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Central Florida Diversity Learning Series Evaluation Summary of Session 4 on July 26, Exposing and Addressing the Implications of Race in the Workplace: Understanding the Societal Implications of Race on our Organizations Presenter: Michael Baran, PhD
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EVALUATION DETAILS
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A total of 38 evaluations were turned in, 22 of which were filled out by managers and 16 of which were filled out by individual contributors or employees. A total of 42 people attended the session.
The first 3 questions asked participants to rate their knowledge before and after the session, on a scale from 1–5.
Questions 4–6 were open-ended with room to write in responses.
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I understand how and why humans categorize and how to map out that categorization to understand the impact on unconscious bias.
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Managers’ total improvement: 21.33%
IC’s total improvement: 36.17%
Based on 22 manager responses and 16 individual responses.
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I know and recognize the demographic changes that are impacting racial categorization in the U.S.
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Managers’ total improvement: 27.03%
IC’s total improvement: 30.77%
Based on 22 manager responses and 16 individual responses.
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I know and can access the tools and strategies to have production conversations about race.
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Managers’ total improvement: 16.88%
IC’s total improvement: 32.66%
Based on 22 manager responses and 16 individual responses.
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6. Average Rating per Question (Managers and Individuals Combined)
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Total Percentage Improvement per Question (Managers and Individuals Combined)
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OPEN-ENDED ANSWERS
What was your most significant learning today?
Managers:
• Difficult and impossibility of using race to categorize.
• How children learn about race.
• Recognizing how we categorize or make assumptions.
• Common strategies to consider.
• Understanding the different bias and see how it’s having an impact on my team.
• That just talking about it is not enough with children.
• Inconsistency by us within even the research.
• Childhood roots of unconscious bias.
• The ways in implicit bias affects entire workplace and how the world is emerging in the terms of the overlap.
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OPEN-ENDED ANSWERS
What was your most significant learning today?
Managers:
• Race is a difficult topic to talk about since it means so many different things to different people.
• The science and study related to support materials.
• Understanding the perspective of race from a new angle.
• The significance of early childhood development and implicit bias.
• The pre-work game very cool.
• How civilian organizations organize an attack D and I matters with your own organizations.
• Tools to dress implicit bias.
• Hard to pick just one • This is hard work • All of it!
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What was your most significant learning today?
Individual Contributors:
• I understand how and why humans categorize; and how to map out that categorization to understand the impact on unconscious bias.
• How to access/utilize resources/activities for a more inclusive workplace environment.
• Real world application of concepts/discussion of current events.
• Learning ways to bring this info back to my team in practical ways.
• Micro-aggression’s impact on children.
• That I’m not having deep conversation around this with my children.
• The breathe and scope of bias and its impact.
• Understanding that race means many things to people depending on certain situations.
• I learned more about the cognitive aspects of implicit bias.
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How will you use one or more of the tools presented/practiced today?
Managers:
• Increase opportunities for conversation.
• Tools given to deal with implicit bias.
• Step up and analyze the situation. Ask questions and or speak up when required.
• Implement low risk/stakes methods of resolution.
• Be aware of the bias and bring them to the surface, not shy away.
• Identify when micro-aggression is taking place within my team and push my team to have a dialogue to understand why it is happening.
• Strategies with my team to delve deeper into the approach.
• Will share the game.
• Awareness of stepping in and saying something when someone uses a micro-aggression.
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How will you use one or more of the tools presented/practiced today?
Managers:
• The “don’t guess my race” presentation was great.
• Be more aware.
• Communication. Feeling more comfortable acknowledging and open up the dialogue around implicit bias.
• Discuss with DEOMI colleagues. Research and tools.
• I will make a point to learn more about individuals instead of relying on assumptions and stereotypes.
• Helping to create more light bulb opportunities.
• Develop response teams.
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How will you use one or more of the tools presented/practiced today?
Individual Contributors:
• Recognize the demographic changes that are impacting racial categorization in the U.S.
• Be open to dialogue be more aware of existing by us.
• Will share the website with my team; give highlights of the discussion.
• Strategies/tools in the workplace incorporating cultural experiences.
• Think about how to facilitate conversations with the leaders I support.
• I want to open a discussion at work and look at strategies we are using to delve deeper into the topic
• Consult with leaders.
• Will use the “don’t guess my race” exercise.
• Be more aware of my implicit bias.
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Other comments: (usefulness of handouts, quality of the facilitator, food, facilities, access, insights):
Managers:
• Very productive provocative perspective on what is seen as core element identity.
• Only reinforces the challenge, but at least helps to understand it more.
• Fantastic lecture.
• Dr. Baron is excellent in his field and was able to share information thoroughly.
• Due to the limited time only got to do part of the pre-work.
• Easy access to facility, appreciate the food and quality of conversation and learning.
• Completed the pre-work.
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Other comments: (usefulness of handouts, quality of the facilitator, food, facilities, access, insights):
Managers:
• A lot of topics were covered and I felt like it could have been better focused on fewer things to allow further dialogue.
• My first session. Very impactful and thought provoking.
• Excellent as always glad to be back.
• Outstanding presentation.
• Superb as always. Thank you!
• I didn’t work on the suggested pre-work due to the Air Force firewalls.
• It was very informative and thought-provoking.
• Love the slides, love the race game.
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OPEN-ENDED ANSWERS
Other comments: (usefulness of handouts, quality of the facilitator, food, facilities, access, insights):
Individual Contributors:
• Facility excellent.
• Combination of facilitator and group dialogue was very comfortable.
• Would have liked more discussions.
• Very insightful and enlightening.
• Minimal signs directing where is that was difficult to find session of class.
• Great facilitator difficult subject matter handled very professionally.
• The handout was very helpful.
• I didn’t see the pre-work.
• Provide more tools – videos/article/resources.
• The pre-work was very impactful.
• Stretch breaks every 45 to 60 minutes Sitting for more periods of time is hard.
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