Board Diversity & Inclusion: Deepening Foundations and Embedding Actions
Board Diversity & Inclusion: Deepening Foundations and Embedding Actions
Strengthen your equity, diversity and inclusion knowledge and practices of your non-profit board.
Deepen your understanding of bias and inclusive culture and assess your board diversity practices! Board Diversity and Inclusion: Deepening Understanding and Practice equips board members with a deeper understanding of inclusive and welcoming board practices. This workshop looks into the ways that bias impacts board culture, and introduces a benchmarking tool to assess current diversity and inclusion practices of your board.
Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to:
- Engage with advanced issues related to board diversity and inclusion.
- Assess opportunities to engage diverse community members in governance.
- Identify actions to further foster an inclusive board culture.
- Develop equitable and inclusive leadership skills to support the engagement of current and future diverse board members.
- Apply a tool to evaluate current board equity, diversity and inclusion practices.
Suggested Participants:
Non-profit board members, Executive Directors, or other senior staff who have engaged with foundational issues related to board diversity and inclusion and want to expand on that work.
Note: If your board is discussing diversity and inclusion for the first time, we recommend starting with Vantage Point’s workshop entitled: Board Diversity and Inclusion: Introduction to Key Concepts
Program Benefits:
Participants will explore:
- A deeper understanding of foundational concepts related to diversity and inclusion.
- Ways to increase the participation of equity-deserving groups in governance.
- Skills and tools to assess and strengthen diversity and inclusion beyond their current practices and priorities.
