Disability:IN will host a virtual NextGen Leader Matchmaking event Wednesday October 25th, 2023. Pre-registration will be required for matchmaking and will open on September 13th and close October 4th, 2023. Matchmaking registration and further events details will be added to the partner calendar when available. Please email [email protected] with [...]
Webinar: The Role of Accessibility during National Disability Employment Awareness Month As we celebrate the workplace contributions of people with disabilities this National Disability Employment Awareness Month, it’s crucial that we also illuminate the issues that still impede full workforce inclusion. While 57% of companies that participated in the [...]
Get involved with our Supplier Diversity Program by volunteering with the International Certification Committee. This committee helps to certify disability-owned business enterprises (DOBEs), including service-disabled DOBEs (SDV-DOBEs) and veteran disability-owned businesses (V-DOBEs), by reviewing and approving certification applications from businesses. Anyone from a Disability:IN Corporate Partner company is welcome! [...]
Accessible procurement doesn’t end when the contract is signed. It’s important to make sure your delivered product meets contract accessibility requirements, and that you adopt best practices to keep accessibility on track after the product is in use. This can be done by placing testing requirements in contracts and [...]
Executive Sponsors are the voice of Business Resource Groups and responsible for driving positive change within the business. This committee brings together executive sponsors to explore the most effective ways to link disability affinity groups to the business and to foster environments where all employees are IN. *Since this forum [...]
Disability:IN will be hosting a fall virtual Business-to-Business Supplier Matchmaking event with Corporate Partners and Certified DOBEs and SDV-DOBEs on Wednesday, October 17th, 2023. Pre-registration is required, and will open August 30th and close October 13th. Links and further event details will be posted here once available! Feel free to email [...]
Disability:IN will be hosting a fall virtual Business-to-Business Supplier Matchmaking event with Corporate Partners and Certified DOBEs and SDV-DOBEs on Wednesday October 17th, 2023. Pre-registration is required, and will open August 30th and close October 13th. Links and further event details will be posted here once available! Feel free to email [...]
Webinar: Leadership Development Programs for Employees with Disabilities and Their Allies Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 12pm - 1pm Eastern During this webinar you will hear from several companies that have successfully developed leadership programs for their employees and, in some cases, their allies. The companies will describe the [...]
Interactive forum of Chief Diversity Officers (CDOs) provides an opportunity to engage with peers on challenges and leading practices related to disability inclusion and intersectionality. *Since this forum is title specific, only one member will be allowed from each partner company. If interested in joining, please have your Chief Diversity [...]
The nomination period is now open for Disability:IN’s newest program, the Early Career Talent Accelerator, which was designed by professionals with disabilities for professionals with disabilities. This 12-week hybrid program combines virtual and in-person instruction carefully crafted and curated to be culturally contextualized to consider the experiences and development [...]
Buyers should be transparent with their suppliers about accessible procurement requirements. Update your Supplier Codes of Conduct, Master Services Agreements, requests for proposals, contracts, and related documents and terms to clearly state your organization’s commitment to accessibility, required standards, testing protocols, evaluation process, use of specific assistive technologies, and [...]
Every year, Salesforce hosts hundreds of large in-person, virtual and hybrid events for employees, partners and customers. The numbers of attendees can range from several hundred to over 40k. In this webinar, a panel of Salesforce team members will share their policies and best practices for incorporating accessibility in their events so that [...]
Disability:IN will host a virtual NextGen Leader Matchmaking event Wednesday October 25th, 2023. Pre-registration will be required for matchmaking and will open on September 13th and close October 4th, 2023. Matchmaking registration and further events details will be added to the partner calendar when available. Please email [email protected] with [...]
Webinar: The Evolution of Global Supplier Diversity and Inclusion Wednesday, November 1, 2023 - 12pm - 1pm Eastern For over fifty years, multi-national corporations have been driving supplier diversity and inclusion efforts in the United States and have played a key role in translating those initiatives in other parts [...]