Matt Glowacki’s
Everybody’s Got Something…
During the workday, people frequently interact with others who have different abilities and hardships they are working through.
This session is designed for anyone seeking to better understand how and why their own identity could have been impacted by the pandemic and the best ways we can support our people.
Working to achieve Positive Mental Health requires a successful confluence of three disciplines: DE&I, ADA, and Emotional Intelligence. Our session will be examining and demonstrating the concepts of intersectionality, codeswitching, and passing within a safe and empathetic conversational framework designed around how and why we “help.”
Through guiding interactions between audience members, Matt gives voice to the collective experience of the group. He utilizes that experience to broaden the conversation to include perspectives beyond ability, while creating a safe space where everyone can feel like they belong.
Learning Objectives:
1. Attendees will Learn how to recognize how their own challenges shape their day-to-day perceptions of themselves and other people.
2. Attendees Will Learn how to engage and demonstrate conversational empathy with someone who is different than themselves in a new and non-threatening manner
3. Attendees Will Learn how and why we “Help.”
Speaker Biography:
Matt Glowacki was born in 1973 in Janesville, Wisconsin. His birth drew attention because even though he was healthy, he was born without legs. In his professional career as a disability speaker and advocate, he has delivered his messages to over a million people at hundreds of regional and national conventions along with two sitting presidents of the United States.
Matt serves as the DE&I Workflex Director for Wisconsin SHRM. He was a member of the State of Wisconsin’s Partners in Policy Making for People with Disabilities Council, and has been selected for and served on the State of Wisconsin on the Governor’s Rehabilitation Council over the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Wisconsin Easter Seal’s State Board, and the University of Wisconsin- Whitewater’s College of Arts and Communication Dean’s Advisory Board.
Matt was a member of the US Paralympic Sitting Volleyball Team for eight years. While playing matches in 26 countries, he competed in the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia, and in the World Championships in Cairo, Egypt in 2002.
In 2017, he published his first book, Able-Bodied Like Me. Reviewed by Kirkus as a, “Perceptive discussion of disability and bias.”
Matt has spoken briefly with our Chapter in the past. He is a high energy person and fantastic presenter! We welcome him back for a full session!
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This session is pending for SHRM Professional Development Credits (PDCs) and HRCI re-certification credits.
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