Beyond Skin Deep | Using Film to Activate Workplace Change

Description

Film director Ava Duvernay recently shared that arts and activism are nearly one in the same. It’s through art and story that social change can change the narrative. Changing the narrative has the power to change how people see and behave toward each other including behavior in our workplaces. The thing is, we don’t leverage this medium enough.

Sometimes the hardest conversations we need to have about race, inclusion, and happenings inside our workplace are made easier by grounding these hard conversations in story. One of the most powerful mediums for stories is film. Films can open doors to take our colleagues from talk to meaningful collective action.

In this trend talk, Elena will share a short documentary film, about a diversity recruiter from St. Paul, to engage attendees in story and enable reflections of their own work. This film will be available along with a guide that attendees can use to spark discussion among their own colleagues after the event.

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the trends and data behind the value of storytelling and film
• Learn how to host a film-based workshop in your own workplace
• Learn how to create goals and measure outcomes for film-based workshops