The Diversity Calling

Name: The Diversity Calling
Price: $19.99 USD
Author: The Dice Group
ISBN: 9781465339621

Building Community One Story at a Time

by The Dice Group

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Book Details

Language : English

Publication Date : 8/30/2011

Format : Softcover

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 216

ISBN : 9781465339621

Format : E-Book

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 216

ISBN : 9781465339645

Format : Hardcover

Dimensions : 6x9

Page Count : 216

ISBN : 9781465339638

About the Book

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About the Author

Tommy E. Smith Jr. Tommy Smith was born in Memphis, Tennessee, and grew up in Oakland, California. His professional life reflects his varied interests. He is an engineer, diversity manager, and an ordained minister and has served in positions where each of these roles has been predominant. He earned a bachelor of science degree in engineering from San Francisco State University and received a U.S. patent on an electron energy spectrometer while working at a national security research and development laboratory. Tommy resides in Fremont, California, with his wife, Sandra, and three of his four children.

Customer Reviews

"By George F. Simons ""at diversophy.com""

This review is from: The Diversity Calling: Building Community One Story at a Time (Paperback)

Not infrequently, I am asked to discuss with young graduates or sometimes with a person who wants to make a career change, their interest in diversity or intercultural work as a career choice. They ask such questions as: What's it like to do this kind of work? What do I need to know? Where do I go? Whom do I need to know? How do I get started? Most of the time these queries arrive as postings on my LinkedIn group or via e-mail, either directly from the person interested, or from a teacher, mentor, colleague or counselor, who expects that, being an elder in the field, I know more than I actually do and can coach the questioner in making a fitting choice!

What I generally do in these cases is try to get into first-hand contact with the young person, in order to have a face-to-face or at least voice communication--this seems essential for such a discussion. I ask them what brought them to this point. Then I share with them bits of my own story and the stories of others that I am familiar with, tell them what opportunities the field seems to be offering at the moment, and usually offer them the advice, which runs, ""Go with what `brung' you."" This, in fact, means, you will find your direction if you look at the experience you have, what you are passionate about, and those who touch and inspire you.

Now I can also say, ""Read this book."" In The Diversity Calling you will find a collection of people whose varied values, backgrounds and experiences led them to work successfully in the field of diversity. They provide first-hand accounts about their struggles and their passions, the ups and downs of such a career choice and, most of all, what they hope to bring about both in themselves and in their world. The book offers a rich, diverse selection of role models to

George Simons

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