What’s Next
Career Development & Talent Attraction Develop a career development and talent attraction framework to communicate programmes that promote mentorship, career advancement, entrepreneurship, and recruitment. Attracting diverse talent, through career accelerators and promotional programmes can be directed at underrepresented and marginalised individuals to be defined regionally by senior event industry professionals. Future Measurement & Survey Design Given the results of the inaugural benchmarking and sentiment study, the EIC’s Equity Task Force can continue to measure sentiment, awareness, and adoption of Equity Acceleration Plan initiatives and focus its measurement related to Ownership; Accountability & Power of Influence by implementing changes to survey design, and measuring the following: • Increased participation and sentiment of marginalised and underrepresented event professionals in research (Black, Asian, Hispanic, Indigenous, LGBTQ+) by weighting data. • Account for limitations present in survey methodology, collection, analysis, and reporting. • Implement weighted-based reporting based on population sizes. • Maintain a focus on systemic racism and unconscious bias to focus on the organisation’s ‘equity’ principles and objectives. • Participation by region. • Comprehension and understanding related to systemic racism, equity, and DEI principles by region, organisation type, and employment types. • Sentiment related to DEI resources, training, and support provided by large member organisations. • Sentiment related to career progression, opportunity to grow, and the correlation between maintaining ‘personal agency,’ access and equity for diverse members of the global events industry, including diverse individuals based on ethnicity, sexual identity, gender identity, and physical ability.
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