Diversity Alliance Talks

On this week's episode, we welcome Benedicta Asante and Nyomi Rose . Both ambitious, intelligent and courageous young events professionals, speaking up and taking action around what they want to see and expect from the future of our industry. They both shared some useful nuggets around what they think the current issues are with regards to diversity and inclusion, attracting and retaining young ta...

"80% lack confidence to job they are currently in" - Max Fellows "You can't be what you can't see" - Melissa Noakes ELEVATE has been running for 4 years as a free mentorship programme for the events industry, that has been designed with a specific goal in mind – to support and inspire ambitious people within the events industry.  It’s a 6 month programme connecting Mentors and Mentees to make...

With the event sector currently in limbo and furlough scheme soon coming to an end, We are seeing events professionals being made redundant and businesses needing to restructure. With an eye on diversity and inclusion, how do businesses handle this process in an ethical and inclusive way? Particularly when we know in times of recession and austerity, ethnic minorities and women tend to suffer the...

It's been 3 months since the death of George Floyd, the summer holiday's are almost over and it will soon be time to get back to work properly. With that in mind, now may be a good time to reflect and remind ourselves what got us so fired up to fight for racial equality and change in the first place? In this episode Gabby, Priya and Ashanti discuss the positive and negative role social media can p...

In this weeks episode, we share things to consider when setting up diversity working groups or committees. Perhaps you’ve hesitated to post messages or make statements on social media for fear of backlash or criticism? Or maybe you know that there’s much work to be done internally, and have decided to get your ducks in a row before speaking publicly about the matter. Right now companies are under...

"2020 is not all about COVID it's about listening to other peoples voices instead and taking the power to change, in your own hands." In this episode, we speak candidly with Ryan Curtis-Jhonson, Head of PR & Marketing at DRPG, about the importance of brand values and purpose being in alignment with your diversity message. We look at why too much focus on the external comms without addressing t...

"What gets measured, gets improved." Confused about equal pay and pay gaps? Are women and particularly women of colour really that bad at negotiating a fair salary or do biases come into play? And finally, how do organisations tackle this issue before it becomes a crisis point? In this episode, we discuss with Michelle Gyimah, from Equality Pays, how pay gaps are actually measured and why, unsurpr...

On today’s podcast, we discuss intersectionality, in its various forms, and feminism. Taking a closer look at themes and experiences around being a female AND black. We ask; How do we include black voices and voices of people of colour and stop excluding them from the conversation? How do women lift each other up and become true allies?

“Black women are angry” “Black men are criminals” SPOILER: Stereotypes and myths about race are not just the domain of overt racists. In this episode, we explore the common misconceptions about black, brown and other minority groups. Have you ever thought or expressed openly that East Asian students are inherently better at maths, black people have natural rhythm, or Jews are good with money?...

In this episode we discuss microaggressions, what they are, and our experiences with them.

How to be an Ally We discuss the types of allyship that exist and share the different ways you can be an ally either in the work environment or within your social circles. This week Priya Narian from Event First Steps joins Gabby and Ashanti. Event First Steps is a not-for-profit initiative encouraging event newcomers to forge their own career path, within the events industry.

This podcast is all about having frank and open conversations where we share experiences, knowledge, tools and actions for the events/MICE and hospitality Industry, around diversity and inclusion, with a focus on racial inequality in the industry.