Posts Tagged ‘US BLN’

One of my previous articles summarized practices shared at the recent US BLN conference in Chicago featuring some corporations effectively using Disability Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to develop Global Diversity strategies and how this tied in to the October National Disability Employment Awareness month. Although officially there is no national disability employer month, the title of this post uses a slight play on words designed to bring attention to those businesses that realize the world is changing with respect to disability and have boldly embedded this dynamic into their global diversity & inclusion strategies on a daily basis. Rather than turn away or look at regulatory loopholes to avoid embracing the OPPRORTUNITY to be a leader, some companies have thoughtfully positioned themselves to coordinate, integrate, and put aside perceived biases about disability in order to engage their entire workforce in building a corporate workplace that enriches them all. In addition to having established ERGs and Board-level engagement with US BLN, Ernst & Young (EY) and IBM are showing the way with sustainable, best practices that builds the necessary business confidence in growing their highly skilled workforces of people with disabilities. Specifically, I want to talk about two key inter-related areas these companies exemplify: safety/trust in workplace disclosure and providing creative job ...

I am pleased to share the news with you of our invitation to present a Plenary session for the upcoming US Business Leadership Conference in Chicago on September 21, 2010! The topic is "Global Opportunities for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities', and represents an early public recognition on the exciting potential of people with disabilities helping themselves build successful start up's or grow an existing business through expanded international marketing channels. Global Opportunities for Entrepreneurs with Disabilities View more presentations from Rob Crawford. I have published the presentation on Slideshare, and it has earned a place as a Featured Presentation on their Home page. This is a great distinction as this site gets thousands of PowerPoint slideshows and slidecasts daily. Please click on the presentation slide above to see it! An important part of our message is that for many adults with disabilities, the motivation to succeed in business is not necessarily the same as it is ...