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  • Meet Kathy
  • Work With Kathy
    • Upcoming Events
    • Master Class for Inclusion Practitioners
    • Facilitation and Design Master Course
    • Your Year of Transformation
    • Consulting Services
      • Consulting References
      • 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
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  • equity and inclusion, supervisor, boss, equity, inclusion
    Creating change,  Diversity training,  Inclusion,  Professional Development,  workplace dynamics

    Bosses and Staff Together At Inclusion Sessions: Yes or No?

    Kathy Obear / January 30, 2019 / 0 Comments

    For many employees, honest discussion on many topics is inhibited when supervisors and bosses are present. Discussing discrimination and exclusion in the workplace can prove even more challenging when bosses – who have…

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

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

    Kathy Obear / January 16, 2019 / 0 Comments

    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…

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  • equity, inclusion, diversity and inclusion
    Creating change,  Diversity training,  Inclusion,  Professional Development

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

    Kathy Obear / December 19, 2018 / 0 Comments

    So, you’ve been asked to train on equity and inclusion, but there’s one small problem…you’ve never done it before! Eeeek…where do you start? A caller raised this great question during one of my…

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

    Train the Trainer: Continuing Education is Key

    Kathy Obear / November 21, 2018 / 0 Comments

    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…

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  • professional development | continuing education
    Diversity training,  Inclusion,  Professional Development,  workplace dynamics

    Professional Development Is a Must, Not an Option

    Kathy Obear / November 7, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Creating greater inclusion and equity in your workplace is a top priority. You’ve outlined goals, formed guidelines for diversity practices, met with members of your organization, and shared with them the tools they…

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  • Diversity,  Diversity training,  Inclusion,  Infusing

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

    Kathy Obear / July 11, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Lately, I’ve been talking a lot about equity and tools that facilitators can use to make their courses and trainings more effective by paying more attention to the diversity and group memberships of participants…

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  • How effectively do your courses infuse diversity and inclusion?
    Diversity training,  Inclusion,  workplace dynamics

    5 Strategies to Effectively Infuse Diversity and Inclusion into Your Next Training

    Kathy Obear / June 12, 2018 / 0 Comments

    From my experience, I find that most facilitators of courses and training sessions can infuse issues of diversity and inclusion to a far greater extent than they currently do. If you’ve followed my…

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  • Disconnect Between Your Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Goals
    Creating change,  Diversity,  Diversity training,  Inclusion,  Social Justice,  workplace dynamics

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

    Kathy Obear / June 5, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Across the nation, most leaders would agree that there is a renewed energy, commitment, and in many cases, even a sense of urgency, to live up to the promises as set forth in…

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  • Diversity Training | Diversity and Inclusion | Inclusion Training
    Creating change,  Diversity,  Diversity training,  Inclusion

    To Infuse Diversity and Inclusion, Everyone Needs to Understand the WHY

    Kathy Obear / May 1, 2018 / 0 Comments

    “Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” – Goethe You recognize the value of embracing diversity. And you feel good about that realization. But it’s not…

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  • Diversity | Inclusive Culture | Inclusion
    Diversity,  Diversity training,  Inclusion,  workplace dynamics

    Diversity pays dividends. Does your organization have an inclusive culture?

    Kathy Obear / April 26, 2018 / 0 Comments

    Why do even well-intended diversity efforts often fall short of expected outcomes – or do little more than to increase awareness? I hear that question a lot. It’s that very question that inspired…

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