1. A Strategy to Develop Allies and Create Diversity Partnering to Promote Diversity AHEAD 2011 Elaine Ostroff, Honorary AIA, Institute for Human Centered Design

2. Overview The RFP as strategy Examples from AHEAD members Sharing other strategies Creating Opportunities for your mission Next Steps

3. The RFP – IHCD tested over time, partnering with: Design School Faculty Universal Design Education Project, 1993-1997 Architecture Faculty Architecture for Social Justice: Partnerships in Teaching, 2005-2007 Post-Secondary Education Programs Architecture for Social Justice: Partnerships in Recruiting, 2008-2009 Disability Service Staff Architecture for Social Justice: Partnerships in Diversity, 2010-2011

4. AHEAD member projects 2011 1. Ark-AHEAD The Difference a Degree Makes: Promoting Partnerships to Enhance Recruitment of Students with Disabilities into Design Professions 2. DO-IT Access to the Design Professions for People with Disabilities (AccessDesign) 3. JUST (Just, Usable, Sustainable, Transformational) Change Initiative JUST (Just, Usable, Sustainable, Transformational) Design

5. Roundtable: Sharing your strategies Hearing ways that you have created allies Expanding the idea of diversity to include disability And…

6. Creating Opportunities for Your Mission: Creating your RFP Action Steps 1. Identify allies to achieve a shared objective - 2. Establish goal - the win-win 3. Expand the team; advisors, task force, jury 4. Determine incentives (not always money) 5. Clarify outcomes 6. Create, promote the process 7. Plan dissemination 8. Celebrate

7. Next Steps, Resources One small step www.humancentereddesign.org Projects: Access to Design Professions Building a World Fit for People: Designers with Disabilities at Work (online, above)