{"id":15544,"date":"2023-03-13T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/?p=15544"},"modified":"2023-03-13T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-03-13T09:00:00","slug":"dei-unplugged-real-people-real-stories-real-solutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquent.com\/en-au\/blog\/dei-unplugged-real-people-real-stories-real-solutions","title":{"rendered":"DEI Unplugged: Real People, Real Stories, Real Solutions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently our team at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aquent.com.au\" title=\"Aquent Australia website\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aquent Australia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hosted a special online panel event focused on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging in the workplace. 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Moderated by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/niqueyrichards\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Monique Richards on LinkedIn\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monique Richards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (she\/her), Solutions Director at Aquent Australia, the event included plenty of opportunities for audience Q&amp;A with the panelists.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"DEI Unplugged: Real People, Real Stories, Real Solutions.\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rerM9SMIGaM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Panelists:<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a title=\"Dyean Moodley on LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/dyean-moodley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dyean Moodley<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (she\/her), Account Executive at Microsoft<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Adam Manovic on LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/adam-manovic-04718093\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adam Manovic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (he\/him), Head of Entertainment, Events, and Sport at NITV<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Nikhil Bora on LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/nbora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikhil Bora<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (he\/him), Experience Designer at ANZx&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Mags Hanley on LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/magshanley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mags Hanley<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (she\/her), <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Career and Leadership Coach at Broader Terms<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a title=\"Ellie Watts on LinkedIn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/ewatts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ellie Watts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (she\/they), Senior Relationship Manager at Pride in Diversity<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feedback from our webinar<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;I wish there were 1 million people attending this session!&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;It was really great hearing from such a diverse group. 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It was a super valuable session.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Very insightful, honest and highlights that there are still gaps in organisations today, and businesses have a long way to go to become inclusive and safe.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Very relevant and based on personal experience, was very easy to be able to relate to the experiences and see why it's so important to be inclusive, kind and offer tools to empower.&#8221;<\/span><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ready to make real progress on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><html><body><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph \"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you&rsquo;re making moves to create a 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