SDTI Academy
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SDTI Academy is our exclusive, micro learning platform offering relevant training that provides the tools and information needed for today’s supplier diversity managers and supply chain professionals to strengthen their supplier diversity knowledge and proficiency, build an effective supplier diversity program and/or improve their existing supplier diversity program. Find a course (or two) and get started today!
2023 Courses
Diversity/Supplier Diversity Basics:
1 Hour | Price: $149 | Level: Beginner
This course explores basic principles and terminology of supplier diversity. Perfect for new practitioners and stakeholders who want to get a better understanding of the supplier diversity function.
History of Supplier Diversity:
1 Hour | Price: $149 | Level: Beginner
This course discusses the history of supplier diversity, from its start to the present. Dives into the phases of supplier diversity, how it has evolved and what the future holds.
Building a Supplier Diversity Program:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
This course explores the phases of a supplier diversity programs and the activities that should be incorporated at each phase.
The Role of the Supplier Diversity Practitioner:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
This course discusses what supplier diversity is and what it is not. It clarifies what the supplier diversity role should entail and provides tactics on how to remain focused on essential activities while avoiding non-essential functions.
Assessing your organizational climate:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Your organization hires a supplier diversity professional to lead the effort but fails to provide the support necessary to build a successful program. Provides strategies on how to assess your organization’s readiness for supplier diversity and steps you can take to imprint supplier diversity into your organization’s DNA.
Organizational Change Management (OCM) and Stakeholder Engagement:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
This course discusses the role of OCM in ensuring your organization is committed to making cultural shifts not just surface changes. Discusses tactics to get the right stakeholder to advocate for supplier diversity to ensure results.
Procurement Integration and Collaboration:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Supplier diversity is a procurement function, yet supplier diversity and procurement are not always on the same page. This course provides tactics to ensure supplier diversity and procurement are aligned, they work together as collaborative partners and that supplier diversity in incorporated into the procurement process.
Articulating your case for supplier diversity:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
This course goes beyond just making the case. It is designed to help practitioners understand and articulate the “why” for their organizations in order to get complete buy in and total organizational support.
Developing a supplier diversity communications plan:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Discusses how to develop a communication plan that ensures that internal leadership and external stakeholders, i,e,. community partners, small/diverse businesses, community leaders, etc. are aware of your program and activities and presents how to use new tools, i.e. social media, newsletters, emails, etc. to deliver information more efficiently and professionally.
Supplier diversity and the procurement lifecycle:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Do you really understand how your organization buys and the processes that vendors go through when doing business with your organization? As the supplier diversity lead, it’s crucial that you do, yet many professionals do not. This course helps you to gain an understanding of this process, understand its impact on vendors and ensure that supplier diversity in entrenched in this process.
Developing inclusive procurement processes:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Unwittingly, sometimes the biggest hinderances to supplier diversity success are internal. Through this course, we help you evaluate your processes, ensure that they are inclusive and encourage participation and that your processes are not a barrier to your program’s success.
Working with stakeholders to implement supplier diversity:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Supplier diversity programs are a vital part of a community’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. To be truly successful, supplier diversity needs partners, especially those who have a vested interest in building a thriving small and diverse business community. This course discusses how to find the right partners and stakeholders whose interests align with your program’s mission.
Identifying partners and building relationships:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Many supplier diversity programs are small but mighty. They are tasked with delivering huge results with very little resources. This course discusses how to identify the right partners within the entrepreneurial ecosystem to help you supplement your capacity and build an effective program.
Understanding statutes and laws that impact supplier diversity:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
The depth and breadth of supplier diversity can depend heavily on local, state and federal laws and statutes which, ultimately, effects the ability to build an impactful program. Navigating the legal landscape can be tricky and leave your organization exposed to potential lawsuits, or worse, your program shut down. Whether local, state or federal, understand the key guidelines that govern your jurisdiction and ensure your program operates within the law.
Using supplier diversity to win federal grants:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Whether public or private, many organizations have a business relationship with the federal government. As a result, a subcontracting plan outlining how your business works with designated demographics is required. This course outlines how to use this to leverage and create working relationship with departments.
Supplier Diversity and the Four Organizational P’s – policies, people, processes and procedures:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
This course examines the four P’s that directly impact supplier diversity outcomes and success – policies, people, processes and procedures.
