How to Advance Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in Professional Membership Associations

By: Ruth Bolle, Managing Partner of Research by Design

February is Black History Month for a number of countries across the world, including the United States of America, Germany, and France. In the U.K. and Hungary, it’s LGBTQ+ History Month.

While Black History Month — and other history months — is observed around the world, advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion have never been more important in this moment of global reckoning. But are we truly progressing?

While the intent may be present, not all professional associations are collecting data that allows them to establish how representative their profession is against the population or how representative their membership is of the profession. The data simply isn’t available or collectable for some and considered too expensive or unwarrantedly intrusive for others.

Salesforce.org partnered with Research by Design on a new research report about advancing equality, diversity, and inclusion in professional