Diversity News Video
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion produces a monthly video on issues related
to diversity and inclusion. The program, Diversity News, airs on VA Communications
Channel 2 and on the VA Content Delivery Network. All editions featured on
this page have closed captions.
The current edition,
May 2012, focuses on the VA's revised
Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan. A transcript
for this episode is also available. If you need the PowerPoint slides for any of
our episodes, contact us.
- April 2012: features Carolyn Williams, diversity training specialist, presenting
the diversity and inclusion portion of the VA Central Office new employee orientation
(transcript).
- March 2012: features an interview with Kevin Kelly from the Office of Employment
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication to discuss disability accommodation (transcript).
- February 2012: focuses on why diversity initiatives
fail (transcript).
- January 2012: focuses on the government-wide diversity
and inclusion strategic plan and on guidance to Federal agencies for creating their
own plans (transcript).
- December 2011: focuses on the Federal Employee
Viewpoint Survey (transcript).
- November 2011: focuses on the second annual Alternative
Dispute Resolution and Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Awards ceremony (transcript).
- October 2011: focuses on prohibited personnel
practices (transcript).
- September: focused on resolving conflicts at work
in ways that promote personal and organizational productivity (transcript).
- August: focuses on evaluating the effect of diversity
management on organizational performance (transcript).
- July: focuses on some of the competencies required
of diversity professionals (transcript).
- June: features David Williams, Director
Workforce Analysis in the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, with a report on the
end of fiscal year 2010 workforce data in VA focusing on representation that is
by race, ethnicity, and gender and on promotion rates (transcript).
- May: focuses on the current status of some of
the ADVANCE initiatives led by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion including the
National Diversity Internship Program, the Workforce Recruitment Program for College
Students with Disabilities, centralized funding for reasonable accommodations, and
a new reasonable accommodation tracking system (transcript)
- April: Focuses on resolving conflicts at work
in ways that promote personal and organizational productivity (transcript).
- March: Focuses on stress and the psychologically
healthy workplace (transcript).
- February: The importance of workplace flexibility
(transcript).
- January: The Netter Principles, a framework for
building organizational inclusion (transcript).
- December: How organizational leaders help employees
find meaning in their work (transcript).
- November: Determinants of employee engagement,
performance, and productivity, and how those energies are sustained (transcript).
- October: Ways to create a culture of employee
engagement (transcript).
- September: Ways to leverage the uniqueness of
all employees in order to improve individual and organizational performance (transcript).
- August: International standard for social responsibility
(transcript).
- July: How to use employee survey data to improve
organizational effectiveness (transcript).
- June: The Results Only Work Environment (transcript).
- May: Employment value proposition as a key to
recruitment and retention (transcript).
- April: Reducing bias in the workplace (transcript).
- March: Building a strategic plan for diversity
management (transcript).
- February: Suspending judgment (transcript).
- January: Diversity management as part of the Human
Capital Assessment and Accountability Framework (transcript).
- December: Core principles of patient-centered
care (transcript).
- November: The American Nurses Credentialing Center's
Magnet Recognition Program (transcript).
- October: Employment of people with disabilities
(transcript).
- September: Organizational justice (transcript).
- August: Ways to build and maintain high levels
of trust (transcript).
- July: National Quality Forum report on cultural
competency (transcript).
- June: VA recruitment video produced in Spanish
by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion with the assistance of the Veterans Health
Administration (transcript).
- May: Interview with Nevin Weaver, Network Director
of VISN 8, about their new pilot recruitment program, “Achieving Common Goals
Through Diversity” (transcript).
- April: Interview with Cheryl Kelley from the Food
and Drug Administration on the Federal Interagency Diversity Partnership (transcript).
- March: Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments
Act of 2008 (transcript).
- February: Roundtable discussion with ODI’s
leadership team about the office’s recent name change, VA’s new Diversity
and Inclusion Strategic Plan, and some of the projects and initiatives associated
with that plan (transcript).
- January: Washington, DC VA Medical Center's fourth
session of its Executive Leadership Training Series, which focuses on cultural diversity
(transcript).
