The Program The program has two parts: an interactive educational experience and an implementation workshop. The program is customized to the unique needs and situations of each of our clients and is scalable. It may be implemented in an organization of any size from 200 to 200,000 employees. Our methodology has been applied to dozens of organizations all over the world with demonstrable success. Part 1: Your Story First, we create a story – your story – that combines the key lessons of activating diversity with the specific needs, personalities, and culture of your organization. We begin with a baseline set of educational principals and, through interviews with people in your organization, we gather the necessary information to target the story to the particular context of your company. This also allows our program to dovetail smoothly with any existing diversity initiatives that you have already undertaken. The story part of the program is an interactive experience that is presented either in a web-based or print-based format. It incorporates a well validated learning technology know as Programmed Learning. This is a significantly different approach from the standard e-learning programs in which a series of scenarios are presented, multiple choice questions offered, and simple explanations provided. Our approach involves breaking down content into manageable segments which are presented in a layering process. New information segments are built upon previous segments to create layers of increasing but easily accessible complexity. Thus, the interactivity is not a matter of superficial comprehension testing nor is it a flat series of lessons but is interactive in a meaningful and deep way. We use top-notch professional writers who know how to tell an engaging story customized to each organization’s specific needs. Our stories are carefully constructed so that at the conclusion you haven’t been merely sensitized, exposed to scenarios and ‘made to think’. Instead, you have gone through a rigorous course of learning in which the interactivity causes you to make connections and construct a framework of knowledge – in other words, to learn something substantial. Part 2: The Workshop Part 2 is a workshop in which the information and ideas communicated in Part 1 are reinforced and built upon through a set of exercises. These exercises occur in three phases during the workshop: a) a question and answer section in which participants work individually and in groups to review the content from Part 1; b) participants work together to develop ideas regarding the impact of the newly acquired knowledge on the organization, their departments within the organization, and their functions within the organization; c) participants work together to develop strategies and tactics for implementing their newly acquired knowledge into the organization. The workshops are typically one day in duration, but may be modified in structure and duration. Since multiple workshops are normally required in order to allow everyone to attend a workshop, our staff usually runs an initial pilot program after which we train your staff to run subsequent workshops. This allows you to control the pace of rollout and to conduct workshops at any location.