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As the profile of the population, workforce and consumer changes, so does the responsibility
of every employee to interact effectively with co-workers, as well as consumers,
no matter the difference in backgrounds. Knowledge, understanding and exposure to
the dimensions of difference increases comfort and acceptance, therefore increasing
personal productivity and bottom-line results.
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The award-winning series The EDGE Advantage
consists of four modules that go beyond the basics of diversity, leveraging multimedia
technology to create an individualized and highly interactive learning environment.
Designed to reduce barriers and improve productivity, you’ll interact with a virtual
workgroup of individuals who are diverse in many ways and have just been assigned
to a newly created department. Each course is a 30-to-45 minute interactive learning
experience of realistic workplace dynamics. A brief Introduction module provides
some background on the team members and the four-part series includes:
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Course 1: The Knowledge EDGE — The
Knowledge EDGE© provides the business case for learning about differences and defines
the term “diversity” ina way that is easy to understand and is inclusive of everyone.
Users meet the Virtual Team that they will be working with, and begin to learn some
basics about inclusion in today’s workforce.
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Course 2: The Awareness EDGE — This
course reveals how we are all influenced at a young age by society’s tendency to
“group” people together and assign specific characteristics to each group. Members
of the team begin to reveal some of their personal experiences and how they have
beenimpacted by assumptions and stereotypes.
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Course 3: The Legal EDGE — As the
team continues to develop in their level of trust and candor, concerns about Affirmative
Action, quotas, EEOC Laws and many of the misperceptions related to the legal aspects
of diversity surface. Participants learn a broader historical context for worker
protection laws, and the “virtual team” must make an important business decision.
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Course 4: The Competitive EDGE —
This course helps participants to understand the internal and external drivers of
competitive advantage. They realize that the changing demographics inside their
organization increasingly reflect their consumer base. They see that their ability
to work together effectively has a direct correlation with how successfully they
compete in the marketplace, as well as how consumer’s perception of an organization
is linked to how they treat their employees.
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Why should I use The EDGE Advantage?
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After completing EDGE. organizations are better able to see opportunities for development,
as well as strengths within various workgroups, allowing them to reapply best practices.
Our innovative approach increases the interactivity of the content delivery by posing
questions and surveys within the program series. The data is captured by our proprietary
Learning Management System, DQTracs and provides you with invaluable feedback about
the culture of inclusion inside your workforce. You will be better able to meet
the needs of your workforce, as well as your consumer, viewing the collective perceptions
and concerns by a variety of filters, such as race, ethnicity, gender, age and company
position.
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Benefits of e-Learning
- Substantial cost savings compared to traditional instructor-led training. Eliminates
costs for travel, meeting rooms, meals, etc.
- e-Learning allows participants to absorb the material when it is convenient for
them, and at their own pace.
- Individual licenses allow participants to periodically go back and review content.
Course maps allow them to easily find the specific content they are looking for.
- Online learning on the topic of diversity increases participants’ ability and willingness
to be honest with themselves. They don’t have to worry about how their perceptions,
comments, etc. will be judged by other participants.
- Consistent Delivery of Message
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Standard Technical Specifications for Viewing
- Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Pentium II 300 (or comparable) or greater
- Mac OS 7.1 or later
- 128 Megs RAM
- 800x600 16-Bit display or greater
- Macromedia Flash Player, version 6.0 (included in MS internet Explorer browser 6.0
and above)
- High speed internet access through Internet Explorer™, Netscape™, Firefox™ or Safari™
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We recommend a “blended” learning approach for the topic of diversity and offer
a variety of tools and workshops to support our e-learning products:
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- A Leader/Manager Guide is available to provide managers with key questions to pose
to their workgroups during follow-up discussions after the team has viewed EDGE©.
- Customized facilitated discussion/workshop/de-brief sessions that can be delivered
by the client’s trainers or ours. A “Train-the-Trainer” program is also available
to equip client trainers to deliver the content.
- Our follow-up eCourse, Reality Bytes™, delivered to individual e-mail accounts,
keeps the diversity message fresh by posing real-life scenarios from their environment
and soliciting interactive resolution. Encourage employees to think through tough
issues and apply their new knowledge through this Diversity-In-Practice™ reinforcement
series.
- Call our office today for more information on any of Pope & Associates’ innovative
training programs: Consulting Pairs™, SOS: Skills for Ongoing Success™, Diversity
Learning Lab™, Managing Personnel Diversity™ and our encore eLearning program: The
TEAM Advantage©
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Diversity University’s e-learning
products are built on solid, research-driven content, provided by partner
Pope & Associates, Inc., delivered through a robust learning management
system, and utilizing an engaging, interactive approach. The material is backed
by proven Intellectual Property that has been tested with hundreds of thousands
of individuals over 30 years. Clients tell us that we have created the “best-in-class”
diversity knowledge and awareness-building e-learning product on the market today.
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Diversity University was created as an innovative tool to provide companies with
cost efficient and highly effective ways to deliver powerful training that truly
enhances the collaborative power of human capital within an organization. By improving
relationships across the board, and recognizing the value that differences among
people can bring to the table, Diversity University courseware demonstrates a measurable
impact.
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Various courses are available including The EDGE Advantage©, The TEAM Advantage©
and follow-up Diversity-in-Practice© reinforcement e-courses. All courseware is
AICC and SCORM compliant and can be delivered in several ways – through the DU website,
through a client’s intranet site or via CD Rom. Each course series in the Diversity
University library focuses on delivering a dynamic and highly interactive learning
experience for users in a personalized and thought-provoking manner, in order to
maximize personal application and skill building.
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For information on other courseware, contact
info@diversityuniversity.com or (513)236.2170.
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