DIVERSITY AND TRAINING EXPERIENCE

  • The following are some of the businesses and organizations that have utilized the speaking and training services of Michelle T. Johnson (Diversity Diva Consulting) in recent years: Hallmark Cards, Wal-Mart, Inc.,, Rockwell Automation, Sonic Federal Aviation Administration, Professional Women (Air Traffic) Controllers, Southern Methodist University, American Public Works Association, Missouri Department of Transportation, Missouri State University (Springfield), University of Missouri School of Law, Missouri State Society of Human Resources Management, Kansas Bar Association, Brightergy, Catholic Charities of Kansas City-St. Joseph,, Fannie Mae, Millikin (Illinois) University and other small businesses, organizations and groups
  • Interviewed and mentioned in several magazines, newspapers and radio shows about diversity and inclusion issues since 2004, including being the featured guest on NPR’s Weekend Edition (January 10, 2010) for story on black job-seekers in the difficult economy and the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show (June 29, 2010)
  • Speaker at diversity workshop for managers at Wal-Mart Headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas in 2006
  • Speaker for April 2010 workshop at California State University in Los Angeles on diversity issues for students entering the workforce
  • Conducted Continuing Legal Education diversity workshop for the Kansas Bar Association in 2009 (first diversity presentation in the state of Kansas to be approved for CLE credit)
  • Diversity speaker and facilitator to several Greater Kansas City, Missouri organizations, including the Greater Kansas City Legal Recruiters Association, the Kansas City chapter of the National Black MBA Association, and the Kansas City chapter of the American Business Women’s Association
  • Diversity speaker at the Yellow Freight System Inc. headquarters on behalf of the National Association of African-Americans in Human Resources
  • Diversity and inclusion facilitator for discussions at UPS Headquarters in Atlanta, Augsburg Fortress Press in Minneapolis, Loyola University in Chicago, and Presbyterian Church Headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky
  • Featured speaker on diversity and inclusion at The Project Equality national conference conducted at the National Education Association in Washington DC
  • Keynote speaker at the Corporate Diversity luncheon at the Urban League in Greater Kansas City
  • Workshop leader on diversity issues at Howard University in D.C. for the Urban League Exchange Program
  • Workshop facilitator the Economic Empowerment Summit held in Buffalo, New York
  •  Keynote speaker for Prevail-Respect’s “Tell It Like It Is: Working While Black” Conference in Columbus, Ohio (a daylong event that organizers designed around my book),
  • Workshop leader for diversity issues at the 30th Annual Black Studies Conference in Chicago
  • Workshop leader for the Black Women’s Leadership Conference at University of Missouri-Kansas City
  • Diversity trainer (using materials prepared by others) for H&R Block in Kansas City and Orange County, California, for the Firefighters of Topeka, Kansas and for the city employees of the city of Kansas City, Missouri
  • Guest speaker at the headquarters of Hallmark Cards in August 2010 – its Supply Chain & Business Enablement Diversity and Inclusion Council
  • Workshop leader at the Joplin, Missouri Medical Managers Association Conference in October 2010
  • Workshop leader for the Kansas City Vascular medical office in November 2010
  • Keynote speaker of the February 2011 luncheon of the Society for Human Resource Management of Greater Kansas City, Inc.
  • Conducted five-hour workshop on diversity to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Leadership Development Program in Kansas City region
  • Featured author and guest speaker on workplace diversity at the June 2011 Rhode Island CEO Breakfast Club
  • Keynote speaker for the June 2011 luncheon of the Greater Kansas City Medical Managers Association
  • Workshop leader and speaker in 2011 for the Missouri State Human Resource Management Annual Conference, Bennett College in Greensboro, North Carolina, the Kansas City Legal Administrators Association and at several other national and local organizations and companies, including Hallmark Cards, Inc.
  • Keynote luncheon speaker and workshop leader at Northwest Missouri State University's Bearcat Leadership Training Conference in January 2012
  • Workshop Presenter at the 2012 African-American Male Leadership Conference hosted by Ohio State University's Bell National Resource Center
  • Keynote speaker at the Missouri College Personnel Association at Westminster College in March 2012