Here's how you can promote inclusivity and diversity in meetings.

Promoting inclusivity and diversity in meetings is essential for tapping into the full potential of your team and ensuring that all voices are heard. Here are effective strategies to create a more inclusive and diverse environment in your meetings: •Prepare Inclusive Agendas •Cultivate an Inclusive Environment •Encourage Participation from Everyone •Use Inclusive Language •Leverage Technology for Inclusivity •Rotate Meeting Roles •Provide Training on Diversity / Inclusion •Seek / Act on Feedback •Reflect a Diverse Set of Perspectives •Acknowledge / Celebrate Cultural Differences Implementing these strategies enhances the overall effectiveness and creativity of your team by ensuring that all members feel valued and empowered to contribute.

L’inclusion et la diversité commencent par ‘la présence des personnes les incarnant et s’exprimant lors de prises de décision. Une réunion, un projet, une collaboration, doit donc réunir un échantillon de personnes divers, pour encourager un échange riche et constructif. Par ailleurs, annoncer dès le départ les raisons du choix des personnes est une façon de responsabiliser chacun et de faire prendre conscience de l’importance de ces principe d’inclusion et de diversité. Aussi, cela encouragera chacun à s’exprimer librement, par rapport à sa vision mais aussi à ce que le projet peut apporter à l’ensemble des collaborateurs/les personnes impactées par ce dernier et notamment le groupe qu’il représente.

An inclusive group should surely take into consideration different aspects of diversity such as gender, age, cultural background, experience, tenure within an organisation and so on to name a few. Also another way to ensure we receive candid responses and people are more comfortable a peer group can be kept in mind ensuring people at different hierarchical levels in the organisation can be brought together as part of one workshop/session keeping in mind other factors of diversity representation. In more than one ways this promotes variety of perspectives and opinions which also help us draw clear insights.

Absolutely imperative to be able to encourage and appreciate diverse view points in a group where we have representations from different gender, work streams, age, nationalities. This not only establishes credibility but also develops the sense of pride in respecting what others think and feel. Active listening and acknowledging responses as well as building on it helps the diverse group feel involved.

Para assegurar que inclusão e diversidade sejam mais do que meras palavras em suas reuniões, é crucial acompanhar com ações concretas. Ao surgirem questões relacionadas à diversidade e inclusão, aborde-as prontamente e com transparência. Atribua tarefas e responsabilidades específicas para garantir a implementação das ideias discutidas, como a criação de grupos de trabalho, a revisão de políticas ou a realização de treinamentos. Comprometer-se seriamente com essas ações de acompanhamento demonstra um compromisso real em promover mudanças efetivas.

In view of this it should be a seamless integration into several workshops/sessions so that we are able to promote a culture of inclusion and diversity while facilitating. It is helpful if opportunity areas are focused upon and there is a change in the way we bring more focus on this whole facilitating future sessions with the same participants to be able to help them experience the change.