A workshop by Aurooba Ahmed, Allie Nimmons, Jill Binder, and David Wolfpaw. Do you run a WordPress event, but noticed only one type of person is attending? You’d love to have more diversity in your group, but folks are either not showing up – or they attend once and don’t come back. What can you do to foster, promote, and support diversity and an inclusive space? In this workshop, we’ll cover 5 topics: Shifting the way you think about diversity; how to attract and foster a diverse community; creating a welcoming environment, both in person and online; how to encourage more people from diverse backgrounds to step up to be speakers and leaders; and how to be a better ally. You will walk away with an action list to start making changes right away. This is not just for organizers, but anyone who wants to champion this kind of environment, now or in the future! Bring an electronic device or computer: There is an accompanying PDF to help you get tangible results.
10. Allie Nimmons
- Web designer and
developer
- Community +
Support at GiveWP
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11. Aurooba Ahmed
- Web developer
- Writing a course on
WP Theme Development
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13. Jill Binder
- #WPDiversity
Speaker Training
Lead
- Founder, CEO at
diversein.tech
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16. Ice Breaker
1. What are your preferred pronouns?
2. What was your first WordCamp?
3. What was your first concert?
4. What’s your nerdy passionate hobby?
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19. Benefits of
diversity and
inclusiveness
● Creativity +
● Productivity +
● Interestingness
+++Why should you care?
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20. Fewer people leave
Inclusive environments with diverse attendees
encourage folks to stay, be more engaged, and
become ambassadors.
https://thedeamergroup.com/workplace-diversity-inclusion-employee-retention/
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21. Variety holds your attention longer and is more fun!
vs
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23. A: Acknowledging the lack of
diversity
- Most communities always
have room for improvement
- Homogeneous environments
are echo chambers
- Lack of diversity = lack of
interesting ideas and
perspectives
Source: https://www.byalicelee.com/wordpress
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24. L: Listening and learning
from different perspectives
● You cannot change
what you don’t know
● Different
perspectives allow
you to confront your
unconscious biases
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25. S: Speaking in an inclusive
manner
● Creating space for
different
perspectives with
your choice of words
● https://youguys.club
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26. O: Open mindedly approaching
situations
- There is more than
one best way to do
something
- Accommodate
different needs and
requirements
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27. Acknowledging the lack of diversity
Listening to different perspectives
Speaking in an inclusive manner
Open mindedly approaching
situations
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40. Speakers started to withdraw
from the conference and ticket
sales dried up, as organizers
demonstrated an unwillingness
to do further diversity outreach
beyond their initial call for
proposals.
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41. Create
- Establish what the
overall attitude is
- What interests need
to be highlighted?
- What goals do you
want people
empowered to
accomplish?
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42. Foster
- What attitude do you
put forth as a
leader?
- Are you inviting
people in who have
different interests?
- Are you providing
resources for people
to accomplish their
goals?
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43. Preserve
- How do you handle
people who
challenge the
attitude,
interests, or
goals?
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44. Community: Exercises
1. Think about the community you lead or
contribute to back home. What are your
current attitudes, interests, and goals?
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45. Community: Exercises
2. If you don’t have any right now, what do
you want them to be?
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46. Community: Exercises
3. Identify, out of the ones you want, which
would have the biggest impact and what can
you do to make it happen?
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55. Speakers
Outreach
1. “Don't teach a
lesson, tell a
story.”
2. Passionate
3. Learned recently,
mistakes made
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56. Speakers
Outreach
4. Start to learn
5. Suggest things
you know about
them
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57. Speakers
Outreach
6. Diverse Speaker
Training workshop:
http://tiny.cc/wpdi
versity
7. List of suggested
topics on speaker
application page
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59. Speakers
Good Practises
- Speaker selection
process
- Speaker selection
committee
- More than one
person doing
speaker outreach
- Diversity in
leadership
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62. Speakers: Actions
- Paid the same
- Greeter
- Speaker swag
- Equal or extra
promotion
- If liked, tell
them
- Thank the speaker
- Don’t send
unmoderated
speaker feedback
- Public goals and
celebration
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67. Speakers: Exercises
1. If it would be helpful for your group,
fill out the form for running the Diverse
Speaker Workshop:
http://tiny.cc/wpdiversity
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68. Speakers: Exercises
2. Answer one or more of the following:
a. How can you improve your speaker
selection process for diversity?
b. How can you invite more diverse folks to
be on your speaker selection committee
and/or as organizers of the event
itself?
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69. Speakers: Exercises
c. Whom else can you invite to do speaker
outreach who has access to different
networks?
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74. Space: Actions
When speaking to a group, don’t use gendered
words like:
- Guys
- Girls
- Women
- Men
- Ladies
- Gentlemen
- Etc.
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75. Space: Actions
- Folks
- People
- Friends
- Assembled guests
- Colleagues
- Esteemed colleagues
- Esteemed Guests
- My companions
- Partners
- All assembled
Check language at:
https://textio.com/
Instead opt for words like:
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76. Space: Actions
- Childcare
- Different times
- Elevators and ramps
- Venues not centered around alcohol
- Washrooms
- Scents
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77. Space: Actions
- Sign language interpreters
- Pronouns on name badges
- Photograph opt-out
- Sensory break rooms
- Anything else!
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83. Space: Being Welcoming
- Say hello
- Introduce to
others
- Ask how they’re
doing
- Invite to come
back
- Ice breaker game
- Event’s talks
- Code of Conduct
- Transgression
- Leadership
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84. Space: Exercise
1. Choose 1 or 2 of the accessibility
accommodations in your workbook that you
will implement.
2. Choose which items of the welcoming
attendees and speakers templates in your
workbook you will implement. You can change
anything to work for your group. Plan when
you will share it with your organizing team.
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89. Some privileges include...
- Being tall
- Great teachers
- No accent
- US Passport
- Access to the news
- A car
- Secure housing
- Loving parents
- The Internet
- Freedom of speech
- Reliable
healthcare
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91. 60%
Of US states don’t have a
ban on sexual orientation
AND gender identity
discrimination
75%
Of all computing jobs
are held by men
8%
Of disabled individuals are
unemployed, which is twice
as many as non-disabled
individuals
83%
Of tech executives are
white
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97. Learn about and create safe environments
Expand your sphere of influence
Say something
Say nothing
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98. Ally: Exercises
1. Take a moment to personally identify which of the
following that you feel is the way you’re most comfortable
being an ally:
❏ Learning about and creating safe environments for others
❏ Expanding your sphere of influence
❏ Say something by speaking up for others
❏ Say nothing by listening and making way for others
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99. Ally: Exercises
2. Choose 2-3 action steps you can pledge to
take in your daily life in order to use your
privilege and be an ally for others.
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101. Q & A
we’ll answer questions from slido, feel free
to ask us more after!
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