Join Columbia University’s Strategic Communication program for a webinar on the influence of race in the workplace & society. Lecturer Kai D. Wright (SPS ’09) gives practical tips for turning dialogue into action. You learn how to:
- Facilitate conversations that others might find uncomfortable, emotionally weighty, and unfamiliar
- Drive brand accountability for justice and equity for employees and customers
- Use the 6 organizational steps needed re-evaluate impact
Tuesday, September 15, 2020
12:30 - 1:30 PM EST Presentation and Q&A
Location: Zoom (Link available upon registration)
About the speaker
Kai D. Wright helps busy executives, celebrities, and founders grow their brands by applying creativity strategically. He specializes in the convergence of communication, technology, digital, and culture. Since 2012, Kai has taught hundreds of students as a lecturer at Columbia University. As a scholar-practitioner, he also serves as a global consulting partner at Ogilvy. His newest book, Follow the Feeling (Wiley, 2019), reveals branding secrets based on research from 1,500 fast-growing companies from Aldi to Peloton. He has been named to 30 Under 30 list for Forbes and Adweek, in addition to receiving the highest honors from the Advertising Research Foundation. He has been named one of the top 30 business thought-leaders in the world to watch by Thinkers50 Radar 2020.
As a leading voice in communication and vocal advocate for racial justice, Mr. Wright curated and published the blacklist100 to highlight change-agents and thought-leaders in the Black community.
Recently, he was invited to serve on the inaugural Ad Age U.S. Diversity Council as well as WPP’s Task Force on Race. He has a master’s degree in strategic communication from Columbia University and a bachelor’s in economics from The University of Chicago. He resides in New York City.
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