Meeting Expectations AMI takes corporate meetings to the next level For over 16 years, American Meetings, Inc. has been taking the meeting business to the next level innovating the space with the latest technology, all over the world. “The marketing needs are always changing and we try to stay updated with our client needs. That’s
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BDR expands criteria to include more diverse firms By Robert Stanton Billion Dollar Roundtable Inc. has become more diverse. Effective Jan. 1, 2018, the organization decided to broaden its supplier-diversity criteria to include veteran business enterprises, disability-owned business enterprises and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender or LGBT business enterprises. The Billion Dollar Roundtable, created in
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Cover Story In the digital media space, Social Driver takes up a lot of VROOM! By Brenda M. Beveridge Social Driver’s CV reads like a company that has been around for 20 years instead of an ambitious startup that just turned seven. With a vision to move up by being a trusted partner, it
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- On the Hill Congressional panelsfocus on LGBTQ policies By DeVere Kutscher On February 27, 2018, StartOut held its first Congressional Summit on LGBTQ Entrepreneurship on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC. Founded in 2009, StartOut is “an LGBTQ non-profit organization, created to promote LGBTQ equality and combat discrimination in the business world.” With six city
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Photos courtesy of Out & Equal Workplace Advocates Out & Equal Workplace Advocates is the world’s premier nonprofit organization dedicated to achieving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender workplace equality. The organization partners with Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies to provide executive leadership development, comprehensive training and consultation, and professional networking opportunities that build inclusive
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AN INTERVIEW WITH STAN C. KIMER In recent years, we’ve seen many headlines regarding transgender issues across the country. Affinity Inc Magazine sat down with Stan Kimer to gain his insights on how a company can demonstrate positive steps toward transgender inclusion. Stan Kimer is an experienced diversity and inclusion consultant with a deep expertise
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American Airlines “Our Pride group’s forward-looking focus for the coming year is to continue their work with company leaders and team members to ensure fairness, acceptance, and inclusion in all company policies, programs, business practices, and community and employee benefits.” WHEN WAS YOUR LGBTQ ERG GROUP FIRST STARTED? Our airline is the first to have
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Q&A with Diversity and Inclusion Consultant Leah Kyaio INTERVIEW WITH LEAH KYAIO Leah Kyaio has been a diversity and inclusion professional for more than 20 years and has provided consulting and professional development services for the Washington, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana State Departments of Education; Americorp; YWCA Chapters; and numerous private and public schools. Leah
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Affinity Inc Magazine announces the addition of Terri Quinton, President of Q2 Marketing Group LLC and CEO & Principal of Alliance of Diversity Printers LLC, to the magazine’s advisory board as of September 1, 2017. “Ms. Quinton has worked with our parent company on several previous projects and I look forward to her value-added expertise
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BY ROBERT STANTON American Airlines knows how to create a tailwind as well as ride one, and their mentorship of Tony Ray Meyer has helped put a small business on the map. Meyer’s Westbury, N.Y.-based company, TripleBonded, is seeing phenomenal business with its patented FastPatch solution for repairing concrete on airport runways and industrial warehouse
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