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  • Home
  • Meet Kathy
  • Events
  • Work With Kathy
    • Upcoming Events
    • Inclusion Partner Program: Strategic Leadership Development
    • Facilitation and Design Master Course
      • Access to our Facilitation and Design Knowledge Base
    • Your Year of Transformation
    • References
    • Consulting Services
      • Recent Clients
    • Workshops
      • Self-Care and Healing for Change Agents: Renewing, Rejuvenating, and Recommitting
      • Analyzing Programs and Services with an Inclusive Lens
      • 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
  • Radio Show
  • Resources
    • Books
    • In It For The Long Haul
      • Self Care Assessment
      • Take the Hot Button Quiz
    • …But I’m Not Racist
      • But I’m Not Racist… Quiz
      • Book Club
    • TURN THE TIDE
      • Book Worksheets
      • Lunch and Learn Staff Training Program
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  • Diversity,  Equity,  Inclusion,  Professional Development,  Social Justice

    Come Experience Envision 2020: The Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Virtual Conference

    Kathy Obear / March 3, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Want to take the headache out of attending professional conferences? Who doesn’t! All those course titles and descriptions that flood our email inboxes around this time of year sound compelling. But let’s get…

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  • Creating change,  Diversity,  Equity,  Inclusion,  White Accountability Spaces

    How to Use White/Whiteness Accountability Spaces to Begin Healing Your Racial Biases

    Kathy Obear / February 19, 2020 / 1 Comment

    My First Experience in a White Accountability Space Years ago, the first time I sat in a group of all white people, I wasted the experience. Really. My ego got in the way,…

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  • Creating change,  Diversity,  Equity,  Inclusion

    Making the Case for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

    Kathy Obear / February 5, 2020 / 0 Comments

    As change agents, sometimes we become so focused on implementing DEI practices in organizations, that we may neglect to highlight the positive benefits inclusion offers. And there are many! Before and during diversity,…

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  • emotional intelligence
    Creating change,  Diversity,  Life Lessons,  Professional Development

    Emotional Intelligence: Your Key to Navigating Difficult Situations

    Kathy Obear / January 22, 2020 / 0 Comments

    We all know what IQ is: a rating of your intelligence based on test results. But how about Emotional Intelligence? Do you know how you rate? Do you know what it is? Simply…

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  • workplace conflict
    Creating change,  Diversity,  Inclusion,  Navigating triggers,  Professional Development

    Is Workplace Conflict Pushing Your Buttons? Try This.

    Kathy Obear / January 13, 2020 / 0 Comments

    Are you tired of workplace drama – the same old employees pushing your buttons, because they just seem to know your triggers?   Transform Workplace Conflict? YES, It IS Possible! Do you feel…

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  • self-care
    Creating change,  Life Lessons,  Self-Care

    Bad-Ass Change Agents: Self Care Isn’t Selfish

    Kathy Obear / December 18, 2019 / 1 Comment

    We can be our own worst enemies.   We take on tasks we don’t have time for, that aren’t even our responsibility. We work too many hours, cut back on sleep and stuff…

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  • mental health
    Creating change,  Professional Development,  Self-Care

    Speaking Out About Mental Health – No More Shame

    Kathy Obear / December 6, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Up until now, mental health was a topic most everyone agreed NOT to talk about due to pervasive societal stigma and debilitating bias. But with the huge impact of the internet, social media…

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  • Creating change,  Diversity training,  Facilitation and Design

    SPEAK UP For Inclusion: How To Be An Effective Ally and Change Agent

    Kathy Obear / November 27, 2019 / 0 Comments

    At times, the ugliness of discrimination can overshadow the rich benefits of inclusion. Successful growth in any business, organization, and society as a whole rests upon recognizing and including everyone.   “Inclusion is…

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    Creating change,  Diversity training,  Facilitation and Design,  Inclusion

    5 Easy Tips & Tools for Facilitators

    Kathy Obear / November 13, 2019 / 2 Comments

    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…

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  • Creating change,  Diversity training,  Facilitation and Design,  Social Justice

    Design & Facilitation 101: Exploring White Privilege

    Kathy Obear / October 30, 2019 / 0 Comments

    Did you ever notice how those in privileged groups tend to focus on their ‘good intent’ rather than on the negative impact of their behavior when interacting with members of marginalized groups? Very…

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