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Sunday, March 10 • 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Leveraging Diversity For Your Business Portfolio

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In the words of acclaimed journalist Robert C. Maynard, the fault lines of race, class, gender, generation and geography are the most enduring forces shaping lives, experiences and social tension. For entrepreneurs, content producers and innovative businesses, understanding how to navigate those fault lines will be a critical component of making money in an increasingly diverse and global economy. Using the innovative diversity training workshop model employed by the Maynard Institute for Journalism Education, Dori Maynard and Joshunda Sanders provide tips to entrepreneurs, journalists, web content producers, consultants and marketers for profitably navigating racial, economic and gender diversity in unique, lucrative and comfortable ways. Audience will receive real time tips for diversifying content and expanding their business approaches to gaining new customers.


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Dori Maynard

@Dori Maynard is the president of the Robert C. Maynard Institute for Journalism Education. Before being named president in January 2001, she directed the History Project, which leads the way in preserving and protecting the contributions of those courageous journalists of color who broke into... Read More →
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Joshunda Sanders

Assistant Director of Communications, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, University of Texas
@Joshunda Sanders is the author of Single & Happy: The Party of Ones (2013) and the forthcoming How Racism is Destroying Traditional Media: Why The Future of Journalism Depends on People of Color (Praeger Books, 2015). She's been a journalist since 1998 and is passionate about telling the stories o... Read More →


Sunday March 10, 2013 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Austin Convention Center 500 E Cesar Chavez St Austin, TX 78701

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