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ELA's bi-weekly ERG Learning Labs provide real-world ERG know-how

All learning labs are recorded and available only in the ELA Online reference library included in all membership levels. ERG Learning Labs are live-led by the ELA Team, our Expert ERG Trainers and OMG members.

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All labs are held from 12-1 pm ET

Making Programming Easier Through Intersectionality

Learn from ELA Certified Expert ERG Trainer Kimberly Stephan-Tate how you can more easily do great, intersectional programming by working with other ERGs. You'll know how to better serve your members - and in the process, attract new ones, too

Using Your ERG Experience to Catapult Your Career

Gain real-world inspiration and current market intelligence from DEI recruiting experts Megan Bozzuto and Chlor Caldi at Talent Ally, plus Leah Foxhill from the American Red Cross and Omar Velaochaga from Kohl's, former ERG leaders who became DEI professionals. Learn what's hot in today's DEI landscape, where to find and evaluate the best opportunities, plus what experience and action you need to land them!

Ways that ERGs Are Driving Business Outcomes

ERGs are increasingly challenged to prove their value to the organization in terms of driving employee and business outcomes - not just DEI objectives. Join the discussion with Dow's Global Leader of Employee Experience and ERGs, Shruti Bahadur, who will share some of the approaches Dow is leveraging to drive ERG-enabled company-outcomes.

Join us for an Upcoming ERG Learning Lab

All labs are held from 12-1 pm ET

Dec 04 - Making Programming Easier Through Intersectionality

Dec 18 - Using Your ERG Experience to Catapult Your Career

Gain real-world inspiration and current market intelligence from DEI recruiting experts at ELA partner Talent All, Leah Foxhill from American Red Cross and Omar Velaochaga from Kohls - two former ERG leaders who used that experience to become salaried DEI professionals overseeing their ERGs. Learn what's hot in today's DEI landscape, where to find and evaluate the best opportunities, plus what experience and action you need to land them!

Jan 8 - Ways that ERGs Are Driving Business Outcomes

View past ERG Learning Lab topics

2025 ERG Trends Preview
Conflict Management for ERG Leaders
How to Effectively Communicate Group Success
ERG Budgeting Masterclass
The Art of Self-Promotion for ERG Leaders
Mid-year Update: ERG Trends, Challenges and Forecast
Engaging Front Line/Hourly Employees in Employee Groups
How to Encourage ERG Current & Potential Members to Unhide
Creating Community Alliances to Empower and Sustain ERG Initiatives
How to Create an ERG Safe Space to Process Sensitive Subjects
Organizational ERG Excellence -what does good look like?
Regrouping after ERG Leadership Changes
How to Keep Your ERG Successful After Your Leadership Term is Over
How to Confidently Ask for and Get ERG Help
2024 ERG Trends & Predictions
Nobody Cares About Me or My ERG: How to stay motivated and get recognized
The 3 Keys to Effective ERG Communications
How to Deal with an Ineffective Executive Sponsor
How to Ask and Get Useful Feedback Before, During and After ERG Programming
How to Leverage Your ERG Leadership Experience
Easy, Creative Ways to Recruit and Onboard New ERG Members
Top 3 Mistakes New ERG Leaders Make
How to Have a Compelling, Consistent ERG Elevator Pitch
The 6 Responsibilities of ERG Leadership teams
Intentional Inclusion: 5 Ways to Foster a Global ERG Mindset
What to do When the World says No with Matt Stutzman, "The Armless Archer"
ERG Leader Career Compass
Prioritizing Your Programming
Supporting Intersectionality
Banish ERG Leader Burnout
How to Coach ERG Leaders
Celebrating ERG Leaders through ELA's Appreciation program
What Every ERG can do to Support Members Who are Caregivers
How to Grow an ERG Through Mentoring
How to Turn Your ERG Passion Into A Full-Time Paid Job
How all ERGs can support their members with invisible disabilities
Inclusive Gifting
Networking Beyond Bias
Using Behavioral Science to Drive ERG Engagement
Inclusive Language
Measuring Inclusivity
How ERGs can Support Caregivers - workshop in a box!
The Gift of Laughter with Chief Happiness Officer Brooklyn Dicent
Benefits Equity - What are they and how can ERGs ensure for their members?
How to Have a Thriving ERG Virtual Community
How to Better Support Gender Identity & Change
Hispanic Heritage & Market Opportunities
ERG Leader as Confidence Coach
How ERGs Need to Support a Work from Everywhere World
Employee Productivity & ERG Membership
How ERGs are Helping Create Caring Cultures
Typical ERG Misalignments
Neurodiversity: What it is and how should ERGs support it
Driving Intersectionality with ERG Councils
Non-Exempt Employees and ERGs
What ERGs can do to Better Support Parents & Caregivers
Measuring ERG Success, Utilizing data & Reporting Metrics
Engaging ERG Members Virtually
Engaging Members with Bobbie Carlton
Leadership Development with Joyya Smith
Using Giving Circles to Engage ERG Members
Foundational KPI's for ERGs with Peter King, Jr.
Managing by the Numbers - lessons from Accenture, Macy's and Robert Half
Allyship with Lawler Kang

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