Seventh Annual Diversity Solutions Best Practices Conference

September 9, 2008

The Destination for World-Class
Diversity Leadership Enhancement and Management

Hilton Crystal City, Arlington, Virginia

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Conference Purpose and Objective

Who Should Attend

Conference Sponsorship

Conference Exhibition

Conference Advertisement

Pre-Conference Tutorial

Conference Themes and Topics

Past Sponsoring and Participating Organizations

Conference Rates

How to Register

Contact Information

Conference Purpose and Objective

The Diversity Solutions Best Practices Conference is designed to assist public and private organizations in creating a strategic competitive advantage through identifying and implementing diversity best practices. The conference focuses on state-of-the-art knowledge, tools, techniques, principles, practices, strategies, methodologies, and technologies for diversity leadership and management.

Who Should Attend

This workshop is recommended for individuals and organizations interested in improving morale, product and service quality, productivity, job satisfaction, and organizational competitiveness.

• Executives and Senior Managers
  
• Training Professionals
  
• Diversity Leaders and Managers
  
• EEO Officers
  
• Productivity Management Professionals
  
• Human Resource Officers
  
• Continuous Improvement Specialists
  
• Employee Development Coordinators
  
• Line Supervisors and Mid-Managers
  
• Interested Employees and Professionals

Conference Sponsorship:

As a co-sponsor of this event, your organization will receive a defined number of complimentary conference registrations for managers and staff, listing in all conference publicity materials, a defined number of copies of the award-winning Diversity Solutions Best Practices proceedings, and networking opportunities during the complimentary continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks. See below for more details.

• Platinum $20,000 (Sponsor Benefit Package Plus 30 Complimentary Registrations)
  
• Gold $15,000 (Sponsor Benefit Package Plus 22 Complimentary Registrations)
  
• Silver $10,000 (Sponsor Benefit Package Plus 15 Complimentary Registrations)
  
• Bronze $ 5,000 (Sponsor Benefit Package Plus 6 Complimentary Registrations)

Conference Exhibition:

As an exhibitor at this event, your organization will be given a platform to showcase diverse products and services to several world-class public and private organizations from diverse industry segments. You will also have the opportunity to converse with executives and managers from successful organizations that have purchasing power for diversity products and services and various networking opportunities during the complimentary continental breakfast, lunch, and coffee breaks. See below for more details.

• Exhibitor Level I: $2,000 - 25% off conference registrations from your organization and a 10’X10’ area for your exhibit (exhibit space includes two chairs, waste basket, and up to two 6 foot tables)

• Exhibitor Level II: $1,200 - 25% off conference registrations from your organization and a 6 foot table top exhibit area (exhibit space includes one chair and waste basket if necessary)

Conference Advertisement:

As an advertiser at this event, your organization will be given a platform in the Conference Proceedings to showcase diverse products and services to many world-class public and private organizations from diverse industry segments. See below for more details.

• Advertiser Level I:$1,000 - Full Page Advertisement in Conference Proceedings
• Advertiser Level II: $ 600 - Half Page Advertisement in Conference Proceedings

Pre-Conference Tutorial:

Prior to the conference, a tutorial titled “Diversity Megatrends” will occur from 7:30am to 8:45am. Key topics will include the following:

• Trends in Diversity
  
• Trends in Diversity Best Practices
  
• Using Diversity Best Practices to Improve Performance

 

12 Conference Themes and Topics:

1. Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Talent
The greatest differentiator in organizations is the talent and potential of the human capital within the organization. Broaden your recruitment sources and learn best practices for retaining the best and the brightest in the business.

2. Diversity Business Case
In order to successfully imbed diversity into the fabric of an organization, diversity must have a home in the business model, and be a part of the strategic approach to success for the organization. Learn how others built a successful business case.

3. Diversity Assessment
A comprehensive diversity assessment defines all of the strengths, weaknesses, environment, opportunities, threats, and challenges of an organization. Learn tools and techniques for implementing diversity assessments and the resulting benefits of doing it sooner rather than later.

4. Employment Compliance Review and MD715
Legal compliance with equal opportunity laws has become more aligned with diversity best practices through Management Directive 715. Learn methods for barrier analysis, applicant tracking, and diversity management to create a model organization and meet EEOC goals.

5. Human Capital Enrichment Strategies
Integrating diversity priorities as a part of all human capital programs is a best practice. Learn strategies for successfully integrating hiring, succession planning, people development, reward, and recognition, and other human capital strategies with diversity strategies and plans.

6. Diversity Best Practices
New and unique diversity best practices from renowned organizations will be identified and presented. This session will focus on presenting innovative diversity initiatives that are achieving world-class results.

