Out & Equal University Recorded Webinars

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Building Bridges towards LGBT Diversity: LGBT cultural competency including terminology, history and key concepts, business case for LGBT workplace equality, and action planning to include policy, practice and workplace climate changes.

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Train the Trainer: A 2-year certification course to use Out & Equal LGBT Leadership Diversity training materials in your workplace or practice. Provides in-depth work on the business case and how to evaluate your workplace.

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Developing a Strong LGBT Ally Program: Based on Dr David Hall's book "Allies at Work: Creating a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Inclusive Work Environment, " this course proves the steps to move from awareness to ally to advocate regarding LGBT workplace equality.

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ERG Value Proposition: Employee Resource Groups continue to face their main challenge: member engagement. Rather than a challenge in itself, often member apathy is a symptom of an ERG lacking a defined value proposition. In this call, we will outline the way ERGs can balance 3 areas to deliver value: to their membership, their company and their community.

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Dialogues on Gender Identity: Equality in the workplace based on Gender Identity has emerged as a major focus for companies in all sectors and around the world.  If you get transgender-inclusive benefits points on the Corporate Equality Index, is that all your company needs to do?  If you identify as transgender does that mean you will need to use the company transition plan or are you just changing your name and pronoun preference? If your ERG is working to be trans-inclusive, what are the best practices and what are some step by step ways to reach your inclusion goals?  Finally, how might you handle basic gender-identity-related workplace situations that face HR professionals, managers, allies and LGBT employees?

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Targeted AND Privileged: The Importance of Examining Whiteness within the LGBT Community: We work hard for LGBT workplace equality every day but do we hear the diversity of voices within the community? This course looks at privilege, micro-inequities and what we can do to change our worlds. Taught by Stephanie Puentes & Laurie Lippin.

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Marketing to the LGBT Community

The LGBT Market is a growing focus for corporations in the United States and around the world. Today, corporations are working to expand their LGBT customer base for products and services and searching for ways to attract LGBT employees through recruiting efforts which include how they show their workplace inclusion efforts. Join Bob Witeck, LGBT market expert and community activist and Rich Ferraro of GLAAD for this 3 part Out & Equal University webinar series to go in depth on the do's & don'ts of marketing to the LGBT community. The best practices, marketing data, and experience of major corporations will provide companies with the tools to create and expand their customer and recruiting outreach.

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Taking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality from Theory to Reality!

“Taking Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Equality from Theory to Reality” is essential for examining the importance of coming out for LGBT employees, and for learning how we can create safe and supportive work environments, both in the United States and abroad. This webinar, led by Brian McNaught, is designed for LGBT employees, straight allies, affinity and employee resource groups, and human resources and diversity professionals.

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Harassed in the workplace? Lessons from Schoolyard Bullying!

Workplace bullying remains a significant problem on the job today, having an adverse impact on organizational effectiveness. Workplace bullying is often related to diversity, including but not limited to sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

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Coaching for Leadership: A Powerful Next Steps for LGBT Career Development

Coaching is emerging as an effective leadership development strategy for the 21st century. Today leaders at all levels are increasingly turning to coaching for their own development and tapping the power of coaching to help their people develop. This webinar focuses on demystifying coaching and makes this transformative intervention more accessible for LGBT leaders at all levels.

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