This document discusses inclusion in tech and provides strategies to promote it. It defines key terms like privilege and diversity and notes lack of diversity in tech industries based on gender and race. It advocates designing with diversity at the forefront and highlights examples like having a multiracial team, curating an diverse office, and highlighting women voices. Specific inclusion strategies proposed are getting educated on unconscious bias, networking, and teaching others as an accomplice to promote equality.

1. Inclusion is the Glue
A Practical Guide to Inclusion in Tech
Mary Scotton
Principal Developer Evangelist
www.maryscotton.com
@rockchick322004

2. What is Inclusion?
Privilege
Diversity
Inclusion

3. Privilege
Access to benefits based on traits you
possess that you don’t control

4. Privilege Continuum = Facets of Diversity
Ability
Aesthetic
Citizenship
Gender
Orientation
Racial
Religious
Socio-
economic
TEDxEMU - Justin Ford - Pedagogy of Privilege

5. Inclusion
The action or state of including or of
being included within a group or
structure

7. Overall
18%47%
Women
In Tech
In Tech
1%
2%
Overall
Overall
Hispanics
Blacks
12%
16%
In Tech
ref: http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat11.htm

8. ref: http://onforb.es/166DY6h

9. “Build with and not for” – Judi Brown

13. ​ “The juice is to design with
Diversity at the forefront.”
​ - Ashara Ekundayo
we have a multi-racial team by design
we curate our office members to be diverse in
profession, culture, and communication - not everyone
or any company can rent an office at IHO
we invite the community to use the space for parties
AND "courageous conversations”
we talk about RACE
we EAT together at the table every week with our
community

14. ​ we post posters on our door stating
#BlackLivesMatter
#EveryoneWelcome
#MuslimsWelcome
​ we highlight women voices and create spaces for women
experts to be seen
​ we post and repost diverse topics on our social media
feeds
​ we partner with badass companies and arts institutions

15. 1. Get educated
2. Network
3. Teach

17. Get Educated
Learn to Interrupt Unconscious Bias
Trailhead.com
bit.ly/EqualityTrail

18. Network
​ Go to Coffee
Photo by #WOCinTech Chat
​ Go to Coffee!

19. Teach
Be an Accomplice
#WDIMC
Pat
Patterson
Jeremy
Whitlock
Paul
Bruce
James
Ward
Seth
Lachner

20. Share the stage
Stand up to the bullies
Be uncomfortable