Symposium

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Our Next Symposium: Dec 3, 2021 

Dallas, TX  

8:30 am - 3:30 pm CST

Attend in person - OR - virtually!

Register as a virtual attendee and you can change later to an in-person ticket at no add'l cost
(changes must be made before midnight Nov 20 while in-person seats are still available)

Limited to 100 in-person attendees

Meet - Collaborate - Ally 
with other like-minded ERG leaders to create & share:

Best Practices & Processes
Time Saving Resources
Valuable Connections

$595 per person

($495 non-profits - must be a 503 c3 or equivalent. apply code NONPROFIT)
 

Register by Sept 1 for $100 off all ticket types.

Use coupon code ERGLEAD

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Agenda

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8:00 – 8:30 am        Networking Café

8:30 – 9:00 am        Opening: Remarks & Introductions

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9:00 – 10:00 am      ERG Case Study Interview: AMAZON

10:00 – 10:15 am   Networking Café 

10:15 - 11:00 am Panel: "How to Help Your Executive Sponsor Best Help You!" (panelists to be announced soon)

11:00 am- 12:00 pm Taskforce Tables - Round 1

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     Each attendee picks & participates in one in the morning and one in the afternoon:
 

• Metrics - What are the critical things ERGs should be measuring and reporting?

• Allyship - How do you recruit, train and recognize allies?

• Executive Sponsors - What to do when your Executive Sponsor isn't meeting your ERG needs?

• Intersectionality - What processes, metrics and expectations should be in place across ERGs?

• Engagement - How do you get members more involved in programs and other activities - virtually and in person?

• Leader Burnout - How do you recognize and prevent it?

• Programming - How do you decide what programming is 'good' for both members and the ERG?

• Non-Exempt Employees and ERGs - How to involve hourly employees given organizational policy and member ability to participate?

• Employee Health and Wellness - What and how much wellness programming should ERGs offer their members?

• Expanding Your ERG Footprint - When and how to expand locally and globally?

• Managing Your Leadership Team - How to motivate, measure and mentor your volunteers?

• Recruiting New Members - Where and how to invite employees to happily join your ERG?

12:00 – 1:00 pm   Lunch & networking

1:00 – 2:00 pm      ERG Taskforce Tables - Round 2

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2:00 – 2:45 pm      Moving the Diversity Needle Together: What can ELA do for and with you?

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2:45 – 3:00             Closing remarks

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3:00 – 3:30             Networking Café

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Read the Executive Summary from our 2019 Symposium

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