PROGRAM TITLE: Diversity for Dollars: Real Talk on the Value of Diversity Certification
SPEAKER: Jamie Crump
PRESENTATION SUMMARY
This session is designed for diverse entrepreneurs who are considering obtaining a diversity certification or renewing their certification. They may be new to supplier diversity or on the fence about whether or not they want to keep their certification.
In her talk, “Diversity for Dollars: Real Talk on the Value of Diversity Certification” Jamie Crump reaches into her experience developing, managing and growing supplier diversity strategies in Corporate America. This presentation gets to the root of when diversity certification is a good business decision for entrepreneurs whether they have been in business for years or are just starting out. This candid presentation is about what happens after the certification and answers the questions: What should you expect to see in the way of benefits and dollars? What should you be ready to do to obtain it?
DESIRED ACHIEVABLE STATE
Obtaining diversity status (LGBTQ, disabled, minority, service-disabled veteran, veteran, and woman owned businesses) is something every diverse business owner will be told at one time or another they should get, but is it really worth it? Many diverse business owners work to obtain their certification status but are not always sure what to do with it once they have it. In this program, Jamie outlines what the business owner’s expectations should be and what they will have to do to leverage 100% of the opportunity that is out there.
LEARNING OBJECTIVE
By the end of the presentation, audience members will:
• Understand the business strategy behind supplier diversity.
• Be able to identify if certification will work for them and if so, how.
• Have a five-step methodology for assessing events for dollars.
• Identify four ways that certified companies leave opportunity and money on the table almost every time they attend an event.
DELIVERIES:
30-minute
60-minute
½ day workshop
Full day workshop
ABOUT SPEAKER JAMIE CRUMP
With over 25 years’ experience in corporate supply chain and supplier diversity, Jamie Crump brings that and a vast array of industry knowledge to The Richwell Group, a consultancy that specializes in supply chain and supplier diversity. In addition, she is a speaker, author and advisor. Jamie is recognized as a global thought leader and expert. She has been named twice as one of the Top 25 Women in Power Impacting Diversity; twice named as a Top 30 Champions of Diversity and has been featured in publications including USA Today’s Annual Supplier Diversity Issue, Diversity Professional, DiversityPlus, and PurchasingB2B.
Jamie is the author of “Backstage Pass: Pulling the Curtain Back on the Business of Supplier Diversity” which focuses on the imperative of supplier diversity as a necessary and profitable business strategy. Based on her experience, Crump has the keen ability to understand the five primary drivers, or cast members, what they do, how they are paid, their challenges and blind spots and what they need to know about each other to make a supplier diversity business strategy successful.
