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  • Home
  • Meet Kathy
  • Events
  • Work With Kathy
    • Design & Facilitate Powerful EDI Workshops
    • References
    • Workshops
      • Foundations of Equity, Inclusion and Social Justice
      • Creating Inclusive, Socially Just Campus Environments
      • Deepening Multicultural Competencies: Strategies for Professional Development
      • Training of Trainers Program to Design and Facilitate Workshops on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
      • Developing a Team of Inclusion Practitioners
      • Facilitating Difficult Dialogues: Navigating Triggering Events
      • White Ally Development Program
  • Resources
    • Free Courses/Webinars
    • Blog
    • Radio Show
    • Books
      • Leading White Accountability Groups
      • In It For The Long Haul
      • …But I’m Not Racist
      • Turn The Tide
        • Book Worksheets
    • Access to our Facilitation and Design Knowledge Base
  • Contact
  • Recent Clients
  • facilitator
    Creating change,  Diversity training,  Facilitation and Design,  Inclusion

    5 Easy Tips & Tools for Facilitators

    November 13, 2019 /

    As a facilitator training on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, you’ve got a lot on your plate. I know! Your goal is to effectively design and facilitate workshops to deepen the capacity of participants to:   Recognize the full breadth of differences at the organization. Identify the dynamics of inclusion and exclusion in all their areas of responsibility. Understand how the dynamics of privilege and marginalization impact folks in their daily lives. Address exclusionary behaviors and microaggressions effectively. Use an Inclusion Lens to design and revise programs, policies, systems and procedures that aim to serve all.   That’s a big responsibility! To help you make your next DEI workshop…

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    Inclusive | Inclusive Teams | Inclusive Classrooms

    5 Strategies to Create More Inclusive Teams & Classrooms…From the Start!

    July 25, 2018
    equity, inclusion, diversity and inclusion

    You’ve been asked to train on equity & inclusion, but…

    December 19, 2018
    feedback, constructive criticism

    How Dare You Say That! Dealing With Constructive Criticism

    August 7, 2019
  • equity and inclusion, facilitation, diversity training
    Diversity training,  Inclusion,  Infusing,  Professional Development

    When TMI Happens at a Training on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

    January 16, 2019 /

    It happens sometimes. Your organization is committed to inclusion. Training sessions offer participants the opportunity to reflect, discuss and comment on exclusion and discrimination within the organization. And the dialogue is meaningful. Equity & Inclusion Trainings Can Be Intense But shortly after an intense sharing discussion, a participant expresses concern that they’ve shared a little too much. As a result, they may feel awkward, uncomfortable, nervous or even scared. Thinking that’s a problem? It doesn’t have to be. That negative feeling can serve as the basis for positive sharing. Openly admitting to feeling vulnerable oftentimes encourages others to admit to the same feeling – and authentic dialogue emerges. Establishing Authentic…

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    ANNOUNCING: The Center for Transformation and Change

    February 14, 2017
    equity, inclusion, diversity and inclusion

    You’ve been asked to train on equity & inclusion, but…

    December 19, 2018

    Could you be the missing link in infusing equity and inclusion into ALL activities?

    July 11, 2018
  • professional development | continuing education | facilitators
    Creating change,  Diversity training,  Inclusion,  Infusing,  Professional Development

    Train the Trainer: Continuing Education is Key

    November 21, 2018 /

    As a facilitator, your role is very different from that of a teacher or educator. How so? Instead of providing information or giving your opinion, you’ll focus on asking lots of questions that help members of the group learn and deepen understanding from sharing their reflections, feelings and experiences. You may: Relate to what someone has shared Offer a bit about yourself to make a connection Encourage interaction and productive dialogue in the group Most importantly, the emphasis is on group members interacting with their peers. Specifically, you’ll: Bring as many different voices into the dialogue as possible Help share the air time equitably Encourage others to join in the…

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    Using Whiteness Accountability Spaces to Disrupt and Unlearn Racial Biases & Actions

    August 12, 2020
    Disconnect Between Your Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Goals

    Is there a Disconnect Between Your Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Goals – and What’s Actually Happening?

    June 5, 2018
    Dr Kathy Obear | Chagne Agent | Organizational and Social Change

    Transforming Lives and Changing the World

    November 22, 2016

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…But I’m Not Racist!

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