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Designing Inclusive Events

For Meetup and Event Organisers

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Why Now?

The Workshops

Workshop 1

Considering Community Values

Workshop 2

Analysing Code of Conduct

Group Share 1

Team Culture

Group Share 2

Communicating Values Onsite

Workshop 3

Applying the Process for Managing Incidents

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The Steps to Deliver Inclusive Events

Team Culture

Galvanising Your

Team

Inclusive Event Execution

Incorporating Inclusivity Into your event design

Community Values

Consider your values - why are you leading this community in the first place?

Continuous Improvement

Capturing Data & Iterating your process

External Communication

Communicating your Values & Code of Conduct Externally

Incident Management

Appropriate response plans to unexpected situations

Code of Conduct

Creating your

Code of Conduct

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Step 1

Considering your

Community Values

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Why Now?

Workshop

Write down 7 reasons why you’re passionate about organising meetups & events in the grassroots tech community.

1. To help people share knowledge

2. Irish start up ecosystem development

3. Meet like minded people

4. Build my professional network

5. Enhance my project portfolio

6. Gain more technical knowledge

7. To build my management skills

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Step 2

Creating your

Code of Conduct

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Preparing to write your code of conduct

  1. Clarify your objectives, purpose
  2. Ask experts, other organisers for advice
  3. Assess your comms channels
  4. Clarify your audience
  5. Create the content - short and long versions
  6. Review to make sure it fits with your organisational capacity, community values, tone of voice

Resources:

Geek Feminism Wiki - Code of Conduct Evaluations https://goo.gl/WZpgLe

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Key parts of a Code of

Conduct

Context: Introduction - how this fits with your mission

Who it applies to: Specify who should abide by this conduct, scope of the policy

Restate Values: State the values of the community/space

Allowed Behaviours: Define what behaviours are/are not appropriate

Protected Characteristics: List the attributes that this code of conduct protects i.e.race, gender etc.

Corrective Actions: Specify what actions will be taken

Reporting & Roles: Reporting guidelines & key responsibilities

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Why Now?

Workshop

Analysing a Code of Conduct

  • Read through the sample code of conduct
  • Fill out your personal worksheet with its strengths and improvement areas.

“Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value”

Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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Step 3

Integrating values into your Team Culture

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Why Now?

Group Sharing

Best-practices for communicating

Values & Code of Conduct to your team

Please take a few minutes to discuss any techniques that you have found to be effective when aligning your teams/volunteers.

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Step 4

Communicating your Values Externally

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Communicating Externally

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Consider how you’re being diverse on your website...

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Communicating your Code of Conduct on your website...

“True innovation comes from divergent thinking.

We’re fostering an environment where people of all backgrounds can feel welcome and included in the world of tech, and everybody who participates in events at Dogpatch in one way or another is required to conform to this Code of Conduct. This includes attendees, speakers, sponsors, organisers and volunteers.

Dogpatch Labs is an inclusive space where everyone is expected to treat all individuals respectfully, regardless of gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race, age or religion.

We feel it is important to make clear that harassment of any kind will not be tolerated and that if any issues arise they will be dealt with in a serious manner. People are asked to be kind and considerate to others, and to behave professionally.”

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Step 5

Inclusive

Event Execution

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Inclusive Event Execution

Logistical Accommodations

Communicating values onsite

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Communicating values onsite

Code of Conduct Signage

Have speakers and volunteers lead by example thereby setting the tone for the event

Design the environment to incorporate and facilitate the event inclusive values

Next slide… Group Sharing session

Visible and legible at your event to ensure there’s no excuse for misconduct

Reinforcement

Incorporation

Other

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Logistical Accommodations

Some things to consider

  • Code of Conduct
  • Location & Logistics
  • Vendors
  • Event Content & Outreach
  • Organiser, Staff & Facilitator Training
  • Metrics

Resources:

KR Liu - It’s About All Of Us: Building A Better Future with Inclusive Design https://goo.gl/6VB9U7

Meeting Professionals International - Considering Disabilities When Designing Inclusive Events https://goo.gl/CS2qTv

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Change Catalyst

Inclusive Events Checklist

Resource:

Get yours at https://goo.gl/CYjBXD

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Why Now?

Group Sharing

Best-practices for Communicating Values & Logistical Accommodations during an event

Please take some time to discuss how do you effectively communicate your values around inclusion during your event / implement logistical accommodations.

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Step 6

Effective process for

Managing Incidents

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Responding to Reports of Misconduct

1. Acknowledge

Interpersonal

Intelligence

Ensure you fully acknowledge the complainant

Risk

Management

2. Assess

Gather information.

Assess the impact and risk of further harm.

Determine what resources are needed.

Incident Management

Address the problem.

Follow up with people affected.

Assure you escalate it to the appropriate person

3. Act

Document

Record what happened, when and where.

What the consequences and resolutions are.

What you expect from the person now.

Compliance

4. Document

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Plan Ahead

1

  • Designate someone to manage an incident
  • Team knows who to go to for advice

Communication

Process

2

  • Official response
  • Appropriate roles
  • Prompt communication

Managing the

Message

3

  • Feedback Avenue
  • Respectful responses
  • Manage communication with all involved with great care

Managing a Public Incident

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Workshop

Applying the Process

Please pick 1 of the situations below and apply the process to it

Scenario 1: Managing an Interpersonal Incident

Sarah comes to your event and reports that John is using casual offensive slurs and dismissed her when she asked him to stop. Use the framework to map out How would you manage and de-escalate this situation?

Scenario 2: Managing a Public Incident

A speaker at your event has unknowingly upset the crowd with comments on stage. You have a number of audience members that complain to you after the event. Review the actions you would take and identify some of the possible outcomes to those actions.

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Step 7

Effective

Data Collection

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Post Event & Data Collection

Used to enhance inclusivity and content for next event

Hard copy is the new soft copy, multiple avenues is best practice

Essential for giving everyone a voice

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Resource:

Syracuse University Disability Cultural Center -

A guide to planning inclusive events, seminars, and activities at syracuse university https://goo.gl/cylT6B

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Key Takeaways

Don’t feel overwhelmed !

Decide what are the 2 things you want to target in next 6 months

Write these down as KPIs - set a target, measure it

Ask this group for help

Agree if we want to do another session in 3 months -

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Wrap Up & Next Steps

Internally & Externally