Calendar of Events

Return on Inclusion is the largest professional diversity and inclusion conference in Oklahoma. Hundreds of executives, HR professionals, and civic and nonprofit leaders have discovered the business imperative for inclusion in this biennial event - and this year, you can be a part of it.

All three events and lunch are included in the registration.

The fee for this event is $50 for corporate registration and $20 for student and nonprofit.

Register 5 or more from one entity and receive 20% off. 

Reserved tables are available for $500 for groups of 10.

To register more than 10 people for the summit or to register via purchase order, please contact eat0@eau0eav0eaw0.

Summit

Morning Keynote - 9:00am
Beyond Diversity Rhetoric: The Business Impact of Inclusive Teams where Inclusion and Engagement Converge

Are you ready to go beyond D&I talk and develop a robust workplace diversity strategy that aligns with your organization's business objectives? Is your organization ready to create a respectful, engaging environment that utilizes is diversity to gain a competitive advantage? If so, this program is for you.
As a result of participating in this session participants will be able to:

Identify positive micro-messages needed to enhance Inclusion and Engagement
Recognize the connection between the Business Imperative, Inclusion Imperative, Team Engagement, and Business Results
Determine which personal leadership actions to stop, start, continue

Summit Workshop - 10:15am
Turning Barriers into Bridges: The Business Impact of Inclusive Teams where Inclusion and Engagement Converge

This highly interactive, content-rich session, for professionals at all levels, provides an opportunity for participants to discover their own level of knowledge and understanding of people different from themselves, and then apply the principles of inclusion to build relationships.  Using handouts and other re-useable job aids you will explore the biases of our society's "isms", such as racism, sexism, ableism, and ageism, as well as homophobia and other prejudices that impede productivity in the workplace. You will be better equipped to turn barriers into bridges and focus on performance when you return to your organization.

Luncheon Keynote - 12:30pm
The Diversity Advantage: The OZ Perspective

In this keynote, Lenora uses the characters of the Wizard of Oz as a metaphor to create a learning environment that will help you discover how you can use your brain, heart and courage to make a real difference in today's multi-cultural environment. By exploring Diversity and Inclusion while you journey down the Yellow Brick Road you examine diversity as an advantage. By realizing the power to make a difference is within each individual, you will discover ways to go beyond stereotypes and bias to create and sustain an environment of inclusion that supports high productivity while honoring differences.

FEATURING: Lenora Billings-Harris

Author & International Diversity and Inclusion Thought Leader Lenora Billings-Harris is a Certified Professional Speaker (an earned designation held by fewer than 650 people worldwide), diversity and inclusion consultant, and author of The Diversity Advantage and TRAILBLAZERS: How Top Business Leaders are Accelerating Results through Inclusion and Diversity. With more than 20 years of experience, Lenora has developed a unique way of presenting sensitive topics in a high-energy, thought-provoking, and non-judgmental way. She designs and delivers presentations for corporations, professional associations, government, and educational institutions. Her interactive style and immediately applicable "how to's" have caused clients to invite her back again and again.

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