LGBTQ+ Affirming Business Certificate Program
Our comprehensive LGBTQ+ Affirming Business Certificate Program offers you a FREE opportunity to become a community leader in workplace inclusion.
An affirming company is one that supports, validates, and encourages the identities and experiences of LGBTQ+ people. It provides a place or space where LGBTQ+ people feel welcome and safe. Open to small business owners, the training will help you develop or expand upon your inclusion efforts and develop a cohort of other businesses for a built in support system.
Take-Aways for Participating Businesses Who Complete the Full Program
- Individualized Action Plan for changes needed to continue development into a welcoming business
- A 1-year Business Membership with Plexus LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce
- A window and digital sticker demonstrating LGBTQ+ Affirming Business certification
- A certificate demonstrating LGBTQ+ Affirming Business
- Access to Hub Resources
- Access to Hub group for continued conversation, access to resources, and other support
- Four (4) follow-up individualized consultation sessions to discuss progress with action plan over the year following completion.
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Objectives
- Business owners will improve their understanding of who makes up the LGBTQ+ community
- Business owners will be able to discuss the importance of being a welcoming/affirming business and steps needed to be a practicing welcoming business for:
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- Their bottom line
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- Their employees
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- Their customers/clients
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- LGBTQ+ community
- Business owners will understand potential risks of being a welcoming business and be prepared for risk management
- Business owners will make connections with other businesses who can provide real-time examples of being a welcoming business
- Business owners will develop an Action Plan for changes needed to continue development into a welcoming business
Content
- Overview & Introduction to LGBTQ+ Community (LGBTQ+ 101)
- The Business Case & the Pink Dollar
- Welcoming Business for Employees (Policies, Hiring, Risk Management, & Practices)
- Welcoming Business for Clients/Customers (Risk Management, Practices & Marketing)
- Finalizing an Action Plan: Mentors, Case Studies & Real-Life Experiences
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Thank you to our funders, The Gund Foundation and The Cleveland Foundation.