Lay a strong foundation for your ERG by creating a compelling mission and vision, inclusive group identity, and meaningful goals. Strengthen leadership structures while promoting personal growth and development for members.

Framework for setting goals for your ERG and thinking through how you can align them to company-level goals.

Guide to help you think about the name and visual identity of your group.

Guide to help you come up with your Group's Mission & Vision statements.

A maturity model for your ERG Board, and ways to think about the various roles and responsibilities that will be needed over time.

A guide to thinking through involving Group Allies into your ERG's community.

Week 2's session covers the first half of the ERG Engagement Matrix. You'll learn everything from creating the "Always on" assets for engaging your group to influencing those around you to pitch in and lend a hand.

Templated examples for how to ask your ERG membership to volunteer their time to help with efforts.

Concepts for keeping your ERG engaged via Slack or Teams channels.

Links to the Slack and Teams channel-level analytics support articles for you to provide to your IT Administrators.

Places that you can consider surfacing your ERG so that potential members can find and join your group.

Guide to help you think through the best way to build intersectional ERG efforts.

Template to help you build a resource library for your Group.

A template for asking your senior leadership to promote or amplify your ERG's messaging.

Templated forms and welcome messages for your ERG Joining experience.

Verbate's matrix for thinking through ERG Engagement based on effort, frequency, and impact.

A checklist for building and maintaining a strong working relationship with your co-lead(s).

Unlock your ERG's potential through impactful initiatives. Create and execute both foundational and advanced efforts across events, CSR, and more. Learn strategies for successful implementation, fostering inclusivity, and balancing professional development.

A template post-event survey and some tips to help you execute effective survey campaigns.

An example agenda and meeting effort concepts to help you make the most of your monthly time with your ERG membership.

A template that helps you build an ERG Event proposal, task list for a successful event, and marketing plan for driving engagement.

Examples of ERG Events and Impact efforts that can help you engage your membership and achieve your group goals.

Master a comprehensive approach to measuring ERG success across group, company, and personal dimensions. Explore qualitative and quantitative methods to assess impact, promote growth, and leverage outcomes for performance reviews and professional representation.

This is Verbate's framework for how to map the various elements of personal success, group success, and company success.

A guide for helping you think through contextualizing your ERG work as a part of your performance reviews.

Templates for ERG effort retros, end of year reports, and goal tracking.

A quick guide and template for how to ask your ERG members to tell their story about their experience with your group.

Company leaders often ask for statistics for why doubling down on ERGs is critical - here are some studies and trends to help you tell that story.