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What is the Diversity Training Group?

We specialize in the planning, design, and implementation of organization-wide diversity, gender equity (sexual harassment prevention), and mentoring training initiatives.

In the consulting arena, we also provide executive coaching, mentoring, and expert witness testimony. To help you stay in touch with the diversity of your clients, we provide assistance with multicultural marketing, selling,and customer service.

What the Media is Saying

The Diversity Training Group's story has recently appeared in ESSENCE magazine, Graduating Engineer, and Aware Talk Radio, with full page stories featured in The Sun, The Columbia Flier, and The Daily Record

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Who is Mauricio Velásquez?

 Mauricio Velasquez: diversity training and gender equity expert

Mauricio Velásquez is the President of The Diversity Training Group (DTG) in Reston, VA. Mr. Velásquez and his training team specialize in the planning, design, and implementation of organization-wide diversity, gender equity, and mentoring training initiatives. Mr. Velásquez also serves as an executive coach, mentor, and expert witness, and assists organizations with multicultural marketing, selling, and customer service (diversity of clients).

DTG's clients include small and large, public and private organizations. A partial list includes AlliedSignal Aerospace (NASA), Arbitron, Bay Area Health Care, Black & Decker, Care Rehabilitation, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Chapel Valley Landscape, FDIC, Hewlett-Packard, Johns Hopkins University, M.K. Ferguson, Ryland Homes, Social Security Administration, and United States Information Agency.

Mr. Velásquez is.....

bulleta nationally recognized author, trainer, and consultant whose articles have appeared in local, regional, and national publications including American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) and Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) publications, and the "Managing Diversity" newsletter.
bulleta graduate of the University of Virginia (B.A.--Economics and Psychology) and The George Washington University (M.B.A.--Human Resource Management).
bulletthe first diversity, gender equity, and mentoring consultant and trainer on the Internet.
bulletan expert witness listed with Technical Advisory Service for Attorneys (TASA).
bulleta part-time faculty member with the Johns Hopkins University (Police Executive Leadership Program), visiting lecturer with The George Washington University, and instructor for Howard Community College and Baltimore City Community College.
bulletthe Area II Diversity Director (one of six in the U.S.) for SHRM, and the editor of "Diversity Alive," a diversity newsletter for 110 chapters and 16,000 SHRM members.
bulletbilingual and has lived abroad in several foreign countries and traveled to nearly thirty countries on three continents.
bulletPresident of the Foreign-Born Information Referral Network (advocate for immigrant issues) and sits on the Board of the Howard County Chamber of Commerce and the Executive Committee of the Voluntary Council on Equal Opportunity of Baltimore.
bulletan International Who's Who of Entrepreneurs recipient.
bulletpresently working (with his staff) simultaneously with 20 organizations in different industries and sectors, from small companies to household names.
bulletbeing featured all over the United States in magazines such as The Scientist, Overhaul & Maintenance, and Graduating Engineer, and newspapers such as the Baltimore Sun, Howard County Times, Columbia Flier, and Columbia Business Monthly.

Mauricio is formerly a human resource generalist and also served as a demographic researcher for the Internal Revenue Service where he first anticipated the rise of diversity inside and outside the workplace. Mauricio had the good fortune to work with Dr. W. Edwards Deming and Peter F. Drucker and credits much of his interest in human resource management and the earning of his MBA to their influences.

Mauricio has trained over 15,000 employees, managers, and executives from over 575 different companies in the areas of diversity, gender equity, mentoring, and multicultural marketing and selling.

Why Hire Us?

Are you experiencing...

bullet...lost sales from not reaching all segments of your customer population?
bullet...turnover within specific employee groups?
bullet...a rise in employee relations issues?
bullet...a rise in recruitment costs?
bullet...the threat of litigation?
bullet...prejudice and bias?

Our workshops are.....

bullet...highly informative
bullet...non-confrontational
bullet...entertaining and lively
bullet...positive and interactive
bullet...practical and "hands-on"
bullet...awareness and skill-based
bullet...results and bottom line-oriented
bullet...custom-designed to meet your specific needs
bullet...led by a qualified and experienced trainer/facilitator

Our expertise reflects the hundreds of workshops we have led and the thousands of professionals we have trained and facilitated from some of the most recognized and respected companies in the United States including AlliedSignal Aerospace (NASA), Arbitron, Hewlett-Packard, and Ryland homes.

We invite you to try us out; contact us to schedule a presentation and a "mini" workshop.

How Can DTG Help My Organization?

        We can help you in the following areas:

bulletDiversity Consulting and Training - help you develop and implement your own diversity program
bulletExecutive Coaching - one on one with Senior Management (diversity, gender equity)
bulletMentoring (Training and Development) - help you develop and implement your own mentoring program
bulletGender Equity - help you develop and implement your own sexual harassment identification and prevention training program
bulletMulticultural Marketing - help you work with your marketing and sales department to better understand and sell to your increasingly diverse customer base

 

Our Approach:

bulletForm partnership with client - we work together
bulletDiagnose - conduct a needs analysis to understand client-specific issues, culture
bulletDesign Program - customize program based on needs analysis data
bulletDevelop Materials - workbook with your mission, vision, values, policies, etc.
bulletImplement - start training
bulletTrain-the-Trainer - (optional) making client self-sufficient
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692 Pine Street  Herndon, VA 20170

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