IT Task Force Project
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board work item
DC Board's IT Task Force is driving this kind of work items to make social media the communication tooling for DC.
Members
Mark Graybill, Ashok Patel, Bob Fligge, Al Lun
Background
Scope
Project Plan
Task Force Documents
| Start Date | Item Type | Title | Description | Modification Date |
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Power point to explain the why, how, and what types of questions of DCCC. | Nov 17, 2009 10:08 PM | |
| Sep 12, 2009 09:30 AM | Event |
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Nov 03, 2009 10:34 AM | |
| Jul 11, 2009 10:00 AM | Event |
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Date and time TBD | Aug 13, 2009 07:46 AM |


Throwing out some thoughts...
We might also consider contests about diversity topics such as: culture (celebrations, insights, AHA experiences); experiences where group barriers were overcame (involving individuals or groups) with resulting friendship, collaboration or just increased wisdom; otherwise activities, events or individual acts promoting inclusion.
We could also perhaps consider "advertising" programs such as virtual events with topics. For instance:
"It is not just about traditional diversity efforts; it’s about a whole new way of looking at the human experience." This campaign might target overcoming some of the stigma associated with diversity that might be limiting the council's resources and ability to make a difference.
"Why did I say that?" (This was Stephen Lehmkuhle's idea.) This campaign might be geared to promote critical thinking - to inspire people to "train" their frontal lobes with regard to group boundaries. A similar saying came around years ago that is still effective today ("My bad.") This saying seems to make admitting wrong easier, and helps people admit wrong in social settings in a way that seems to undermine people's tendency to criticize and judge, and for the wrong doers to say, "It was my fault; let's get over it and fix it."
We could also connect DC events to social networking and even add events based on these campaigns. We should think toward getting media attention as well.
The social networking is a great chance to actually affect the pop culture as well with the end goal to eliminate the aversion and contention associated with group boundaries.