ASME Resources for a Welcoming Culture
ASME respects and celebrates all of our members and volunteers.Your efforts are what makes the ASME community so vibrant.
We seek to ensure all feel welcome in the ASME community, to include ASME members of all backgrounds in volunteer roles, and to provide a culture of respect and courtesy. We encourage ongoing dialogue that will inspire all members to bring these values to their personal and professional interactions.
With our Resources for a Welcoming Culture, we have assembled a collection of tools to enhance the culture of our volunteer community and ensure all voices are valued.We hope these resources will support your amazing work.
Tips for Inclusive and Accessible Meetings
These tips will help you plan effective meetings that are welcoming and accessible to all.
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Using Rubrics to Create Fair Assessment Processes
Using a rubrics will make evaluations more consistent and fair by ensuring that evaluations are done using a common set of criteria and scale.
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Succession Management Plan
This is a guide to create a deliberate and inclusive succession plan.
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How to Be an Ally Tip Sheet
This tip sheet will help you understand what allyship is and how you can be an ally.
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Rules of Engagement for Meetings
This slide suggests some ground rules for inclusive meetings.
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Inclusion Spotlights
Starting a meeting with an Inclusion Spotlight is a simple but effective way of creating a structured space for conversations about culture. For each of the topics below, we have provided a slide and a script you can use to add an Inclusion Spotlight to your next meeting agenda.
Suggestions?
We welcome your suggestions on the DEI Toolkit and we would like to hear how you are using it in your ASME unit. Email bruffc@asme.org if you have feedback to share.