Speaker Reflection
Our guest speaker, Antonio Cortes is the Managing Director for Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Justice for NonprofitHR. He provides strategic and operational leadership to the EDIJ practice area. His presentation was very influential and eye-opening. Before seeing his presentation I was unaware that this type of job or career was even available. I learned that his company supports nonprofits by completing focus groups and spending time with HR Staff. They also use the learning design ideas of finding gaps after assessments, the root cause of problems, and how to solve the problems. They use a data-driven approach to start the process, so they can figure out the problem and find solutions. They usually always start with assessments and strategy design. The plan is a road map of what strategies they can use, an action plan, and training is just one of many solutions. I found the nonprofit consulting nuances interesting. Mission-driven organizations that are focused on resolving ...