First-Ever Handbook For Affinity & Employee Resource Group Leaders

Diversity Best Practices (DBP) is pleased to announce the upcoming June 2008 publication of the pioneering Handbook for Affinity and Network Leadership: Powerful Tools for Employee Resource Groups. The Handbook features 14 robust sections covering budgeting, chartering, bylaws, executive support, measuring impact, and innovative best practices. This unique tool also offers an additional 60 exciting pages of corporate network and affinity group profiles. Also included are nearly two dozen exclusive insider case studies from top corporations such as The Coca-Cola Company, Ford Motor Company, and Johnson & Johnson. This is one hard-hitting business resource you absolutely cannot afford to miss and will want in the hands of each of your affinity group leaders! Receive this Handbook FREE (a $99 value) by registering now for our Network & Affinity Leadership Congress (NALC) taking place in NYC on June 4-5, or pre-order your copy of this powerful publication today by contacting Megan Donnelly at donnelly@diversitybestpractices or calling 202-466-8209.

The Case and Strategy for Diversity in Law Firms

Decades after the first law firms embraced the ideals of diversity, the vast majority of firms have not yet fully realized the bottom-line benefits of a holistic diversity strategy. Law firms cannot bide their time any longer when it comes to promoting and achieving diversity. A new CDO Insight paper from Diversity Best Practices explores and examines the growth and pitfalls of diversity in law firms and law practice. This powerful report contains cutting-edge representation data and case studies from Andrews Kurth, Paul Hastings, Thelen, Jenner & Block, Foley Lardner, and others.

CEO Diversity Leadership Magazine

CEO Diversity Leadership magazine features the amazing stories, exceptional commitment, and secrets of success from award-winning global corporate leaders. Get a front-row seat at the CEO Forum to learn from leading diversity voices on a variety of key trends in the diversity sector that drive growth in the workforce and marketplace.

CDO Insights: Why It's Smart Business to Hire People with Disabilities

According to Jonathan Kaufman, founder of DisabilityWorks, the disabled community is one that anyone, at anytime, can join. Companies looking to truly succeed and compete are beginning to recognize the unique talents and the benefits of this growing population of loyal and capable employees and consumers. Find out why hiring and retaining people with disabilities is good for our business in this CDO Insights Paper.

CDO Insights: Mentoring

This CDO Insights paper explores a wide spectrum of mentoring strategies from formal and informal mentoring to the cutting edge fields of e-mentoring and virtual mentoring. The paper highlights the advantages and disadvantages of each approach, shares case studies on successful mentoring programs, and provides your corporate diversity office with tips for building and sharing knowledge and experience.

CDO Insights: White Male Engagement

In many firms and companies today, the terms “diversity” and “white men” are often practiced as an oxymoron, offering something for everyone except white men. Are you inadvertently creating a culture of exclusion which goes against the very tenets of what it means to be an inclusive organization that values its people? Click here for insider tips on White Male Engagement.

2007 WOW! Quick Facts: Women

Diversity Best Practices and Business Women’s Network proudly present 2007 WOW! Quick Facts: Women. This important publication examines hard-hitting trends and facts about women in business, academia and government and gives a comprehensive view of the latest trends in marketing to women. An incredible one-stop resource for government, public and private industry and non-profit organizations to keep current with the changing diverse business environment as it relates to women. This publication can be used as a tool to gain approval for strategic business plans, marketing plans, venture capital proposals and new strategic alliances.

2007 500 Top Corporate Web Sites: Benchmarking Key Marketing Strategies of Cutting-Edge Companies

An update and expansion of the 2005 release of 500 Top Corporate Web Sites: Benchmarking key marketing strategies of cutting-edge companies. This latest report focuses on:

• Criteria for analyses
• 25 best-in-class sites
• 500 sites by alpha listing
• 500 sites by industry or organizational listing

2007 WOW! Facts

An invaluable resource and a one-stop supply of hard hitting diversity data. Thousands of today’s business and government leaders use WOW! Facts to develop strategic business plans, marketing proposals, venture capital pitches, form strategic alliances, and detail market trends. This year’s WOW! Facts will contain over 15,000 facts from hundreds of sources to make up today’s issues facing women, minority, and other diverse consumers. The scope of WOW! Facts 2007 is global, with more information on regional, US, and global markets than any other single source.

2007-2008 Directory of Diversity and Women's Associations

With the multicultural population nearing 100 million, the business benefits of diversity are rapidly becoming more obvious. This first-of-its-kind directory is your passport to the thousands of organizations that support, advocate for, and involve African Americans, Women, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native Americans, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Immigrants, GLBT, Seniors, and Religious organizations.

This directory is an indispensable tool to support information exchange, networking, and marketing between diverse and underrepresented groups, corporate America, government, small business, and the consumer. It is the most comprehensive source of national information on diversity organizations and resources.  Organized in an easy-to-use format, the 2008 directory contains nearly 3,000 organizational profiles, focus areas and objectives, membership benefits and criteria, publications, websites, e-mail addresses, and opportunities for corporate involvement.

$395.95 + $10.95 SH

To be Released in September of 2008
2008 Diversity Primer

Touted by corporate leaders as the essential manual for diversity management and leadership, this premiere resource details the step-by-step strategies and best practices of today’s greatest companies. This comprehensive publication is being used by many top corporations to formulate entire strategic diversity plans and will cover all areas of diversity management from affinity groups to white male engagement to progress measurement.

New! For the first time, we have included a special section dedicated exclusively to the Chief Diversity Officer: The First 100 Days. Profiling top diversity officers and initial roles and responsibilities, this key addition will provide a look into the current and changing trends of the Chief Diversity Officer in Corporate America.

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