• What: AddVenture: A free, 6-week, virtual pre-accelerator program focused on idea & early stage student entrepreneurs

• Where: Totally virtual, you can see all program info at: AddVentureMD.org
  
• Who: any student from a MD high school, college, or university. Recent alums and community members accepted if space permits

• Why: Because the earliest-stage students are going to be left out when our limited programs come back in the fall; we deny too many apps because “too early”; many students need something bc internships fell through; a great way for us to do top-of-funnel activity 
  
• How: Written, self-paced curriculum with deliverables. Peer groups via Slack. Daily Office Hours + Weekly Topic Discussions spread between ~10 of us “Mentors”. 1-1 session with Mentor + Demo Day invite if team completes all deliverables and engages via slack, office hours, etc. 

SkillSoft Spotlights focus on just-in-time online learning to help you more masterfully manage yourself personally and professionally, improve your effectiveness in managing your work, and support you in skillfully leading your teams. Each course is 30 minutes or less and is curated to provide tools, strategies, and practices to accelerate your success.

This week's spotlight course is Overcoming Unconscious Bias in the Workplace (25 min)

Ensuring a diverse, welcoming, and productive organization means overcoming biases. No matter who you are, you are prey to unconscious biases. To be part of a complex, diverse workplace, you must take steps to overcome them.
In this course, you'll learn to recognize how superficial differences can contribute to bias and lead to prejudice and social stereotypes. You'll learn specific tactics for combatting unconscious bias and adopting an anti-bias approach. You'll also learn how to be an inclusive leader by using these tactics to overcome explicit and implicit bias across the organization and in the hiring process.

SkillSoft Spotlights focus on just-in-time online learning that supports you in navigating complex challenges in personal and professional life, helps you to increase your effectiveness, and to improve your relationships. Each course is 30 minutes or less and is curated to provide tools, strategies, and practices to accelerate your success.

This week's spotlight course is Overcoming Your Own Unconscious Biases (22 min).

Each of us is a member of a society that is often partitioned into groups and tribes. While this is common to most societies, it can have harmful effects in the workplace, interfering with productivity and organizational success. We all hold biases, whether conscious or unconscious. Part of understanding the role of unconscious bias in the workplace is admitting to yourself that you, too, hold biases. Once accepted, you can take an anti-bias approach to overcoming unconscious prejudice. In this course, you'll learn how to recognize your own unconscious and implicit bias and how they can fall prey to social stereotypes.

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