7. Developing Diversity Champions
Behind every successful diversity initiative are diversity champions at each level of the organization, building bridges and creating innovative opportunities to work together. Learn to identify, train, and nurture diversity champions in your organization.

8. Diversity Performance Scorecards
What gets measured gets done. Go beyond the traditional measures of diversity by developing a customized diversity scorecard. Learn techniques and best practices for developing and implementing diversity performance scorecards.

9. Diversity Dialogue
Organizations are opening lines of communication, creating effective teams and positive environments using diversity dialogue tools and techniques. Learn about this practice from organizations that have demonstrated success through this burgeoning best practice.

10. Strategic Workforce Planning
Mature diversity efforts reveal that diversity must be apparent in all of the ranks of the organization. Leaders must plan strategically to meet workforce challenges including surges, downsizing, succession, and rightsizing. This session will focus on lessons learned and strategies for long-term strategic workforce planning.

11. Stakeholder Diversity Management
Diversity and inclusion must be recognized and valued throughout the stakeholder community if stakeholders are to be effectively served. Learn how organizations have developed and implemented stakeholder involvement and management strategies in diverse communities.

12. Mentoring
Mentoring involves personnel commitments from mentors and mentees. Hear success stories from organizations who have utilized mentoring to more fully diversify their workforce.

Past Sponsoring and Participating Organizations:

American Assoc. for Affirm. Action American Express American Society of Quality Control AOL, LLC Arlington County Baptist Healthcare Corporation Blue Cross and Blue Shield of FL Boeing Bureau of Engraving Bureau of Medicine and Surgery Bureau of Standards Canon USA, Inc. Census Bureau Center for Disease Control Central Intelligence Agency Charming Shoppes, Inc. Citibank City of St. Louis Colgate-Palmolive Consumer Product Safety Comm. Cornell University Defense Acquisition University Defense Logistics Agency Defense Mapping Agency Delta Research Corporation Digital Computer Systems, Ltd. Diversified Internetscience Dunkin’ Brands, Inc. Eagle Commercial Bank Eastman Kodak Co. Emory University Export-Import Bank of the US Federal Aviation Administration Federal Bureau of Prisons Federal Highway Administration Federal Trade Commission Federally Employed Women Food Lion General Dynamics General Electric Company General Services Administration George Mason University Georgia Institute of Technology Habitat for Humanity Hewlett Packard Howard University IBM IKEA Immig. and Naturalization Services Institute of Industrial Engineers Internal Revenue Service Johnson & Johnson HealthCare K-Mart Lockheed Marriott Corporation Mayo Clinic Metro Washington Airport Author. MGM Mirage Mirant Corporation Monterey Water Pollution Control Agency Montgomery Elevator Nat’l Assoc. of Securities Professionals Nat’l Assoc. of African Amer. in HR NASA Naval Surface Warfare Center Northern Telecom NY Metropolitan Transit Authority NY State Governor’s Office

US Office of Personnel Mgm’t Pacific Gas and Electric PacTel Meridian Systems PEPCO Pepsi PHP, Inc. Pitney Bowes PSSHE R.W. Johnson Univ. Hospital S. Florida Water Mgmt. District San Jose State University Sandals Negril School District of Philadelphia Scientific Technologies, Inc. Sempra Energy Sheraton Hotels Smithsonian Institute Social Security Administration Sodexho Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal SSM Healthcare State Bar of Georgia State of Maryland State of Pennsylvania State of Washington Storage Tek SunTrust Banks Swept Away Resorts TGIFridays Tandem Computers Telecommunication of Jamaica The Analytic Sciences Corp. Tribune Company University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse US Airways US Army US Coast Guard US Customs US Dept. of Agriculture US Dept. of Defense US Dept. of Education US Dept. of Energy US Dept. of Health & Human Serv. US Dept. of Interior US Dept. of Labor US Dept. of Treasury US Dept. of Veteran’s Affairs US Environmental Prot. Agency US Geological Survey US Gov’t Accountability Office US Information Agency US Mint US Navy US Public Health USAID Virginia Tech VISTAKON Wachovia Washington Gas WellsFargo Xerox Engineering Systems YMCA

Conference Rates:

 

Registration Fee	After June 30, 2008	On or Before June 30, 2008
Commercial Rate	$499.00	$399.00
Government Rate	$399.00	$299.00
Pre-Tutorial Conference	$95.00

 

How to Register

• Download Registration Form (PDF format)
  
• Register Online

Contact Information:

While both sponsorship opportunities and exhibition space are limited, interested organizations are asked to contact the conference coordinator at 703-359-5969, fax 703-359-5971 and email conference@jjaconsultants.com. Call now to reserve space.