Live Webinar 3 Offerings
June 6th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
June 12th, 2012 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT
June 13th, 2012 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Duration: 1 Hour Credits: 1 PDU Category C – Free PDU
Presented by: Capella University

Even if you have good intentions, you can offend others with insensitive terms or ethnic slurs.

In this webinar from Best Buy’s award-winning diversity group, you’ll learn to avoid negative labels and find positive ways to talk about differences.

By the end of this webinar, you will be able to:

• Understand the power of language and the impact of labels, ethnic slurs and harmful descriptors
• Influence society as a whole by adopting common sense, good manners, caring and empathy as the new way of inclusive thinking
• Understand how a change of attitudes, perceptions, standards of ‘normalcy’ and the wording you use create a movement into seeing the WHOLE person
• Focus on strengths, talents and gifts to achieve the best of inclusive strategies

Presenters:

Melissa Johnson
Melissa is a Senior Manager of Diversity & Inclusion at Best Buy. She currently manages Strategic Partnerships and Measurement. In the past, she has managed many award-winning Diversity & Inclusion programs, including affinity groups, Latino Initiatives, Diversity Giving and others. She has worked at Best Buy for 11 ½ years.

Susan Larson
Susan has been with Best Buy since 2007. Her work includes communications for many of Best Buy’s HR core teams, including Diversity & Inclusion. She has always had a passion surrounding the disability community as well as for people who feel they don’t “fit in”. When Susan’s son Drew was diagnosed with Autism at the age of two, that passion led to working in the diversity world as a writer, advocate and volunteer. At Best Buy, Susan is the Co-Chair of the disabilities affinity group, INCLUDE and the co-chair of FACE (Facing Autism in a Caring Environment).

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