As the sounds of helicopters and the chants of protesters rang in the distance, I couldn’t help but think about how I can make an impact. I was shocked—and frankly saddened—to see very little acknowledgement of the Black Lives Matter movement in the event industry, and even fewer actionable ways to create change. This prompted my LinkedIn post, which can be read below and is a long overdue call to action for everyone in the live and virtual event space: we need to do our part to promote the voices of people of color. Right now, leadership should be striving for at least 30% of their event content to represent underrepresented demographics, namely people of color. Mandate that content producers and conference programmers use new sources. Incentivize them, if necessary, or look at alternative ways to host speakers such as video conferences. More often than not, content is sourced by the same “industry experts,” “advisory boards” and “calls for papers” sent to the same lists over and over and over. If people of color aren’t in this group, it’s harder for them to get on stages. My commitment is to give the industry no reason to fail at this again. Resources, ideas and initiatives will be coming soon. As an industry that has one of the largest platforms for sharing voices—regardless of whether you are in B2B, B2C, live or virtual events—we have the responsibility to elevate underrepresented voices. Particularly in the B2B industry, our stages have been disproportionately... Continue reading at 'Folio Magazine'
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-04 20:29:21 UTC ]
As the sounds of helicopters and the chants of protesters rang in the distance, I couldn’t help but think about how I can make an impact. I was shocked—and frankly saddened—to see very little acknowledgement of the Black Lives Matter movement in the event industry, and even fewer actionable... Continue reading at Folio Magazine
[ Folio Magazine | 2020-06-04 20:29:21 UTC ]
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