Want to access the full recordings 🎥 of every session? Become a FWD Collective member TODAY And stay tuned, big things in the works for 2021!
|
|
|
|
BIG List of 🔑 Key Takeaways from each session of #FWDFeb21 |
|
|
|
At The Table with Morgan Malone, Founder, Resisting in Place
- When it comes to social impact works towards being less additive and more integral. - Morgan Malone (Click to tweet this)
- Focus on wellness. - Morgan Malone (Click to tweet this)
- Society building is iterative. - Morgan Malone (Click to tweet this)
- When working on you diversity / DEI structure and planning out your KPI's you have to think about every touchpoint and not just the number of people in the room. - Morgan Malone (Click to tweet this)
- How can you do something today:
- Pay attention to communication around you (opportunity to say "what did you mean by that" -- when you see something that not right, say something)
- Affirm, acknowledge, give credit, elevate ideas (while giving credit), collaborate, support, and hype people up (follow on social, like their stuff, buy their products, support their work, [FWD note: 'vote them up' with your words and your dollars]
|
|
|
|
WorkFWD
Workshop: How to Measure Inclusion
Panel:
🔑 Key Takeaways
- Diversity metrics are a delayed sign of progress, you only get these numbers when hiring and firing. - Lisa Magill (Click to tweet this)
- Inclusion is like health, you tend to notice it when you don't have it. - Lisa Magill (Click to tweet this)
- How do I create a process or system so that my bias doesn't impact the outcome. - Lisa Magill (Click to tweet this)
- When it comes to truly working towards inclusion, be prepared to challenge your own truth. - Joy Pittman (Click to tweet this)
- Many times for Black women, inclusion is holding space for those who have been traditionally excluded. - Joy Pittman (Click to tweet this)
- Eat the elephant one bite at a time. - Joy Pittman (Click to tweet this)
- When exploring your career path and next steps, focus on transferable skills. A lounge singer & a therapist have more in common than you may think! - Joy Pittman (Click to tweet this)
- When it comes to your hiring practices, look for patterns, and unpack those patterns to move toward understanding your potential bias. - Swati Garg (Click to tweet this)
- When looking for a job, especially when switching industries you need to spend time learning the language. - Swati Garg (Click to tweet this)
|
|
|
|
WellnessFWD
Guided Journaling: Creating Space, Working Towards Goals Without Using Yourself In the Process
Panel: Next Level Mentality, Slowing Down to Level Up
🔑 Key Takeaways
- When working towards your goals, create processes you can lean on for the days (we all have) when you get off track. - Marisa Donnelly (Click to tweet this)
- For the longest time, I had it backwards, I thought #selfcare was selfish. - Nick Hallmon (Click to tweet this)
- One of the biggest forms of #selfcare is really focusing on what I say yes to, and what I say NO to. -Andrew Smith (Click to tweet this)
- Self advocacy actually benefits the collective (both in our personal and professional lives. - Tristan Lewis (Click to tweet this)
- We have coaches for our bodies, so WHY wouldn't we get a coach for our minds, our most important muscle that controls literally ALL the things - Michael Donnelly (Click to tweet this)
|
|
|
|
BuildFWD
LIVE at FWD 🎶 Musical Performance featuring Kira Anna Lee
Panel: Building a Brand That Converts
🔑 Key Takeaways
- You don't own your brand, it's what others think of you. - Morgan Owens (Click to tweet this)
- People come to social media to be entertained, educated, or informed, with every post you have to think about how you are doing these things for your audience. - Alexandra Frummberg (Click to tweet this)
- Companies don't care about your follower count, it comes down to engagement. - Morgan Owens (Click to tweet this)
- Givers gain, give, give, give, give, before you expect to take. - Alexandra Frummberg (Click to tweet this)
- When commenting on posts to, especially on instagram, use 4 words or more, otherwise it doesn't count - Morgan Owens (Click to tweet this)
- When it comes to setting KPI's, go back to your why, know what you're there for, and use that to set your benchmarks. - Alexandra Frummberg (Click to tweet this)
- If you don't have time, invest money, if you don't have money, invest time. - Morgan Owens (Click to tweet this)
|
|
|
|
|