Meeting/Event Information

Language Skills in the Workplace: Supporting DEIB for Bilingual Staff

Presented by: Diana Sanchez-Vega, Founder & CEO, Sanchez-Vega Communications, LLC

Demand for bilingual skills in the workplace has doubled in the last 5 years, as organizations often understand the multiplying ROI of employing bilingual staff. Yet, employers report that they continue to struggle to find, and recruit bilinguals. Additionally, retaining staff with the highly developed skill of bilingualism proves to be an even bigger challenge. This thought-provoking, interactive presentation will discuss strategies and actions to engage, retain, and level-up bilingual staff, focusing on the value of language skills and the potential for recruiting loyal, high-performing, bilingual staff.

Learning Objectives:
1) To identify the ROI of bilingualism in the workplace

2) To explore sustainable strategies and techniques to find, recruit, and retain bilingual staff

3) To outline actionable steps regarding bilingual staff applicable to each participant’s workplace

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Certification: 1 SHRM and HRCI recertification credit

Tickets: 

• Members: No cost - included in your membership
• Guests: $24

Thank you to our presenter:

Diana Sanchez-Vega, Founder & CEO, Sanchez-Vega Communications, LLC

Also known as Diana C. Holland, Diana is a twice nationally certified Spanish medical interpreter. She holds a Master of Arts in Psychological Studies, and a Bachelor’s of Science in International Business. In addition to her native Spanish and near-native command of English, Diana is also versed in Portuguese and French.

As the Founder & CEO of Sanchez-Vega Communications, Diana’s skillset has developed over the last 30+ years to include training of bilingual individuals to maximize the value of their language skills, career coaching, and being an expert of thought-provoking subjects in speaking engagements. Diana excels at facilitating interpersonal bright connections, learning processes, and program development. Her focus is to empower others to have effective, accurate, and complete communications.

Raised in the duality of the Anglo-Argentine environment, Diana learned at an early age how to navigate between two cultures, two belief systems, and two social environments. Once in the US, Diana immersed herself in a true process of acculturation by engaging with the communities where she lived. She has served as an advisor for multiple local nonprofit and government organizations, and has also been honored with the 2021 ‘Spirit in Entrepreneurship’ Award from the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Nashville Business Journal’s Women of Influence Award for nonprofit leadership.