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PROPOSED ACTIVITY:

Taking the show on the Road. The Committee prepared a detailed plan on a 2-hour mandatory training session to be held at each MSA location in 2004 which would include presentations to highlight the significance of building a diverse workforce, and the items and tools that the MSAWDC has developed to facilitate the recruitment, retention and assimilation of a diverse workforce in MSA as well as in ARS. A summary of the discussion on the format of the training session (The Road Show) is as follows:

• After significant deliberations it was determined that the program needed to be at least two hours long for adequately, yet basically, covering the topics of interest outlined below:

• Presentations to include the following items:
Provide each attendee with a short narrative on each topic to be covered)

1. Introduction (10 min)
2. Why Diversity (15 Min)
3. Video (15 Min)
4. Recruitment (20 Min)
5. Break (10 min)
6. Retention (15 Min)
7. Assimilation (15 Min)
8. Q&A (20 Min)
(Time permitting, add a fun activity)

 

 

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