Make way for a new book Diversity Training

Open your eyes Open My Soul: Celebrating our common humanity, is a special collection of poems and stories, with the help of people from all walks of life. The book includes the voices of celebrities such as Maya Angelou, Margaret Cho, Muhammad Ali, Dr. Bernie Siegel, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others, along with a diverse group of collaborators.

I am very proud and honored to be a part of creating this wonderful anthology, along with my co-creator, Yolanda King, who is the daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, who kindly wrote our books foreword.

I am excited beyond words to see this book used in ways that not even perceive, during its creation. ' Since the book was published in December 2003 by McGraw-Hill, we received much feedback on the various ways they are using our book as a teaching tool.

Diversity trainers in the areas of Human Resource, jumped at the chance to buy many copies of the book and start using it as training material for the diversity of their organizations.

Roger Rosas wrote us this message: "I just finished reading your book," Open my eyes, Open My Soul "and I want to tell you how wonderful your book is that I am a Project Manager for Liberty Mutual Diversity and your book you do. I see diversity in a totally different perspective. am also a member of the Houston Human Resources Association and a member of the Diversity Committee. I'm going to give your book as a gift to each member of the Committee. I know that everyone will enjoy as much as me . "

In addition to the workplace, people are using our book and many classes in churches nationwide.

Shanedria Ridley, M. And we wrote this note, "As a national education consultant (and former teacher) that is often called upon to find solutions to educational challenges are constantly looking for materials and sources that can positively influence our generation great and troubled.
The illiteracy and intolerance continue to nibble at the foundation of our educational institutions, the training grounds for our future leaders. Your book serves as an antidote to both of these social ills. "

This response led us on a journey to create a study guide and online courses for the training of diversity, as well as a curriculum for educators in the classroom.

Both Yolanda King and I were able to build creatively Keynote presentations on the theme of diversity, pulling from just a few items in each of our book. Yolanda pulls from her skills as an actor and dramatized readings of Muhammad Ali, and Stevie Wonder. He also shot a famous poem, "Agape" by Jimmi Ware, in a rap song.

I use my humor from different cultural backgrounds and I made a silent film by one of the stories "Danny", who was a foster child who was loved by, and then carried away by his best friend, Abby Warmuth.

We happily found the possibilities of this book .... without end.

I also used the book to lead an employee four hours of diversity training, diversity Council for a Fortune 500 company, on communication skills, drawing heavily from a voice from Lynise Harris aptly titled "The lesson perfect."

I was also able to involve the public calling for volunteers to act some of the other readings of the book. I feel the bonds that form in that day, learning together as a team, we will last a lifetime.

The messages in our book people touch on what I call a heart level. When emotions are mixed and new perspectives are shared, people tend to sit and reflect on the message.
They are not preached, but enlightened by a new way of thinking. Then they can do their own self-examination of their soul and find areas where they can make changes positive and proactive. Often the stories resonate with the reader because they have had similar situations occur in their lives.

Our approach is different from that preach or impose new rules. Not that there's no place for those tactics, but with this book, Open Your Eyes Open My Soul, which seems inspired by a common sense way of dealing with respect for all humanity. I'm not talking about treating everyone the same way, but with the same level of respect.

I believe that the lessons of this book to enlighten the people may not have known they were treating several other of them, so that they can connect and create more harmonious relationships.

Of course, you might think of as the co-creator, I'm just a bit 'of the wee. However, what you may not know is what I have learned from our colleagues and what I feel I have grown as an individual, because the assumption of this project.

I can honestly say that I did not have foresight in diversity as a coach before the creation of this book. However, I'm loving this experience and I plan to continue spreading the word of the benefits when using open eyes, open my soul as a training tool diversity.

Elodia Tate. Permission to reprint granted full article reprint, author credit and a link to my site.

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