<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear SGMP Florida Capital Chapter and Central Florida Satellite Chapter Members,</span><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">How are you? We have a great hybrid event tonight for networking, education, and sharing resources. I encourage your active participation including in leadership roles in our chapter. Please reach out to me if you have interest (we are seeking a 1st VP currently due to an upcoming vacancy, and we have committee roles available too), and mark your calendar for the next events. Our educational events are hybrid so you can participate online or in person, and you can keep updated at https://sgmpfl.org .</span><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><b style="font-size: 14px;">SGMP Florida Capital Chapter Board Meeting, Networking, and Education Meeting</b></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Date:</strong> Tuesday 20 August 2024<br><strong>Time:</strong> 5:30-7pm (board meeting 5-5:30pm, networking 5:30-6pm, program 6-7pm) - all are invited online or in person<br><strong>Speaker: </strong>Dr. Gabrielle K. Gabrielli</span></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Program: </strong>Leading with </span></span><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</span></font><br style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Location:</strong> <a href="https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/thlapdt-doubletree-tallahassee/" style="color: rgb(1, 53, 111);">DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Tallahassee</a>, 101 S. Adams Street, Tallahassee and <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8503218222?pwd=B5UdkwQLnbNlER493BSTG6zYdQaxIt.1&omn=87478633167" style="color: rgb(1, 53, 111);">Online</a> (if prompted for a password, use "leader")</span></span><br style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Sponsor: </strong></span></span><font face="Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont">SGMP Florida Capital Chapter</font><br style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Registration: </strong><a href="https://www.sgmpfl.org/monthly_registration_form.shtml" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(1, 53, 111);">Register Online</a></span></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div><div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><b><font style="font-size: 14px;">Leading with Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</font></b></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">There has never been a more important time to develop leadership skills to embrace Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). This session goes beyond awareness to explore ways that participants can use emotional intelligence and humility to create a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and welcoming environment as meeting planners and suppliers inside your organization as well as to those served. Attendees will develop strategies to improve DEI efforts as well as examine the consequences of not doing so. </font></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><font style="font-size: 14px;"><br></font></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><font style="font-size: 14px;">Be the end of this session, participants should be able to:</font></div><div style="font-family: ArialMT;"><ul class="MailOutline"><li><font style="font-size: 14px;">Define and differentiate the concepts of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).</font></li><li><font style="font-size: 14px;">Explain how DEI benefits meeting planners, suppliers, and those they serve.</font></li><li><font style="font-size: 14px;">Discuss the importance of leadership characteristics needed for effective DEI efforts.</font></li><li><font style="font-size: 14px;">Critically examine their own personal beliefs, attitudes, and biases about historically marginalized people and cultures.</font></li><li><font style="font-size: 14px;">Describe the negative impacts of people in leadership roles who do not adopt an inclusive mentality.</font></li><li><font style="font-size: 14px;">Develop an action plan for improvement. </font></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br></span></div></div></div><div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Warm regards,</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Gabrielle K. Gabrielli, Ph.D.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">President, SGMP Florida Capital Chapter </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 14px;">850-321-8222</span></div></div><div><br></div></div><br></body></html>