黑料福利网Ready for聽Work
Podcast Episode 8
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Guest Sherrell Dorsey, founder of The Plug and BLKTECH Interactive, shares strategies to make diversity and inclusion initiatives intentional 鈥 from employment and culture in an organization to holistic and systematic change.
Intentional diversity and inclusion go beyond company culture; they make up a set of values, leadership, and authenticity. Sherrell provides tips for how to make diversity and inclusion more authentic and strategic. Plus, she鈥檒l touch on how management should reflect the type of candidates the company wants to attract.
Sherrell takes a step back and questions what equity truly means and the impact it has on opportunity. While workforce initiatives can be effective to open doors for underserved individuals, it鈥檚 important to look at the totality of a situation and evaluate a system 鈥 at local, state, and national levels.
This episode also highlights the strategic work that BLKTECH Interactive is spearheading to increase opportunity in the Charlotte region. Sherrell shares how she鈥檚 built community drive around the conversation of opportunity for black tech entrepreneurs. Listen to the episode for how the network navigated challenges such as acquiring funding and social capital, building networks, going to market, and scaling. Additionally, they鈥檝e developed tech training for the next generation and are providing early access into the career path. Ultimately, BLKTECH Interactive is creating a narrative for Charlotte鈥檚 black tech community.
Catch Sherrell at the 2019 黑料福利网Workforce Summit, October 28鈥30, 2019 in Charlotte, NC. She is a featured speaker in the new FRED () Talks. Her interactive presentation will tackle how leadership in this space looks. Attendees will walk away with tangible actions to implement in their organization right away and tools to create checks and balances around thinking and what outcomes should look like.
鈥淎s much as diversity and inclusion is about representation, it鈥檚 also about the way in which people are compensated. Whether that be through pay equity or also things like maternity and paternity leave [and overall ancillary packages].鈥
- Sherrell Dorsey
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About聽Sherrell Dorsey
Sherrell Dorsey is a data journalist, social entrepreneur, and speaker.
She is also the founder of , providing in-depth reporting and analysis on the Black innovation economy.鈥疕er work has been featured in Inc., Bloomberg, VICE, The Root, and other notable publications.
As the founder of Build the Good, a community development consulting company, Sherrell runs 鈥擭orth Carolina鈥檚 first hub supporting over 2,000 Black entrepreneurs and technologists.
As a speaker, moderator, and journalist, Sherrell has shared stages with notable business leaders including Steve Case, founder of AOL, and Daymond John of ABC's SharkTank among others. She has also presented at SXSW, Amazon, and the Brookings Institution. She has been a contributing reporter to Fast Company, The Root, Charlotte Observer, The Atlantic鈥檚 City Lab, and more.
Her past work includes serving as a marketing manager for Uber where she established the first UberMENTOR campaign in Charlotte connecting female executives with millennials. Sherrell also served as a contractor with Google Fiber helping to activate free high-speed internet in public housing complexes.
Sherrell holds a Master鈥檚 in Data Journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor鈥檚 in International Trade and Marketing from the Fashion Institute of Technology.