DEI Inventory Form

DEI Inventory

The National Speech and Debate Association is creating an inventory to gather information on the organization's existing resources to meet its diversity, equity, and inclusion goals. Note: For this project, DEI resource is a broad term for any initiatives, policies, professional development, coaching, or committees intentionally designed to help make the organization more inclusive, equitable, and fair.

This inventory will provide a comprehensive list of the NSDA’s internal (designed to serve the NSDA staff) and external (designed to serve stakeholders and constituents) DEI resources and help facilitate an assessment to establish baselines for future analysis. By assessing our DEI efforts, we can identify common themes and create a conceptual map to discover our strengths and opportunities for growth.

Definitions for DEI Resources

• Professional Development: a gathering of people, virtual or in person, where a facilitator shares content to develop knowledge, skills, or understanding or further educate participants on issues regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion (e.g., presentations, workshops, courses, online modules, etc.)

• DEI Coaching: meeting with committees, departments, groups of people, or individuals, regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion best practices, ideas, or sharing of strategies.

• DEI Committees: an official committee focused on diversity and inclusion, specifically.

• DEI Initiatives: a concentrated effort that centralizes diversity, equity, and inclusion in some way (e.g., DEI policy reviews, wellness programs, employee recruitment programs, etc.)

• DEI Policy: standards of professional or interpersonal behavior written specifically to ensure conditions of fairness in the organizational culture.

Please review and complete the inventory below to detail the DEI resources in your department/functional area.