04 ulla dalsgaard - diversity networks 101
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Diversity Networks 101
With LGBT network as an example
Ulla DalsgaardIBM Denmark
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Our mission
� Increase awareness within companies about issues specific
to LGBT employees
�Ensure that LGBT issues are included in corporate diversity
and inclusion policies and practices
�Encourage Employee Resource Group (ERG) development
across companies
�Network and have fun
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What we’ve achieved so far
�Grown from 0 to 215 members, of which 95 female
�Well-established quarterly network meetings
�Attracted interest from networks outside Denmark
�Articles and notices in Danish newspapers and online media
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Make it interesting
� Intercultural management
�Collaboration methods
�Personality profiles
�Life Navigation
�Confessions of a Straight Ally
�Pride-in-a-box
�Transgender story
�Rainbow Open 2011
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Make it professional
�LinkedIn or Facebook?
�English or local language?
�Governance
�Media coverage
�Provide well-organized meetings
Thank you!