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Leveraging Diversity Through Inclusiveness. H. C. Davis. What is Diversity? How diverse are we? Importance of Inclusion to Achieve Diversity How to we get diversity? Strengths of a Diverse Group What benefit is it to scouting? Simple Behaviors to make Diversity Work. Objectives.
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Leveraging DiversityThrough Inclusiveness H. C. Davis
What is Diversity? How diverse are we? Importance of Inclusion to Achieve Diversity How to we get diversity? Strengths of a Diverse Group What benefit is it to scouting? Simple Behaviors to make Diversity Work Objectives
Any dimension that can be used to differentiate people So – What is Diversity?
Diversity Types Human Cultural Organizational • Language • Lifestyle • Heritage • Belief • Systems • Religious • Beliefs • Economic • Gender • Race • Age • Physical • Appearance • Health • Generation • Disability • Teamwork • Roles • Relationships • Leadership • Empowerment • Education • Affiliations
“Don’t worry that your children never listen to you – worry that they are always watching you”
Barriers to Leveraging Diversity • We resist change • Comfort in sameness • Peer pressure • Lack of Understanding
Population of Virginia Where do we get these diverse folks?
Parents and Youth Suggest: Be relevant to their age, gender and cultural background Promote fun activities matching their culture and the markets where they live Parents Suggest: Focus on Success Emphasize Safety Provide information about long-term benefits of Scouting Youth Suggest: Marketing include a variety of ethnicities Keys to Reaching Ethnic Markets
African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos and Asians: Have an overall positive image of the BSA Describe scouts as honest, responsible, disciplined, trustworthy, and good citizens Parents have a general awareness of Cub Scouts, but are not familiar with what they do Have a general awareness of the Boy Scouts program but are not familiar with what it does Venturing-age youth do not know that Venturing exists Youth from all three segments look for activities that Are fun Include their friends Overall Awareness and Perceptions of Scouting Programs
What does success look like for your Wood Badge Patrol? Ticket? Important Diversity Item Do you sense how other team members are doing? Are you teaching each other skills so all can participate? Do you support each other? Even in conflict? Values? Do you listen to each other? Does the team work to ensure Everyone is performing? Optimizing Inclusiveness. . .
Makes us better leaders Prepares future leaders Scouting is stronger due to a variety of different ideas Helps us stay relevant Society is changing Bring our message to a wider audience Allows us to help scouts be successful in a diverse society Review – Why is Inclusiveness so Important?
Recruitment, Recruitment, Recruitment! Seek it out in groups Ask for help from diverse members Take advantage of diverse abilities Admit our mistakes Learn from them Summary – How do we get and use Diversity?
Four Points: • What is diversity? • Anything that differentiates groups of people • Most important way to leverage diversity? • Inclusiveness • Helps BSA stay relevant • Scouts learn how to be successful in a diverse society
