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postsJoin JBC at the 2010 US Business Leaders Network’s Annual Conference
September 21st Jennifer Brown will be speaking at the US Business Leadership Network’s 13th Annual Conference at the Westin Michigan Avenue Chicago Hotel.
Click here for the full agenda.
Disabilities Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) in 2010: Benchmarking, Best Practices, and Key Opportunities for Impact
Jennifer Brown, President & CEO Jennifer Brown Consulting
Lori Golden, Inclusiveness Consultant and Lead of AccessAbilities, Ernst & Young, LLP, USBLN® Board member
Description: Given the organic, fast-paced nature of how ERGs form in today’s organizations, it is difficult for diversity advocates to gain visibility into best practices occurring across leading companies. The good news is that Employee Resource Groups, and Disabilities ERGs specifically, are being created or accelerating in many workplaces, and marketplaces. JBC’s ERG Readiness Index and our Disabilities ERG benchmarking work have revealed multiple insights which will be shared in this session, along the following key areas:
- Structure and governance
- Strategic focus areas and practices
- Impact on the business
- Leading practices and common challenges across different ERG models
The session will also provide a window into the best practices of Ernst & Young’s disabilities efforts and its ERG.
Success Factors of Emerging Leaders: Part I
It goes without saying that the development of leadership skills can be a key factor in the success of any emerging leader. In a three-part series of blog posts, JBC will explore these factors from our unique viewpoint. Our goal as a diversity, innovation, and leadership consulting firm is to bring you provocative dialogue, new insights, and current trends we are seeing in the market place.
We would like to start off by taking a look at how different types of leadership can play a factor in the development of an emerging leader. How would you define different kinds of leadership? Has one been more important than the other, and why?
As always, we value your input whether on our Facebook page, via Twitter and LinkedIn, or comments here on the blog!
Upcoming Conference in LA: O&E Workplace Summit
The 2010 Out & Equal Workplace Summit – is set for Oct. 5-8 at the Los Angeles Convention Center – and JBC will be there moderating a panel and presenting one of our most popular conference workshops! The Workplace Summit will offer participants more than 100 workshops, networking opportunities, inspiring speakers and the chance to showcase your company as an organization that values LGBT workplace equality.
Registration for the Summit is officially open, so plan to meet the JBC Team in LA!
1. Workshop: High-Impact ERGs: Building a Roadmap to Business Impact
FINAL Workshop Description: ERGs continue to evolve from community-building organizations to those that can have real and sustained impact on the business, from new product development to recruitment and retention to emerging market penetration. Does your ERG have the right structure, talent, and strategy in place to win that coveted “seat at the table”? Will it be able to maximize that opportunity when presented? JBC works with Fortune 500 companies to map this process and prepare ERG leadership, members, and executive sponsors to develop their capabilities to more effectively interact with internal stakeholders and their external communities, to add business value and provide development opportunities that cultivate next generation leaders. This workshop will share the JBC ERG Progression Model and challenge participants to consider their ERG’s value-add in a whole new light.
Workshop Presenters: Jennifer Brown & Brian Sorge
2. Panel on LGBT Inclusion and Generational Differences
ERGs work hard to deliver content-but end up leaving opportunity on the table if output does not align with organizational goals and needs. A strong business foundation and a well-structured plan that builds the business case for ERGs and its projects with clear success metrics is critical to receive buy-in and support from stakeholders. Panel representatives from Cisco and Genentech share tools and strategies for building a solid business plan that will document key project management dimension goals, timelines, success criteria, communication outlets, and more, for each initiative, in order to guide and maximize an ERG’s activities and prove its value to the organization.
Panel Moderator: Jennifer Brown
Upcoming Event: Women in Leadership Summit
Join JBC November 8-10 at the Linkage Women in Leadership Summit, an annual summit that equips women with the skills and strategies to lead effectively. Rising female leaders will learn to drive change, produce sustainable results and achieve their personal and professional best.
Click here to download the 2010 Summit Schedule and learn more about Linkage.
Key Learnings
- Discover your personal leadership edge and how it will benefit you, your team, and your organization
- Gain the necessary strategies to succeed as a senior leader
- Learn the skills crucial to high impact performance as an emerging leader
- Realize the effect of challenging times on your health and wellness—and what you can do about it
Who Attends
- Executive Officers, Presidents & Vice Presidents
- Directors and Managers of Business Units and Line Functions
- Vice Presidents, Directors & Managers of HR, Diversity, Sales, Marketing, Leadership Development & Women’s Initiatives
Benefits
- World-class, inspirational keynote speakers
- Strategy and skill-building breakout sessions
- Best practice presentations on developing female leaders
- Networking and community building
- Learning Teams–small peer work groups designed to help participants process information and develop action plans to apply to their workplace goals and challenges
- The Senior Leader Circle–an opportunity for senior executives from large companies to network in an intimate setting
- Ongoing learning community–exclusive access to leadership development resources through our participant website, blog, articles and webinars
Some interesting Facebook Statistics
People on Facebook
• More than 400 million active users
• 50% of our active users log on to Facebook in any given day
• Average user has 130 friends
• People spend over 500 billion minutes per month on Facebook
Activity on Facebook
• There are over 160 million objects that people interact with (pages, groups and events)
• Average user is connected to 60 pages, groups and events
• Average user creates 70 pieces of content each month
• More than 25 billion pieces of content (web links, news stories, blog posts, notes, photo albums, etc.) shared each month.
Global Reach
• More than 70 translations available on the site
• About 70% of Facebook users are outside the United States
• Over 300,000 users helped translate the site through the translations application
Platform
• More than one million developers and entrepreneurs from more than 180 countries
• Every month, more than 70% of Facebook users engage with Platform applications
• More than 550,000 active applications currently on Facebook Platform
• More than one million websites have integrated with Facebook Platform
• More than 150 million people engage with Facebook on external websites every month
• Two-thirds of comScore’s U.S. Top 100 websites and half of comScore’s Global Top 100 websites have integrated with Facebook
Mobile
• There are more than 100 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices.
• People that use Facebook on their mobile devices are twice more active on Facebook than non-mobile users.
• There are more than 200 mobile operators in 60 countries working to deploy and promote Facebook mobile products
Taken from Facebook’s Statistics Page.