Moving Beyond Labs

Our cohorts provide long-term, in-depth learning experiences along with a space and structure for you to align around a shared goal, build community and gain skills to transform your organization

Don't Do It Alone

Each year we offer a number of cohort-based learning experiences for social and private sector organizations. This unique learning experience is designed for small-to-mid sized organizations or teams that are ready to put their values into practice and a rigorous action learning approach to solving diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) challenges.

Over a 6-9 month lab, we support organizations to move their DEI efforts towards a more integrated approach, and test developing culture and systems that create an enabling environment for DEI practices grounded in data, rigor and accountability.

2022 Application

2022 Cohorts

Cross-Sector

Ideal for small and mid-sized organizations that are early in their DEI journey. Move from building a strong foundation of concepts , to harnessing data and building empathy to drive DEI strategy and programs.

Begins late-January 2022

Philanthropy

A learning community for philanthropic organizations of all sizes, including private and community foundations, impact investors and other mission-related investors.

Begins late-March 2022

Non-Profit

Learn how DEI cuts across programs, strategy and fundraising. Ideal for small and mid-sized organizations seeking a collaborative community of practice, in-depth learning and access to DEI tools and resources.

Begins late-April 2022

Executives and Senior Leaders

A year-long community of practice for leaders and decision makers focused on integrating DE&I in organizational policies and practices, and shifting company culture towards inclusion.

Custom Cohorts | Contact us to create a learning lab within your organization, network or with a collective of grantees.

Time Commitment

4 full-day sessions (virtual, with the possibility of socially-distant in-person sessions based on public health recommendations)
4 hours of 1-1 coaching with a dedicated coach for your organization to support and advance DEI efforts
3 Expert Webinars
Guest speakers

Participants Gain Access To

Proprietary Climate for DEI assessment tool to conduct an organizational DEI Audit;
Tools and frameworks to build organizational racial equity culture;
Emergent real-time approaches to solving organizational DEI challenges through a framework that combines levers to move organizations through the race equity cycle, understanding of cultural habits, and the use of data to test “bets;”
DEI experts in organizational strategy, change management, and evaluation; and
A unique plan and approach that is right-sized for your goals and grounded in a strong adaptive management orientation.

Pricing

Transparent pricing with sliding scale options available for organizations serving historically underrepresented groups.

$3,600 - $6,000 Per Participant

Five Kindering staff participated in Moving Beyond’s 2020 DEI Action Lab. The lab supported and jumpstarted our journey in building a more inclusive culture. The experience was a rich cohort-based learning environment where we gained so much from fellow participants and from Aparna and Jessica, who are bold and caring leaders.

RITA ALCANTARA
Kindering, Equity and Inclusion Officer

The Girl Scouts of Western Washington People and Culture team participated in the 2020 action lab. The lab challenged us to focus our DEI work on 90-day, small bet experiments that measured progress and retooled approaches based on data and feedback. The action learning approach has since been integrated across many of our departments as leaders design and plan for strategic outcomes. The Lab helped us focus on desired outcomes and more effectively adjust when approaches are not working.

FRANCES DUJON-REYNOLDS
Girl Scouts, Chief People and Culture Officer