Question 1

DEI Action Council

dgaskill123 · Accepted Answer

Akin Adewole		Verrex
Ashley Baird	NSCA Liaison	NSCA
Mike Boettcher		EDGE
Daniel Duckworth		LivingHR
Wendy Feeling		Visual Sound
Xzavia Killikelly		Conference Technologies Inc
Tom Leblanc		NSCA
Kelly Perkins		The Farm
Mildred Ramos		Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
Luis Schilling		Welnstall.IT
Thuy To	Project Manager	ClearTech
Chris Turner		New Era Technology
Mission	The NSCA’s DEI Action Council mission is to inspire our members and organizations to embrace the concepts and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We want and need our membership to be reflective of the markets we serve and provide opportunities for growth and influence for our professional workforce. Our commitment is to inclusion, where everyone is welcome — an inclusive industry across age, gender, race, religion, identity, and experience to drive us forward.
Purpose Statement & Vision	The NSCA Ignite program’s original mission was to provide NSCA members with reach to the next generation of potential employees. It has now evolved to DEI Action Council. While the recruiting aspect of Ignite remains important, the DEI Action Council has been created in response to societal injustices and inequities. The expanded objective is to provide membership with the foresight and knowledge to instill inclusivity and diversity as cornerstones of their business and to realize the business benefits in doing so.
Structure	The committee meets on a weekly and as-needed basis to discuss action plans related to creating DEI-related resources for NSCA members, sharing DEI experience related content to amplify these issues for the NSCA community, leveraging industry resources, and more.
Duties, Responsibilities, & Desired Outcomes	Inclusivity and equity are issues of humanity. For an industry to be relevant, it must progress by embracing and espousing the core values of humanity. Those core values are a bedrock for successful organizations. They embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The DEI Action Council seeks to develop a framework for DEI embracing and endorsing the notions and practices of radical empathy and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The use of the word “radical” in radical empathy is not of the ilk of revisionist or revolutionary, it is rethinking or a new way of thinking. It is attempting to better understand and share the feelings of others. While CSR is simply a way of developing a program of giving back. The forthcoming efforts of the DEI Action Council will make your membership and participation in NSCA more valuable and rewarding. Your company culture is a reflection of your core values both internally and externally. The results will help you become a better and more successful business. The DEI Action Council looks forward to this challenge and engaging with NSCA members.

Question 2

DEI Action Council

dgaskill123 · Accepted Answer

Akin Adewole		Verrex
Ashley Baird	NSCA Liaison	NSCA
Mike Boettcher		EDGE
Daniel Duckworth		LivingHR
Wendy Feeling		Visual Sound
Xzavia Killikelly		Conference Technologies Inc
Tom Leblanc		NSCA
Kelly Perkins		The Farm
Mildred Ramos		Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
Luis Schilling		Welnstall.IT
Thuy To	Project Manager	ClearTech
Chris Turner		New Era Technology
Mission	The NSCA’s DEI Action Council mission is to inspire our members and organizations to embrace the concepts and practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion. We want and need our membership to be reflective of the markets we serve and provide opportunities for growth and influence for our professional workforce. Our commitment is to inclusion, where everyone is welcome — an inclusive industry across age, gender, race, religion, identity, and experience to drive us forward.
Purpose Statement & Vision	The NSCA Ignite program’s original mission was to provide NSCA members with reach to the next generation of potential employees. It has now evolved to DEI Action Council. While the recruiting aspect of Ignite remains important, the DEI Action Council has been created in response to societal injustices and inequities. The expanded objective is to provide membership with the foresight and knowledge to instill inclusivity and diversity as cornerstones of their business and to realize the business benefits in doing so.
Structure	The committee meets on a weekly and as-needed basis to discuss action plans related to creating DEI-related resources for NSCA members, sharing DEI experience related content to amplify these issues for the NSCA community, leveraging industry resources, and more.
Duties, Responsibilities, & Desired Outcomes	Inclusivity and equity are issues of humanity. For an industry to be relevant, it must progress by embracing and espousing the core values of humanity. Those core values are a bedrock for successful organizations. They embrace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). The DEI Action Council seeks to develop a framework for DEI embracing and endorsing the notions and practices of radical empathy and corporate social responsibility (CSR). The use of the word “radical” in radical empathy is not of the ilk of revisionist or revolutionary, it is rethinking or a new way of thinking. It is attempting to better understand and share the feelings of others. While CSR is simply a way of developing a program of giving back. The forthcoming efforts of the DEI Action Council will make your membership and participation in NSCA more valuable and rewarding. Your company culture is a reflection of your core values both internally and externally. The results will help you become a better and more successful business. The DEI Action Council looks forward to this challenge and engaging with NSCA members.

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