Aligning supplier diversity to organization goals (shifting from initiative to strategy):
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Supplier diversity has always had to evolve in order to remain relevant. To ensure its longevity and continued importance within organizations, supplier diversity has to experience another shift, progressing from initiative to organizational strategy. This course discusses the importance of aligning supplier diversity to organizational strategic goals and outlines the strategy mapping process.
Supplier Diversity Management (SDM):
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Supplier diversity management is a comprehensive way of thinking about supplier diversity functions. It comprises the planning and coordination of all of the people, policies, processes, procedures, and stakeholders, working together to connect small and diverse businesses to opportunities while creating value for the organization. It requires aligning your internal efforts and external resources to focus on value creation and driving results for the small and diverse business community. This course challenges you to examine your program to ensure you are creating one that’s holistic and encompasses all of your activities.
Creating a Supplier Diversity Strategic Plan:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
As the saying goes, when you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Strategic plans are increasingly an important part of the supplier diversity function. In this course, we discuss the elements of a strong strategic plan and how to create a plan that is S.M.A.R.T. -Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and Timely based on several factors such as program stage, market size, small/diverse business availability, etc.
Supplier Diversity and ESGs, ERGs and PBRGs:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
ESG, also known as “environmental, social and governance” refers to a set of criteria that companies must meet in order to qualify as environmentally or socially responsible. Through analyzing factors such as carbon emissions, diversity, and corruption, ESG reporting helps shareholders make strategic and sustainable investment decisions.
With ESGs becoming more important than ever, it’s vital for supplier diversity professionals to understand how to use ESGs to solidify their business case. In this session, we discuss the importance of aligning supplier diversity to organizational goals and how to leverage ESGs to maximize and elevate supplier diversity.
Developing a Tier 2 program:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Tracking Tier 2 or subcontracting spend can be a crucial part of a supplier diversity program because it allows small and diverse firms to work on larger projects they may not have the capacity to perform by themselves and it allows programs to capture and report spend, especially when there are not many direct procurement opportunities. However, tracking Tier 2 spend can be tricky because it requires the input and commitment of prime contractors. This course discusses the basic of establishing a Tier 2 program, solicitation language, goal setting, compliance systems, outreach programs, etc.
Establishing Benchmarks, Metrics and KPIs:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
The course covers how to identify and establish the right benchmarks, metrics and KPIs to measure supplier diversity effectiveness and impact.
Understanding Dashboards, Analytics and Systems:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
As reporting and measuring impact become an important requirement of supplier diversity programs, this course explores using dashboards and analytic systems to track program compliance and overall effectiveness.
Understanding Dashboards, Analytics and Systems:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
As reporting and measuring impact become an important requirement of supplier diversity programs, this course explores using dashboards and analytic systems to track program compliance and overall effectiveness.
Tracking, measuring and reporting metrics in supplier diversity:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Tracking diverse spend is an important function for supplier diversity professionals. Without measuring what your organization buys, who you’re buying from, and how much you’re spending, you can’t determine whether your efforts are effectively accomplishing one of your primary and most visible goals of supplier diversity. This course explores various methods for tracking small business spend. We’ll help you develop a process regardless of organization size, industry or program phase.
Developing a small business development program using M.O.D. E.:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
Supplier development is an important part of supplier diversity management. In this course we discuss developing a supplier development program using a process called M.O.D.E – mentoring, outreach, development and education.
Creating a small business centric supplier diversity program:
2 Hours | Price: $299 | Level: Intermediate
The course discusses how to create an efficient program that removes unnecessary bureaucracy and keeps small businesses first.
Supplier Diversity in Higher Education:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Discusses supplier diversity strategies for higher education institutions.
Supplier diversity and DBE compliance (airports, transportation, utilities, etc.):
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Discusses supplier diversity strategies for DBE agencies.
Supplier diversity in K-12:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Discusses supplier diversity strategies for k-12 institutions.
Supplier Diversity for Construction Professionals:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Discusses supplier diversity strategies for the construction industry.
Supplier Diversity for Corporates:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Discusses supplier diversity strategies for corporations.
Supplier Diversity for Hospital Systems:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Discusses supplier diversity strategies for hospital systems and the healthcare industry.
Supplier Diversity in Entertainment and retail:
3 Hours | Price: $349 | Level: Advanced
Discusses supplier diversity strategies for entertainment and retail stores.
Supplier Diversity Training Institute:
2 Days | Price: $1325 | Level: Advanced
Custom/Onsite – call for pricing