Activity Ideas for Week One: Celebrate Diversity Month

Activities for the first week focus on the family of companies

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Our month-long theme is “Diversity . . .  the possibilities are endless.”  Activities for the first week focus on our family of companies -- learning more about the organization as a whole and recognizing how diversity plays a role in making us a successful business.

Pick one (or more) activities to get involved.  Or create your own to get started on your Celebrate Diversity Month activities.

Let’s explore: Participate in the Online, Virtual Scavenger Hunt using information found on various XYZ Web sites.

We will award prizes (such as movie tickets and restaurant coupons), with the 10 winners drawn from the pool of correct entries. July 23, 2007, is the deadline to turn in entries to xyz.  You will be able to find the scavenger hunt questions by clicking here. So everyone has a chance to participate, please print a copy of the questions for team members who might not have easy access to a computer.

Let’s post it: Create a Diversity Month bulletin board to announce all the upcoming events in the area planned by the different groups (team, department, divisions, etc).

Place the board in the break room or another common gathering area.  Add items to the board, like invitations or fliers, to encourage other team members to join some of your group events or activities.

Let’s reflect: Examine where we started and where we currently are around our workplace diversity.

Periodically this month we will circulate a “Did You Know?” quiz or a fact sheet that covers an important aspect of diversity.  Use the sheet as part of your weekly team meeting or post the sheet on your bulletin board so that everyone can read it (including those without access to our intranet sites.

This week’s sheet “Did You Know?” covers some of the basic demographics of our company and our workplace.

You can link here for a copy of the quiz, or you can obtain a “Did You Know?” sheet by e-mailing xyz.

Let’s get creative: Use the diversity of your team to brainstorm together and develop an activity that fits your group and ties in with the weekly focus.   Remember, the possibilities are endless!