The phrase “meet people where they are” comes up a lot in the realm of training. It helps explain that not everyone starts with the same base of knowledge, and, therefore, you have to start where they’re at and move forward based on their needs. The same is true in the realm of diversity, equity and inclusion: Associations are all in different places in their DEI journey.
Discovering where they are can help them make good decisions about what to do next, and there are a few steps associations can take to assess where they are.
For example, the Association of Corporate Counsel Foundation (ACCF) created a DEI Maturity Model to help legal departments and other organizations figure out where they are and where to go next.
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