Summit Review
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If you missed the Arts & Tourism Summit on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion , August 11 - 12, 2021 at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, we now have posted our keynote speaker presentations below.
Donna Walker-Kuhne: Building a Culture of Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Elliott Ferguson: Leading a Destination Towards Change
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August 11, 2021 | |
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Registration & Coffee |
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | Event Welcome |
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Building a Culture of Equity Diversity and Inclusion Today’s arts organizations are challenged with building a responsive organization that disrupts racism and develops a respectful way of presenting and producing art through the lens of equity, diversity, and inclusion. The workshop will share strategies and techniques as well as explore language that helps to build an understanding in this area. Speaker: Donna Walker-Kuhne - President, Walker International Communications Group |
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Networking Break |
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Session 1: Dreaming Out Loud and Imagining the Future of Equity Diversity, and Inclusion Speaker: Donna Walker-Kuhne - President, Walker International Communications Group Session 2: Top 10 Micro-Inequities: The Barriers to Inclusion in the Workplace Session 3: Workforce Development - Building a More Inclusive Team - Panel
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunch & Learn with Mayor Keith James, City of West Palm Beach |
1:45 PM - 2:15 PM | Networking Break |
2:15 PM - 3:45 PM | Session 1: Brave Conversations: Implicit Bias Speaker: Carla Harris - CEO, The People Institute Session 2: Authentic Programming and Partnership: Moving from Risk to Reward
Session 3: A Framework for Change - How to Establish Benchmarks and Reporting for Your Organization |
3:50 PM - 4:15 PM | Wrap - Up & Cultural Performance |
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM | Reception |
August 12, 2021 | |
8:30 AM - 9:15 AM | Registration & Coffee |
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM | Morning Welcome |
9:30 AM - 10:45 AM | Leading a Destination Towards Change Gain insight on meeting the challenges of leading Washington, DC’s DMO during the pandemic, racial injustice, political unrest, and more. Speaker: Elliott Ferguson - President & CEO, Destination DC (DDC) |
10:45 AM - 11:00 AM | Networking Break |
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Session 1: Transforming Conversations about Race throughCandor, Compassion, and Courage Speaker: Dr. David Campt - Founder and Principal of The Dialogue Company Session 2: Creating Equity through Placed-Based Philanthropy
Session 3: Beyond the Box: Messaging in an Increasingly Inclusive Era
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12:30 PM - 1:45 PM | Lunch & Learn with Angela Adams Suggs - President & CEO, Florida Sports Foundation |
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM | Networking Break |
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM | Striving for Change: A Community Conversation on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Moderator: Nancy Proffitt- CEO, Proffitt Management Solutions Panelists:
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3:30 PM - 4:00 PM | Wrap-Up |
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KEYNOTE Speakers
![]() Elliott Ferguson
President & CEO Destination DC |
![]() Donna Walker-Kuhne
President Walker International |
FEATURED SPEAKERS
![]() Dr. David Campt The Dialouge Company |
![]() Natalie Holder-Winfield Stanford National Accelerator Lab |
![]() Carla Harris The People Institute |
![]() James Green PBC Community Services Department |
![]() Mayor Keith James City of West Palm Beach
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![]() Anglea Adams Suggs Florida Sports Foundation |