Advancing Diversity Honors: MediaVillage’s Jack Myers

Now in its second year the Advancing Diversity Honors evolved out of Myersamp8217 having cofounded the Las Vegas Women in Tech Awards and market research he was conductingamp160 amp8220It really began with research I was doing on the impact of the Internetquot Myers saidamp160 quotWhen I looked at the generational impact and sawamp160the advances that women were making coming up out of the educational system 60 of high school and college graduates being female and recognizing that as an industry we needed to recognize the opportunities and the need to attract women and serve women and support women and their careersamp8221amp160 Learn moreamp160about the evolution of the eventMyersamp8217 focus on gender diversity then expandedamp160 amp8220Also as I looked at the generational shifts the dynamic that the young people coming into our industry offered a lot to us and we needed to learn from them as much as we needed to support and mentor themamp8221 Myers saidamp160 amp8220And then as the initiatives around gender diversity became clear amp8230 we really needed to expand into multicultural diversity veterans autism disabilities and so many other areasamp8221amp160 Listenamp160to Myersamp8217 thoughts on pay equalityClick here to learn why Myers hosts the Advancing Diversity Honors and Inclusive Job Fair at CESIn developing the program this year Myers completely reshaped the concept of an awards show to have a more engaging design and he hopes a lasting impactamp160 amp8220One of the things we39re doing very differently this year is there are no speechesamp160 No talksamp160 The inductees the honorees their messages are out thereamp160 We39ve published their interviews amp8230 the industry knows what their positions are and we can have a voice through MediaVillage of communicating the best practicesamp8221 Myers saidamp8220But the message that came through as I spoke to all the Inductees is that everyone has to participate from the most senior executives to the most junior executives to the young people in colleges and high schools who aspire to come into our communityamp8221 Myers saidamp160 amp8220We need to reflect itamp160 So our whole message at this event is everyone39s engagedamp160 We have the Sundance Institute Theatre program here leading a Creative Tensions about amp8216othernessamp8217amp160 Everyone is saying amp8216This is my responsibility to be engaged and involvedamp8217quotBartley concurredamp160amp160amp8220That39s a powerful message because from a Dentsu Aegis perspective one of our core values related to diversity and inclusion is that it39s not just the responsibility of the executives and HRquot he explainedamp160 quotDiversity and inclusion are the responsibility of everybody within the organizationamp8221Myers shared his plans to support and elevate companiesamp8217 own diversity and inclusion initiatives with a custom Advancing Diversity Live Experience amp8220We believe that there are opportunities for companies internally to recognize those who are taking a leadership role in advancing diversity and inclusionamp160 Both senior and junior executives to be recognized to be inducted into their own companyamp8217s Advancing Diversity Hall of Honorsamp8221amp160 Click here to hear more about Advancing Diversity LiveMyers and Bartley discussed the intersection of technology and innovation with diversity and inclusionamp160 amp8220What I39ve heard at this CES that I have frankly never heard at a CES or anywhere amp8230 is the idea that technology needs to serve humanity and that if technology does not ultimately serve humanity then the technology the innovation is not going to be successfulquotamp160 Click here for more on the future of technology and its impact on diversityThe Advancing Diversity Hall of Honors recognizes individuals companies and organizations that have made consistent and successful commitments to advancing diversity and inclusion 2019 Inductees included Kat Gordon Founder and Chief Executive Officer of The 3 Movement Marc Pritchard Chief Brand Officer PampampG Ricardo Marques Group Vice President of Marketing Budweiser Diego Scotti Chief Marketing Officer Verizon Liliahn Majeed Vice President Diversity and Inclusion NBA Bob Liodice Chief Executive Officer Association of National Advertisers Madonna Badger Chief Creative OfficerFounder Badger ampamp Wintersamp160and Alma Har39el FilmmakerFounder FreeTheBidClick below for additional videos from the 2019 Advancing Diversity Honors Hall of Induction Experience hosted by DK Bartley SVP Head of DampampI Dentsu Aegis NetworkChristopher Hibma Producing Director Sundance InstituteMarc Pritchard Chief Brand Officer PampampGKat Gordon Founder and Chief Executive Officer The 3 MovementRicardo Marques Vice President Marketing BudweiserDiego Scotti Chief Marketing Officer VerizonLiliahn Majeed Vice President Diversity and Inclusion NBABob Liodice Chief Executive Officer Association of National AdvertisersAlma Haramp8217el FilmmakerFounder FreeTheBidClick the social buttons above or below to share this story with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the author andor subjects and do not necessarily represent the views of MediaVillagecomMyersBizNet Inc management or associated writers

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