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Sharing Diversity™ Networking Forum:
Connecting Recruiters, Diversity Practitioners and Human Resource Professionals
“Closing the Gap:
Achieving Gender Balance to Enhance Organizational Effectiveness and Drive Business Growth”
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
3:00 to 5:30 p.m. |
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A MultiCultural Development Center (MCDC) Event
Co-sponsored and hosted by Allianz Life
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Program Details
Women play a vital role in the operations of every organization. Despite their importance, there still remains a decisive gender imbalance, especially at upper management and executive levels, as well as in many career fields. Although the number of women in top management positions has increased by nearly 60 percent over the past decade, only 4.8 percent of top managerial positions were held by women, compared to 2.9 percent in 1986 (Fisher 1992).
For companies and organizations to be innovative and grow, they must change their strategies to engage women equally at all levels. Men and women must understand the value of recruiting, retaining and promoting women to maximize organizational effectiveness. In 2008, women make up about 48 percent of the labor force, yet full-time working women found themselves making only about 76 percent of what men earned (U.S. Department of Labor).
This Sharing Diversity™ Networking Forum will focus on the following topics:
- Recruiting Women
- Retaining, Developing and Mentoring Women Inside the Organization: The Role of Management to Help Break the Glass Ceiling
- The Power of Women's Employee Resource Groups
Following the panel discussion, individual table discussions will be held so that recruiters, human resources and diversity professionals from across companies can meet together, network and share ideas about the successes and challenges that they have had at their organizations. Question cards will be provided to lead the discussion, and groups will be asked to report out to the larger group at the end of the meeting.
Printable flyer (PDF)
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Objectives
This networking forum is designed to
- Assist recruiters to find talent of all backgrounds and to help train hiring managers to on-board all qualified candidates, particularly women
- Provide retention practices that give Human Resource Professionals and Diversity Practitioners facts and information to support their diversity initiatives
- Outline the importance of Women's Employee Resource Groups and how they contribute to organizational effectiveness and growth
- Connect people from a multitude of sectors to network, propose ideas and share best practices
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Who should attend?
- Recruiters
- Human Resource Professionals
- Diversity Practitioners
- Managers at all levels who wish to drive business growth
- Executives who wish to bring innovation and creativity to their organization
- Employee Resource Group members or those interested in starting one
- Men and Women interested in changing their organization's culture
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Moderator and Panelists
Moderator: Steffan Johnson, President, National Black MBA Association, Twin Cities Chapter
Panelist – Philomena Morrissey Satre, VP Great Lakes Region Diversity and Inclusion, Wells Fargo & Company
Panelist – Tené Wells, President, WomenVenture
Panelist 3 – Lora Rafftery, Recruiter, CenterPoint Energy
Panelist 4 - Teresa Daly, Navigate Forward, Inc.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Program Highlights
3:00 – 3:30 p.m. Registration, networking, cash bar and hors d'oeuvres
3:30 – 3:35 p.m. Welcome by Allianz Life and MultiCultural Development Center (MCDC)
3:35 – 3:50 p.m. “The Women, Money and Power Study,” research and presentation by Sara Stadtherr
3:50 – 4:30 p.m. Moderated panel discussion “Closing the Gap,” led by Steffan Johnson
4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Table discussions
5:00 – 5:20 p.m. General discussion and report-outs
5:20 – 5:30 p.m. Thank you and close
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Allianz Life Corporate Campus Café
5701 Golden Hills Drive
{Intersection of Highways 100 and 394}
Minneapolis , Minnesota
For a map, visit:
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=5701+Golden+Hills+Drive&csz=Minneapolis%2C+MN&country=us&new=1&name=&qty
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Registration
RSVP to register or cancel for a full refund by Friday, August 8, 2008.
Please register to attend with the MCDC office:
MultiCultural Development Center (MCDC)
9633 Lyndale Avenue South
Bloomington , Minnesota 55420
Call: (952) 881-6090
Fax: (952) 887-6099
E-mail: info@mcdc.org
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_________________________________________________________________________________________________________ A limited number of scholarships for students are available for this event. If selected, the registration fee will be waived, courtesy of Carlson.
Contact MCDC at info@mcdc.org with inquiries.
Applications must be completed and submitted by Monday, August 4, 2008 at 4:30 p.m.
Selected scholarship recipients will be informed by Friday, August 8, 2008.
Scholarship application form.
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