Who Should Participate…

• Emerging DEI professionals seeking tools for the future.
• Leaders looking to build/ reinforce diverse team collaboration.
• Organizations establishing or re-designing their DEI programs.
• Marketing departments boosting connections with diverse clients and vendors.
• Outreach projects engaging community organizations and professional associations.

Design content…

DEI Design is crucial for reshaping thinking and boosting creativity in today’s rapidly changing environment. Design planning includes…

• assessment of needs,
• defining the Vision and Mission,
• determining the goals
• outlining the goals’ objectives,
• delegating specific tasks,
• setting benchmarks and evaluation procedures.

Teams can assist in this process by going through the his 4-steps of the Matrix Model Management System. Organizations can avoid costly mistakes with this cognitive diversity system that combines the expertise of cultural anthropology with the strategies of urban planning. The System is flexible and agile with its an innovative approach to managing impediments to collaboration, inclusion, and engagement. 1) Storytelling Communication: use stories and cultural expression to communicate across cultural boundaries, 2) Emotion Metrics: build internal & team measurements for comfort levels and 3) Wisdom: develop wise decision making using Knowledge, Character, Vision, and Action – and 4) Planning: design programs customized to meet the needs of employees and clients.

Results: Create Programs that …

1)  Communicate Effectively with stories that reach across cultural differences and avoid unconscious biases.

2)  Manage Conflict by developing metrics that enhance emotional intelligence.

3)  Problem Solve by using wisdom categories for improved decision making.

4)  Develop short and long-range plans with goals, objectives, benchmarks and time frames for success.

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Bio

Deborah Levine is a Forbes Magazine top Diversity & Inclusion Trailblazer, an award-winning author of 18 books, Editor-in-Chief of the American Diversity Report, and host of the ADR Podcasts. She has 33 years experience in DEI training and development. Deborah has course work, advanced degrees and research fellowships from Harvard U., New York U., Spertus Institute, UCLA, and the U. of Illinois at Chicago where she designed its Masters program’s focus on Arts & Culture.

With her considerable experience in program planning, community interface, teaching and management, Deborah is able to design projects that boost the performance and broaden the scope of inclusion efforts on multiple levels.She founded the Southeast Women’s Council on Diversity, the duPage/Chicago Interfaith Resource Network, and helped design/build the Cultural Center for Chattanooga’s Jewish Federation.  She created a World War II documentary which has won in 15 international film festivals. She has been recognized by the Religious Communicators Council, TN Economic Task Force on Women, American Planning Association/Chicago, G100 Women, and Women’s Federation for World Peace. Deborah was selected for the 2021 Chattanooga Award in the Management Consulting Services category by the Chattanooga Award Program.

Clients include…

New York U.(Business program), Rutgers U./Camden, Unum Life Insurance of America, First TN Bank, SunTrust Bank, Galvanize Inc., US National Parks Service, Erlanger Health System, Maine Medical System, National Assoc. of Women Business Owners (NAWBO), SE Assoc. of Social Workers, Metropolitan Ministries, public schools in Tennessee, Illinois, and Oklahoma, and the City of Chattanooga.

TESTIMONIALS

“Deborah is the OG of DEI here in Chattanooga TN! She has facilitated DEI programs throughout the greater Chattanooga aera over the last few decades, notably with Volkswagen. Her specialties include gender, racial, ethnicity and cultural diversity training, most specifically the intersection between women and the Jewish community, but that is not only where Deborah’s specialties lie. In American Diversity Report and through her book “Matrix Model Management System: Guide to Cross-Cultural Wisdom” and her “Un-Bias Guide Series” for both Leaders and Educators, Deborah highlights the importance of personal stories and the interconnectedness that lies within each and every one of us; if we only knew where to look. If you want to trust a seasoned pro with your DEI needs, look no further than Debora Levine!”