Thank you very much for Guest Speaking on DEI today. Both classes were able to learn so much from your presentations and you gave meaning to such an important topic. You have a natural ability to help us understand on a deeper level the nuances of DEI. So, I’m grateful you took the time to spend with my classes. Once again, thank you!

Families in Transition engaged with Organizational Ignition and James McKim initially through a series of DEI trainings. We had several staff members participate in these trainings and it was through this initial engagement that we formed our DEI committee. After the training series was complete we contracted with Organizational Ignition to help us understand how our staff, clients and board members felt about our overall diversity, equity and inclusion effectiveness. Organizational Ignition supported this effort through an in depth assessment process which would help us set the stage for the work ahead. Since working with James, Families in Transition has created a “DEI WHY statement”, we have expanded our DEI committee and have continued our work around education and training of our staff throughout the organization. We still have a lot of work to do but know that our work with Organizational Ignition was an important step to moving us forward and providing direction.

Organizational Ignition worked with Network4Health to roll out a comprehensive vision for our DEI initiatives that would span our 40 partners. James McKim was our primary consultant and he worked with a number of our agencies in helping them become more effective on their DEI journey. James has a tested process for working with organizations to assist them in elevating their DEI work in a way that is both reachable and sustainable to their unique culture. He understands the essentialness of having all of an organization’s stakeholders at the table to agree on achievable goals and pathways to get there.

You have done a most amazing job with this last class on How to Have Difficult Conversations. Everything about it was interesting and helpful to us.

Thanks so much! And also, thank you for the really great training. I thought you gave us a lot of important information/tools in a short time in a super effective and engaging way!

I just wanted to thank you for the excellent DEI training you did yesterday with attorneys in NH. … The program was well designed, well presented and very informative, and I appreciate your willingness to include me yesterday. Thank you so much!

Our sessions at the 2023 Governor's Conference on Volunteering sessions "Everything You Wanted To Know About DEI But Were Afraid To Ask" and "Making DEI Change Stick" were very well regarded.

The students were very positive in class today about the presentation on Wednesday. They liked the concept of active listening, and also they enjoyed the format of the presentation, which kept their attention. They felt it connected to the themes of the course as well—the individual, the community and the divine. Thank you so much for your time and effort.

Thank you James for your compelling information sharing and ability to make a meaningful connection to AFFOA...