BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//hacksw/handcal//NONSGML v1.0//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20240329T091414Z DTSTART:20200617T220000Z DTEND:20200617T233000Z UID:20200617T220000Z-20200617T233000Z-3788@business.delaware.gov SUMMARY:Delaware Small Business Chamber Speaker Series: Why It Makes S ense to Add Diversity and Inclusion to Your Business Model DESCRIPTION:Seminar: Why It Makes Sense to Add Diversity and Inclusion to Your Business Model\nEvening Virtual Seminar on Zoom\n\nWhy It Mak es Sense to Add Diversity and Inclusion to Your Business Model and do business with those that do.\nWhile many people immediately think of r ace in Diversity and Inclusion initiatives\, a truly diverse workplace includes a mix of people of different age brackets\, genders\, abilit ies\, sexualities and socio-economic backgrounds.\n\nForbes Magazine s aid that companies in the top quarter for gender diversity outperform their competitors by 15% and those in the top quarter for ethnic diver sity outperform their competitors by 35%.\n\n\nIn recent years\, the v alue of workplace diversity—seeking out\, understanding\, and valuing differences between people (race\, ethnicity\, gender\, age\, ability\ , religion\, sexual orientation\, education\, experiences) has been mo re than demonstrated. When combined with efforts to create a collabora tive\, supportive\, and respectful environment that encourages the par ticipation and contribution of all employees\, workplace diversity lea ds to real business ROI on a number of fronts.\n\n\nPresented by Derek M.A. Alexander. - Derek M.A. Alexander is an Associate of JustGetaw ay2day Travel\, a Member of the Delaware Small Business Chamber\, and a Business Consultant for the State of Delaware\, specializing in Empl oyment\, Entrepreneurship\, Financial Literacy\, and ADA (Americans wi th Disabilities Act) training.\n\n\n\nFree\nClick here for registratio n. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Why It Makes Sense to Add Diversity and In clusion to Your Business Model and do business with those that do.
\nForbes Magazine said that companies in the top quarter for gender diversity outperform the ir competitors by 15% and those in the top quarter for ethnic diversit y outperform their competitors by 35%.
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