for Working with Changing Demographics
Members are presented with statistics on the changes in local demographics. The group is presented with information on the types of changes that occur in our lives and common responses to change. Participants are provided with interactive exercises that encourage positive attitudes in overcoming fears related to change.

Cultural Interviews
Participants form dyads and are encouraged to define their own culture while learning about the cultures of co-workers. The experiential exercises encourage frank discussions about cultural differences and similarities. Further, participants are guided on how to incorporate this information in to daily interactions with co-workers.

Relationship of Values to Prejudice
Participants explore the universal concept of respect and how varying cultures demonstrate respect. Participants learn how what denotes respect in one culture could be perceived as disrespectful in other cultures. For example, in some cultures, we believe that a sign of respect is eye contact. In other cultures eye contact can be viewed as a form defiance and disrespect.

Sexual Harassment
Definitions of sexual harassment are explored. Subtle corporate exclusions/inclusions and phenomena such as the "glass ceiling" are explored. Likewise the topic of sexual harassment is examined from the perspective of covert and overt sexual impositions and its impact in the work environment

Bias Crimes
The motivations behind messages that contain racial slurs are examined. Subtle communications between co-workers to more blatant portrayals such as graffiti are explored with participants. The training encourages participants to develop insights on how they may be actively or passively supporting the messages and through group exercises develop insights on the impact in the work place. This course is especially relevant to law enforcement, fire fighters or those employed in public services settings.

Organizational Culture
Participants are asked to identify the written and unwritten laws that determine success in the workplace. Through interactive exercises, participants have the opportunity to personalize actions that enhance opportunity for success within their own work environment

Sexual Orientation
Participants are encouraged to focus on similarities vs. differences between people with differing sexual orientations. Via exercises, participants learn to develop respect for differences while at the same time developing sensitivities to the daily feelings of isolation and exclusion experienced by people with "different" sexual orientations

Disabilities
Participants are provided with insights and perspectives faced by persons with disabilities in the work place. Various experiential exercises encourage participants to perform routine tasks with the aid of movement limiting props to expose challenges that are every day realities faced by people with disabilities. Seminar participants learn that in addition to the physical barriers, disabled workers are exposed to overt and covert forms of exclusion.

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