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New tool creates opportunities between large corporations and small, diverse businesses Cranbury, NJ (PRWEB) December 8, 2010 Diversity Direct, an innovative and patent-pending solution that connects small, diversity suppliers with large businesses, has created the first community based procurement technology platform. The tool, Diversity Connect, is available to mid-size and large businesses that are interested in improving the effectiveness of their Diversity Outreach Programs. Small,...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 24, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- WellPoint, Inc. (NYSE: WLP) is pleased to announce that it has been recognized as a top employer by three prominent national publications. WellPoint was recognized this month as one of the Top Military Friendly Employers by G.I. Jobs magazine; ranked as top five employer by CAREERS & the disABLED Magazine; and a 2011 Diversity Leader by Profiles in Diversity Journal. "WellPoint is honored to receive recognition from all three of these...

LONDON, Nov. 19, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- 2entertain has announced the release of 'Diversity - Dance. Fitness. Fusion.' The DVD is the first release from Diversity, the dance group who won Britain's Got Talent 2009 and shows viewers how to dance like Diversity. Put together by the talented Ashley Banjo, original member of the group and judge on Sky 1's Got To Dance, Diversity - Dance. Fitness. Fusion. shows how everyone can learn the moves that astounded Simon Cowell. Taking influences from...

DALLAS, Oct. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Southwest Airlines is celebrating workplace diversity by hosting its first Diversity Summit today themed "Join the Conversation." The Summit will gather executives from North Texas local Fortune 500 companies to dialogue about diversity and inclusion initiatives, fostering new opportunities, and expanding best practices. Joining the conversation as keynote speaker is Dr. George C. Wright, President, Prairie View A&M University. Dr. Wright will...

BOSTON, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Global Novations, a global consulting firm focused on diversity and inclusion, talent management, and market optimization, announced the release of the 2011 Honoring Differences® Diversity Calendar. The Honoring Differences calendar was created to help organizations demonstrate their commitment to diversity beyond the training classroom. Featuring detailed, factual information on practices, holidays, and observances for many world cultures and religions,...

EVANSTON, Ill., Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- "Colorblindness" has emerged as central strategy for managing racial diversity in schools, business, politics, and the law, with the hope that deemphasizing racial differences will lead to equality, tolerance and inclusion. However, new research from the Kellogg School of Management shows that promoting colorblindness can lead people to turn a blind eye to even overt examples of racial discrimination and hamper the prospect for intervention. In a new...

NEW YORK, Aug. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Organizations that leverage diverse talent and manage diversity with their 'heads, hearts and wallets' will gain long-term competitive advantages, noted Greg Garrison, Partner and Vice Chairman, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), in a keynote speech at the 2010 Ascend Annual Gala. Ascend is a 5,000-member professional leadership organization dedicated to leveraging the potential of pan-Asians. Though organizations typically approach diversity from three...

NEW YORK, June 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Cesar Conde, president, Univision Networks and Scott Mills, president and chief operations officer, BET Networks, have been named honorary co-chairs for the 24th Annual NAMIC Conference. Presented as part of the newly reinstated Cable Diversity Week, the 24th Annual NAMIC Conference is scheduled for September 14-15, 2010 at the Hilton New York in Manhattan. The theme for this year's conference is 3D: Diversity, Digital, Demographics. (Logo:...

LARGO, Md. and PARSIPPANY, N.J., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The National BDPA, Black Data Processing Associates (www.bdpa.org), and WorkplaceDiversity.com (www.WorkplaceDiversity.com), the source for diversity talent, announced Allstate Insurance, American Airlines, Compuware, Eli Lilly, Health Care Service Corporation, IBM, Intel, Merck, Prudential Financial, State Farm Insurance, US Navy, Wal-Mart Stores, WellPoint, and Wells Fargo as the winners of the 2010 Best Companies for Blacks in...

DEARBORN, Mich., April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Forty global suppliers received Ford's World Excellence Awards for 2009Ford's supplier partners are recognized for exceeding standards in quality, cost and delivery and embracing ONE FordFord Motor Company (NYSE: F) recognized its top global suppliers Thursday evening with the World Excellence Award, the company's highest recognition for its suppliers worldwide. Forty suppliers from 17 different countries were recognized at the 12th...