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September 29, 2021 The Ultimate Agile versus Lean Showdown with Dhruva Vyas of Nationwide and Rini Das of RD Management Consulting Inc.

The Invitation: Here is the invite

The Agenda:

Community Partner: Jaron Terry, President of PFLAG Columbus discussed the history of PFLAG and announce any upcoming events to celebrate National Coming Out Day on October 13, 2021.

Headline: The Ultimate Showdown! Agile versus Lean. Dhruva Vyas of Nationwide representing AGILE versus Rini Das of RD Management Consulting Inc. representing LEAN.

Key Bartender: Connor Pilbeam demonstrated a mocktail/cocktail to celebrate Autumn.

PFLAG -- Jaron Terry

Headliner: Dhruva Vyas and Rini Das

Showdown: Facilitated by Robbin Bowman

National Coming Out Day Luncheon, hosted by the Designer Brands

Mindy Halasz, Co-Chair of (LGBTQIA+ Brand Employee Group- BRG) of Designer Brands (that includes brands such as DSW), invited us -- aka Vinny Sanfillipo, Lisa Kagy and Rini Das of Zettabytes.Today team and Stacy Drake of PFLAG Columbus to speak at their annual National Coming Out Day Luncheon.

The Leaders of MySELF BRG are:

Mindy Halasz – Co-Chair
Sonya Voronkova – Co-Chair
Erica Melton – Community Committee Chair
Kimberly Hensley – Communications Chair
Margaret Kluk – Business Committee Chair
Todd Roudabush – Talent Committee Chair
Jared Poff ( EVP CFO) – Executive Sponsor

Panel:

We were delighted to speak and we discussed many topics including

Coming out can be a lifelong journey. How do you manage coming out in different situations?
Coming out as "Transgender or Non-binary" at your work-place
How to be an ally for those who are "coming out" at your work-place?
How to support as a parent or a grandparent or relative when a child or grandchild or young relative comes out?
How to support someone in their journey in coming out in a virtual work environment
What resources can we provide?

There were more than seventy globally-dispersed attendees at the virtual event. Some of the attendees and speakers and the MySELF leaders are included in the photo below.

Come out when you are in a safe environment and at your time-table.

#VisibilityMatters
#NationalComingOutDay

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"Coming Out" Resources:

From PFLAG: https://pflag.org/tags/comingout
From Human Rights Campaign: https://www.hrc.org/resources/coming-out
The Trevor Project: https://www.thetrevorproject.org/resources/guide/the-coming-out-handbook/
The GLSEN: https://www.glsen.org/activity/coming-out-resource-lgbtq-students
Matthew Sheppard Foundation: https://www.matthewshepard.org/coming-out-resources/
Coming Out as Trans at Work -- A framework, drawn from the experiences of eight transgender professionals. by Michael Cherny, Shalene Gupta, and Sandra J. Sucher, Harvard Business Review, October 12, 2021
13 Reasons Why You Must Come Out of the Closet By Alexander Cheves

Launch of Zettabytes.Today website and new programs made me think about the most frequently asked question (FAQ)

Zettabytes.Today is shiny and new.

New!! Become a Zetta Star Membership program.
New!! Become a Megabytes, Gigabytes or Zettabytes Sponsor.
Register and attend Events!! via our new platform

Check out our new website:

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Hear Us -- Read and hear.
Meet Us -- Meet all who makes Zettabytes.Today your network
See Us -- Check out upcoming events and all our past news and events
Join Us -- Participate -- darn it!

The Beginnings: Lisa Kagy and I chat about how it all got started in August 2019.

As we launch the new membership, sponsorship and new event management program, let us answer the most FAQ: How did we get started?

August 25, 2021 Olive AI's CTO David Landreman discusses AI in Healthcare and its Ethical Considerations and how it Impacts Queer Community

The Invitation: Here is the invite

The Agenda:

David Landreman, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Olive AI talked about how his team is working to apply artificial intelligence to close gaps and connect disconnected systems in healthcare.