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A Conversation with African-American Information Professionals: Provocative, Authentic, and Inclusive (a Leadership Ecosystem Webinar)
A Conversation with African-American Information Professionals: Provocative, Authentic and Inclusive (a Leadership Ecosystem Webinar)
Where: Webinar/Virtual
When: Thursday, February 20, 2020
12:00pm - 1:30pm
Note: Login instructions will be sent prior to the event directly from Zoom. If you have not received login instructions by 4:00pm the day before the webinar, please check your spam folder, if you still have not received the login details please email nercomp@nercomp.org.
Workshop Organizers:
Michael Cato, Senior Vice President and CIO, Bowdoin College and
Stan Waddell, Associate Vice President and CIO, Carnegie Mellon University,
both members of the Leadership Ecosystem Working Group
Registration Fee:
NERCOMP Member: Free
Non-Member: Free
Event Overview
In honor of Black History Month, this Leadership Ecosystem webinar will be a facilitated conversation with a panel of Higher Education Information Professionals who identify as African-Americans discussing their careers, experiences, and perspectives. The conversation will explore the paths that the panelists have taken through their respective careers, and seek to contribute to the wider opportunities to build more inclusive organizations. The conversation is extensible to all participants regardless of race and may have special relevance to underrepresented minorities.
Learning Outcomes:
- Dialogue with the panelists on their experiences navigating broad and varied careers as African-American Information Professionals
- Explore lessons from the panelists' experiences and consider how these might inform their efforts to develop inclusive organizations
- Recognize the advantages of IT organizations that honor difference and explore actions to advance DEI
This session will not be recorded.
This session is for individuals employed by higher education institutions only. No vendors, please.