D&I Program

Course Objectives

3) Develop a D&I program that will materially impact and move the needle at a private, public or governmental organization.

Expected Output

This is your final project. Create a PowerPoint presentation with scripted notes describing the D&I program you are proposing to implement. This is totally free form – take whatever approach you’d like but include these elementary sections: 1) what problem are you trying to address and why is this important to the organization. 2) what is the mission of your D&I program and why is that mission important to the organization. 3) what are the major objectives of your program and what will your program deliver back to the company or organization when you achieve your objectives. 4) what is your implementation plan and what metrics will you use to measure progress, success or failure.

Evaluation Method

This is your opportunity to create a D&I program. This presentation is targeted at senior management. It should not exceed 6 slides. It needs to be brief, crisp and to the point, providing the business problem or challenge, the solution, the deliverables, and the method of implementation. I will read it & grade it as if you were an employee working for an executive, and your use of outside references to establish credibility and the “implementability” of your program will be key areas of consideration.  “Implementability”, which is not actually a real word, has to do with how practically something can be implemented. For example, if I were to propose an employee moral booster program and told you that this will make everyone much happier in the workplace, but then let you know that it requires that we gift every employee a new tech item (e.g. PC, tablet, iPhone) every week, that would not be an “Implementable” program.

Assignment 3: Turn in your proposal for a D&I program project that will meaningfully impact and move the needle at a private, public or governmental organization. This is an executive level presentation. This means that it should consist of roughly ~4 content slides (the opening slide and your summary, conclusion or request slide at the end are omitted). In addition to your slides, you are required to script your slides in the PowerPoint Notes section below each slide. In our last session we will go around the class and depending on the number of total students we will have each of you briefly discuss for ~5 min either your program or what you might do with the learnings you’ve gathered from this class.